Ethiopia: Tigray Aid Access Improves As Peace Deal Makes Headway

'The issue we are facing now is scale. We're seeing very high demand for services.' Read more »

Nigeria: 'Everyone Knows Somebody Who Has Been Kidnapped' - Inside Banditry Epidemic

Communities across the northwest are paying protection money to avoid being killed or abducted. Some are now forging local peace deals. Read more »

South Sudan: How Writing Became My Refuge As a Woman Escaping South Sudan's War

'My stories have had a major impact.' Read more »

Africa: Outbreaks to Watch - Vaccine-Preventable Diseases Surge Post-Pandemic

'The impact of these [COVID-related] disruptions to immunisation services will be felt for decades to come.' Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: How to Avoid False Narratives Around DR Congo's M23 Conflict

Struggles over fact and meaning create real effects on the ground Read more »

South Sudan: No Quick Fix - The Challenge of Local Peacebuilding

'Processes cannot be sustained if they are not visibly championed by political and military leaders at the centre.' Read more »

Africa: How to End Hunger - A Famine Expert's Plan

'It's not just a matter of repackaging the same concepts over and over again. We actually need to think differently.' Read more »

Ethiopia: As Violence Subsides in Tigray, Ethiopia's Oromia Conflict Flares

'We will not keep quiet until peace comes and the suffering of our people ends.' Read more »

Nigeria: In Northern Nigeria's Conflict Zone, Camp Closures Make for High-Risk Returns

'When you move people without adequate preparation, that amounts to a secondary displacement.' Read more »

Gambia: The Gambia's Slow Path to Justice and Reconciliation

'Those perpetrators are still moving around.' Read more »

Uganda: 'Life Is Even Worse Now' - Ration Cuts and Price Rises Hit Refugees

'If they keep on reducing aid, it keeps adding more trauma.' Read more »

Uganda: Who Paid the Price for Refugee Fraud Scandal (And Who Didn't)?

Some say the international community's investment in a 'role model' refugee hosting country constrained the push for accountability. Read more »

Uganda: 'Hell Is Coming' - Army's Heavy-Handed Crackdown in Karamoja

'If you question, they will beat you.' Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: East African Military Force Met With Scepticism in DR Congo

'They are executioners who want to come as saviours.' Read more »

West Africa: Sahel Insurgency - What Policymakers Need to Do Differently

'Armed groups often seek to control people before they seek to dominate territory.' Read more »