Rather than focusing on counter-terrorism operations, dialogue should be supported as a way to tackle local dynamics ...

Operational constraints and regional tensions prevent the UN peacekeeping mission from responding effectively to escalating ...

In his election campaigns for the African Union’s (AU) top job, new AU Commission Chairperson Mahamoud Ali Youssouf said he would advocate for significant reforms to AU crisis responses. These reforms ...

In an April 2016 statement the Peace and Security Council (PSC) expressed concern about foreign military bases on the continent and the establishment of new ones. The council called on member states ...

For much of the past decade, Ansaru has largely been an outlier on the terrorism threat landscape. But the group is making a comeback in Nigeria – and is more dangerous than ever. Ansaru claims to ...

Despite having a robust, multifaceted counter-terrorism strategy, Somalia’s gains against the al-Shabaab terror group are losing momentum due to political ...

Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) could be close to using delivery drones for attacks in the Lake Chad Basin. Weaponising and adapting unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is a new trend in the ...

When Boko Haram faction leader Abubakar Shekau claimed responsibility for the December 2020 mass abduction of more than 300 school boys in Katsina State, north-west Nigeria, he wasn’t taken seriously ...

Although ethnic-based conflicts are not new, their scale and intensity in a short space of time has been alarming. Violent ethnic conflicts have rocked Ethiopia since 2018. A major reason for the ...

Across many parts of Africa, conflict, political violence, climate change and food insecurity are converging to forcibly displace more Africans than ever. High inflation rates, rising energy costs and ...

As climate change becomes a leading migration driver in Africa, it is disrupting rural and urban livelihoods and systems. It also increasingly contributes to displacements within countries and across ...

In December 2021, at the height of the war between Ethiopia’s federal government and Tigrayan forces, authorities established a National Dialogue Commission to resolve differences of opinion on ...