Development partners The ISS is grateful for support from the members of the ISS Partnership Forum: the Hanns Seidel Foundation, the European Union, the Open Society Foundations a ...

Despite a recent surge in terrorist attacks, the region is more at risk of fragmentation than centralised jihadist rule.

The country’s rich stock is being illegally harvested by foreign-flagged vessels licensed to fish in Angolan waters.

The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) has supported that country’s government in the fight against al-Shabaab for the past 15 years. The operation was due to end in December 2021, and ...

The key lesson is that transitional justice is not an event but an ongoing process that ends only when its goals are met.

‘The revival of the PSC sanctions sub-committee is an important step that defines the willingness of African leaders to ...

Without enough capital or enabling global policy, expecting Africa to decouple economic growth from carbon emissions is a ...

Many police members do good work and many criminals end up in prisons as a result. We applaud these successes. Nevertheless, since 2012, we have become increasingly concerned by evidence that the ...

Relations between Kenya and Somalia have been strained for some time over economic and maritime boundary issues. But new alliances in the region are now making the situation worse. The latest dispute ...

Foreign military footprints, especially those of the United States (US) and France, are expanding in West Africa, particularly in the Sahel. This presence is receiving increasingly hostile public ...

Arms and ammunition seizures by security forces in Niger’s Agadez and Tahoua regions between January 2021 and February 2022 helped dismantle trafficking networks in the country. This is positive, but ...

Without the former president to unite a fragmented opposition ahead of the 2026 elections, multiparty democracy will be the ...