The armed insurgency in Cabo Delgado entered its eighth year in October 2025. Despite extensive military efforts, jihadists remain active and pose a serious threat to military and human security. Now ...

The governments of Somalia and the United Kingdom, the African Union (AU) and United Nations (UN) met in New York on 25 September to strengthen backing for the AU Support and Stabilisation Mission in ...

Tanzania is approaching its October 2025 general elections with uncertainty. The main opposition party Chama Cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (CHADEMA) has been disqualified from running, and the ruling ...

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

Farm attacks are a serious crime problem requiring dedicated law enforcement attention, but they do not amount to genocide. They represent a small part of violent crime overall in South Africa and ...

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 ...

An in-depth understanding of the factors driving murder in each province will enable South Africa to respond more effectively. The South African per-capita murder rate has steadily escalated since ...

The kidnapping of the four young Moti brothers in South Africa in October 2021 placed this type of crime in the spotlight. The country’s latest crime figures show that kidnapping is increasing, which ...

As Ethiopia navigates its complex and fragile political transition, indications are that the transitional justice process is experiencing delays. A public consultation on draft transitional justice ...

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 ...

Africa’s disappointing economic performance since independence in the 1960s is often blamed on corruption, poor governance and lack of competition. But structurally, the main reason is demographics.

South Africa’s total bilateral trade with China soared from US$1.34 billion in 2000 to US$34.18 billion in 2023. But because South Africa exports primarily raw materials to China, and imports mainly ...