African leaders must commit to ending the violence, which requires focusing attention on justice reform and survivor-led ...

The current diplomatic crisis between Algeria and the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) presents recently elected African Union ...

As a guarantor of the peace agreement, the African Union must urgently take action to de-escalate political tensions.

The challenge will be translating the country’s rich mineral resources and promising economy into stability and development.

On 23 April, delegations from Kinshasa and rebel group M23’s political affiliate, Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC), declared their ...

The African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council (PSC) was modelled on the United Nations Security Council, with both having 15 member states. But unlike the UN Security Council, which has five ...

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 and the governments of Denmark, Ireland, ...

On Wednesday, 26 March, security personnel led by South Sudan’s defence minister and the chief of national security forcibly entered the house of the country’s first vice-president, Riek Machar. They ...

Securing lasting peace in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo requires balancing national and regional geopolitical ...

Les dynamiques dans l'est de la RDC et dans la capitale du pays mettront à l'épreuve les efforts de médiation du Qatar.