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

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 ...

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

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

The sharing of lethal drone technology with al-Shabaab and IS Somalia could recast the conflict in the Horn and beyond.

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

Incumbent presidents and ruling parties increasingly bend the law to entrench their power and silence opposition.

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

The plan is up against dysfunction within social development departments and fraught relations with NGOs that deliver most ...

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 ...

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

South Africa’s decision to take Israel to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on charges of genocide has elicited polarised global responses. Critics accuse South Africa of theatre, political ...