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 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 ...

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

Terror attacks on military outposts in the Liptako-Gourma area where Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger meet are increasingly ambitious and complex. Their frequency and the ...

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 United Nations (UN) and African Union (AU) decided in December 2024 to replace the current AU Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) with a smaller force – the AU Support and Stabilization Mission ...

Hassane Koné Senior Researcher, ISS Regional Office for West Africa and the Sahel Fahiraman Rodrigue Koné Project Manager, Sahel, ISS Regional Office for West Africa and the Sahel Djiby Sow Senior ...

China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has gained significant traction in Africa since its launch in 2013, with 53 African nations participating in varying degrees. In 2023, African countries received ...