The conflict has catalysed the region’s illicit markets as people turn to smuggling networks for essential goods.

As violence and instability rise, African countries must reaffirm their commitment to protecting children and support DDR ...

Stakeholders are exploring innovative ways to safeguard the region’s precious plants from the threat of extinction.

Amelia Broodryk joined the ISS in 2007 and is currently director of communication and a member of the ISS' Executive Committee. Before joining the Communication department, she was a senior researcher ...

Once the world’s third-largest producer of gold, Zimbabwe holds substantial endowments of close to 40 different minerals. While the country has no known commercial deposits of oil, the country has one ...

The United Kingdom’s (UK) October agreement to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago to Mauritius appeared to address longstanding international legal issues surrounding decolonisation and ...

This issue asks whether Chad’s election is a bellwether for the PSC and investigates the shaky security situation in the DRC.

Relations between sub-Saharan Africa’s two giants, South Africa and Nigeria, seem to be permanently frozen on the threshold of greatness. Why can’t they be the Germany-France of Africa, some ask, ...

Oluwole Ojewale ENACT Central Africa Organised Crime Observatory Coordinator, ISS Raoul Sumo Tayo Senior Researcher, ENACT Central Africa Organised Crime Observatory, ISS In Africa, transnational ...

Just months after the European Union’s (EU) landmark Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act came into force in July 2024, South Africa’s roadmap for harnessing the benefits of AI was published in October.

There is growing interest in how the Violence Prevention Forum works and whether the methodology is transferable.

With elections a week away, attacks on ward councillors are bad for democracy and reflect the country’s organised crime problem.