Africa

Piracy in the Gulf of Guinea: a maritime burden 0
- Africa
- September 24, 2019
Regional governments will struggle to halt a spike in petro-piracy and kidnap for ransom schemes.
Periscoping Burkina Faso: a jihadist domino in the Sahel?0
- Security & Terrorism, Africa
- August 30, 2019
The southward expansion of Islamist groups threatening to destabilise the entire West African region.
Crisis on the Nile: Egypt’s water security under threat 0
- Middle East, Africa
- June 30, 2019
The massive dam project has strained tensions between nations located along the Blue Nile.
Al-Shabaab in Kenya: cross-border attacks and recruitment 0
- Security & Terrorism, Africa
- May 28, 2019
The extremist group will remain a threat to Kenya until its conscription tactics are addressed.
Daesh in the Congo: red herring or Central African Wilayat?0
- Africa
- May 5, 2019
Ties between the two fundamentalist groups are concerning but the depth of cooperation is uncertain.
The Ogossagou massacre: Mali’s ethnic and Islamist divisions 0
- Africa
- April 9, 2019
Conflict is escalating in the country’s north, which has been riddled with violence since 2012

The DRC’s ongoing battle with the Ebola virus 0
- Africa
- March 4, 2019
The disease, which has no known cure, has been spreading throughout the east since August 2018.
Kagame and Kigali: Rwanda’s curious rise to Africa’s envy 0
- Africa
- February 13, 2019
The country’s meteoric rise to regional powerhouse has come at the cost of civil freedoms.
Relations in Horn of Africa: a thawing of hostilities 0
- Africa
- November 5, 2018
The easing of tensions between Eritrea and Ethiopia could be fresh trouble with Djibouti.
Shifts in the hydropolitical landscape of the Nile Basin 0
- Africa
- July 12, 2018
Egypt’s historic hegemony over the Nile is being tested by Ethiopia’s extensive dam project.
Morocco: manoeuvring turbulent geopolitical waves 0
- Africa
- April 10, 2018
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that territories of Western Sahara are excluded from an agricultural agreement between Morocco and the European Union (EU).
Zimbabwe into a new era: Mnangagwa’s pending election 0
- Africa
- March 29, 2018
Mugabe’s former allies are thwarting President Mnangagwa’s reforms to maintain their privileges.