Africa

Boko Haram in Cameroon: compounding security concerns 0
- Africa
- February 16, 2020
Despite community resistance, the Islamist extremist group has gained a foothold in the security void.
Armed groups are expanding their presence in Burkina Faso 0
- Africa
- November 17, 2019
Burkinabe citizens are grappling with the consequences of a recent spike in militant violence.
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.