Preventing and Managing Climate-Related Insecurity: Lessons from the Lake Chad Basin Regional Strategy
Countries in the Lake Chad Basin have adopted a regional approach to improve stability, resilience and recovery in the face of climate-related threats to peace and security
Prevention Before the Crisis: Why the African Union Must Invest in Upstream Peace
Upstream prevention in Africa has yet to be operationalised in a way that connects continental institutions to grassroots networks
Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence: How does it matter for African Peace and Security?
AI is recognised as playing an increasingly important role in efforts to promote peace and security, including in Africa
The New Trinity of Power: How Biotech, Computing and Clean Energy Rewire Geopolitics
Three distinct technological families, advanced computing, biotech and clean energy, are converging into a single, volatile trinity
The Changing African Mediation Landscape: From Dialogue to Strategic Mediation
Today we must ask honestly whether the conflict landscape has changed faster than our mediation architecture
From Competition to Integration: Reengineering Sudan’s Peace Efforts
The Sudan crisis has witnessed an unprecedented proliferation and overlap of regional and international initiatives aimed at halting the fighting
Election as Qintot: Can the Upcoming Polls Move Ethiopia’s Politics Beyond Survival?
Ethiopia’s seventh general election is scheduled for 1 June 2026, yet beneath procedural preparations lies a political and security landscape that remains deeply complex
AI-Powered Early Warning Systems and the Governance of Autonomous Surveillance Technologies in African Conflict Zones: Lessons from the Sudan Crisis (2023–2025)
As drones, satellite AI analysis and social media monitoring proliferate across African conflict zones, the AU’s peace architecture remains dangerously under-equipped to govern them
Why Digital Access Matters for Refugee Girls in Conflict Settings
Compared to boys, refugee girls are less likely to have independent access to phones or the internet
Flashpoints at the Frontier: Rising Border Tensions in Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia
Recent border tensions involving Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone highlight enduring structural weaknesses in border governance in the Mano River and West Africa