Analyses Archive

ACCORD COVID-19 Conflict & Resilience Monitor

COVID-19 exacerbating existing security, social and livelihood challenges in the Lake Chad Basin region

The Lake Chad Basin is faced with a multidimensional crisis, largely as a result of a complex combination of factors that include terrorist activities…

The impact of COVID-19 on the Lake Chad Basin region: the case of Yobe State, north-east Nigeria

The impact of COVID-19 on the citizens of the Lake Chad Basin region – and, in particular, the BAY states of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe – has been se…

Blended Stabilisation? Experiences from the Lake Chad Basin region

A blended approach to stabilisation is emerging in Africa. It is characterised by a response to crisis-affected settings, which combines the predomina…

The impact of COVID-19 on peace and security in the Lake Chad region: the role of community and societal resilience

The end of the second decade of the 21st century has been characterised by an increase in the decades-long disruption in the Lake Chad Basin. A trifec…

Climate change, COVID-19 and the Lake Chad conflict

Climate change is contributing to shaping the security and development context around the Lake Chad Basin. The governance deficits, underdevelopment a…

Using the African Continental Free Trade Area to adapt and recover from the COVID-19 pandemic

Some of the key words in the unprecedented era of the COVID-19 pandemic are disruption, damage, change, adaptation, recovery and resilience. Against t…

The impact of COVID-19 on the delicate peace process in South Sudan

The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly disrupted peace processes in Africa. In South Sudan, COVID-19 has not only presented a risk to the health and …

The implications of COVID-19 global vaccine politics for Africa

In the past few days, the dominant debates on COVID-19 have included the development of a vaccine and making it available to a desperate 7.2 billion p…

Africa and the implications of a second wave of COVID-19 infections

While Africa has demonstrated a degree of resilience against the COVID-19 pandemic to date, this progress could be affected by a potential second wave…

Future implications of the impact of COVID-19 on governance and public service

What will governance and public service be like post COVID-19? We will not and should not revert to “business as usual” after this crisis. We shou…

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