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Peace, security and governance in East Africa: 2023 – 2025

East Africa’s instability reflects a complex interplay of governance deficits, socio-economic exclusion, environmental pressures and security threats.

This monograph analyses the prevailing dynamics shaping the state of peace, security and governance in East Africa between 2023–2025. Drawing on primary fieldwork and extensive secondary data, the monograph discusses the structural, historical and contemporary causes of instability and insecurity in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Somalia during the two-year period. A country-level analysis identifies distinct drivers of conflict in each state.

About the author


Nicodemus Minde is a researcher at the Institute for Security Studies in the East Africa Peace and Security Governance Project in Nairobi, Kenya. His research is focused on international relations and covers Tanzanian politics, China–Africa relations and conflict in East Africa. Nicodemus has a PhD in international relations from the United States International University – Africa.

Development partners
The monograph was funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida). The ISS is grateful for support from the members of the ISS Partnership Forum: the Hanns Seidel Foundation, the European Union, the Open Society Foundations and the governments of Denmark, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden.
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