Conflict, peace and security analysis

Expectations are high that new leaders will improve the African Union’s performance in achieving a secure and stable continent.

Expectations are high that new leaders will improve the African Union’s performance in achieving a secure and stable continent.

The general crisis of confidence facing peace operations necessitates a shift from rigid models to context-specific approaches.

Mistrust between leaders and the region’s militaristic past make security cooperation between affected countries difficult – but essential.

The February summit is an opportunity to elect leaders able to confront internal and external challenges.

The February summit is an opportunity to elect leaders able to confront internal and external challenges.

As M23 continues its destructive march, the EAC-SADC summit must consider lessons from failed peace efforts.

The new president must not only end post-electoral violence, but reverse the political and economic exclusion that fuelled it.

The youth, peace and security agenda doesn’t place enough emphasis on under-development as a root cause of insecurity.

Russia’s apparent fast-tracking of plans to establish a military hub in Libya could worsen that country’s protracted conflict.

Increasing levels of extreme poverty in Africa were turbocharged by COVID-19, fuelling the fire of relative deprivation.

The conflict has catalysed the region’s illicit markets as people turn to smuggling networks for essential goods.