How Benin’s new president ensures inclusive growth, opens civic and political space and rebuilds regional ties will define ...

Accumulated stress, inequality and normalised violence find expression on the road – and a firearm can turn misperception ...

Yet migration also drives economic growth, development and regional integration. Migration remains globally contested, as ...

This edition assesses the 2026 AU Summit outcomes, PSC capacity constraints, and the African Standby Force coordination gap ...

The Tsamiya-Kamba corridor will revive regional commerce, but jihadist expansion could quickly unravel the gains.

Silencing the internet during unrest buys governments time, but corrodes the trust and economic foundations that stability ...

More ships are rounding the Cape, but ports, policy and strategy are not yet built to turn the surge into lasting gain.

Pope Leo XIVth’s 10-day African tour, completed this week, was overshadowed by a running spat with US President Donald Trump.

Fertiliser disruption exposes a blind spot that farm-level policy has long ignored – but Africa holds the resources to fix it ...

Bram Verelst Senior Researcher, Conflict Prevention, Management and Peacebuilding in the Great Lakes Region, ISS Said Abdullahi Research Intern, Conflict Prevention, Management, Resolution and ...

The political transition in Cotonou opens a window for regional de-escalation that the African Union should seize.