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

As violence and instability rise, African countries must reaffirm their commitment to protecting children and support DDR ...

Stakeholders are exploring innovative ways to safeguard the region’s precious plants from the threat of extinction.

Amelia Broodryk joined the ISS in 2007 and is currently director of communication and a member of the ISS' Executive Committee. Before joining the Communication department, she was a senior researcher ...

Oluwole Ojewale ENACT Central Africa Organised Crime Observatory Coordinator, ISS Raoul Sumo Tayo Senior Researcher, ENACT Central Africa Organised Crime Observatory, ISS In Africa, transnational ...

The Institute for Security Studies is a leading African organisation that enhances human security to enable sustainable development and economic prosperity in Africa. It works across the continent, ...

Relations between sub-Saharan Africa’s two giants, South Africa and Nigeria, seem to be permanently frozen on the threshold of greatness. Why can’t they be the Germany-France of Africa, some ask, ...