African youth are at the forefront of solutions to the continent’s water and sanitation crisis – and their voices must shape policy.

Equitable access to water and sanitation is inseparable from Africa’s prospects for stability, energy and food production.

Crowdfunding campaigns rescue hostages – but the visibility they generate is becoming part of how ransom demands are set.

Over the past three months, security forces from the Lake Chad Basin countries – Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Cameroon – have announced the arrest or neutralisation of key figures in Boko Haram factions.

Hassane Koné Senior Researcher, ISS Regional Office for West Africa and the Sahel Fahiraman Rodrigue Koné Project Manager, Sahel, ISS Regional Office for West Africa and the Sahel Djiby Sow Senior ...

If formally recognised, unarmed civilian protection and community-based early warning can offer a path to sustaining ...

Africa is experiencing a rapidly expanding drone environment in terms of localised manufacturing, deployment and use, bringing a complex array of players and proxies. In combat, drones provide not ...

Dix-sept pays africains font figure de pionniers en matière de gestion mondiale des migrations, seront-ils suivis par ...

Without a collective approach from African states, China’s tariff-free market access will not be the silver bullet many ...

Paul-Simon Handy directeur régional pour l’Afrique de l’Est et représentant de l’ISS auprès de l’UA Dans un rare élan d’unanimité, différentes composantes de l’architecture internationale de sécurité ...

South Sudan faces rising militarisation and contested elections – practical pathways to a lasting peace are urgently needed.

The toppling of King Farouk in 1952 by the Egyptian army marked the beginning of military intervention to gain political power in Africa. Since then, military interferences in politics have become a ...