Conflict & Security

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In the streets of Yaba, Lagos — a district nicknamed “Silicon Lagoon” for its concentration of tech startups and co-working spaces — a quiet revolution is taking place. Thousands of young Nigerians are enrolling in intensive artificial intelligence training programmes, acquiring skills in machine learning, data science, and AI product development in the hope of

Standing before thousands of supporters at a rally in Kenya Rift Valley earlier this week, President William Ruto delivered a message that was simultaneously reassuring and alarming in equal measure. He declared that he would not accept being denied a second term — and, in the same breath, vowed that his government would do everything

Coordinated attacks on schools in Nigeria northeast have left dozens of students and teachers abducted or killed, in what security analysts describe as a systematic escalation of violence targeting educational institutions in the region. The attacks, which have occurred in waves over recent weeks, follow a pattern that investigators say points to deliberate planning and

A Swedish court is preparing to deliver a verdict in December in a landmark case that could set a precedent for how European legal systems handle claims that oil company executives played a role in human rights abuses connected to armed conflicts in Sudan — and the implications stretch far beyond the specific individuals involved.

Zimbabwe’s gold sector, long plagued by opaque ownership structures and persistent smuggling allegations, is at the center of a renewed government crackdown as Harare seeks to stem the flow of gold revenues that critics say are being siphoned out of the country through a network of intermediaries with links to the highest levels of the

Mozambique is rolling out one of the most ambitious fertilizer subsidy programs on the African continent, a strategic intervention that the government hopes will reduce the country’s dependence on food imports while simultaneously insulating its farming population from the volatility of global fertilizer markets. The program, funded through a combination of domestic budget allocations and

The Refinery Wars: How One Man’s Bet on African Energy Is Redrawing the Map A single industrial project has ignited what analysts are now calling one of the most consequential commercial battles Africa has seen in a generation. The Dangote mega-refinery, long envisioned as a game-changer for Nigerian energy independence, is now rapidly expanding its

The World Is Running Out of Time on Climate The United Nations weather agency has warned that global temperatures are now on course to breach the critical 1.5 degrees Celsius threshold within the next three years, raising the alarm that climate change is accelerating far faster than scientists had projected just a decade ago. The

Scientists are warning that the world is almost certain to breach the 1.5 degrees Celsius threshold of global warming within the next five years, with a new report from the World Meteorological Organization projecting that the warming trend is now accelerating rather than plateauing as some earlier models suggested. The announcement marks a significant shift

A new United States government report has placed a stark figure on one of Nigeria most dangerous and politically volatile security threats: approximately 30,000 armed Fulani militants are currently operating across the country, the majority of them concentrated in the northwest and north-central regions. The figure, contained in a report prepared by the U.S. Department