Conflict & Security

In a major humanitarian breakthrough for conflict-ridden eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Ugandan and Congolese forces have rescued more than 200 civilians from a camp controlled by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), an armed group with documented ties to the Islamic State. The operation, carried out jointly by the Ugandan People’s Defence Force (UPDF) and […]

A continent gripped by hunger The United Nations has issued its starkest warning yet about the humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in South Sudan, with UN aid chief Tom Fletcher telling the Security Council that the young nation stands on the brink of full-scale famine. Speaking from New York, Fletcher described a situation where hunger is tightening

From Africa’s periphery to the world’s centre Africa’s security landscape has become one of the most volatile and complex on the planet. Over the past decade, political violence across the continent has nearly doubled, according to the Ibrahim Index of African Governance. What was once a collection of manageable regional conflicts has evolved into a

Amid Sudan’s catastrophic war, teams of deminers are working through Khartoum’s ruins to clear unexploded ordnance so families can safely return to their homes.

A decade after Africa seemed poised for a security transformation, the continent faces a deepening crisis from the Sahel to the Horn. Here’s where things stand and what it means.

Year Four of Sudan’s Civil War: The World’s Largest Humanitarian Catastrophe You’ve Never Heard Of In April 2023, two generals — General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan of the Sudanese Armed Forces and General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo of the Rapid Support Forces — turned their guns on each other, shattering whatever remained of Sudan’s fragile democratic transition.

Nairobi Opts for Stability Over IMF: A $1.5 Billion Gap the Country Will Have to Fill Alone In what analysts describe as a significant political gamble, the Kenyan government has quietly shelved negotiations for a new IMF programme, opting instead to manage the country’s mounting fiscal pressures through domestic borrowing and targeted spending cuts —

They were in a small recording studio in Khartoum, surrounded by electric guitars, keyboards, drums, and saxophones, writing lyrics and recording new music. Then the gunfire started. That was in April 2023, when the civil war between Sudan’s military government and the Rapid Support Forces erupted into open urban warfare in the capital. Three years

The government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group have reached a new agreement to facilitate humanitarian aid deliveries and release prisoners within 10 days, marking a tentative but significant step toward easing one of Africa’s longest-running humanitarian crises. The two sides announced the measures in a joint statement