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.

Africa’s debt is rising roughly four times faster than its economic growth, jumping 10 percentage points from 2010 to constitute 29% of gross domestic product (GDP) by 2022. This alarming trajectory ...

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, ...

The United Kingdom’s (UK) October agreement to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago to Mauritius appeared to address longstanding international legal issues surrounding decolonisation and ...

The ISS is grateful for support from the members of the ISS Partnership Forum: The Hanns Seidel Foundation, the European Union, the Open Society Foundations and the governments of Denmark, Ireland, ...

Online mis/disinformation campaigns have the potential to skew the information landscape and undermine key pillars of democracy, especially during the election season. These information operations ...

Just months after the European Union’s (EU) landmark Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act came into force in July 2024, South Africa’s roadmap for harnessing the benefits of AI was published in October.

The ISS is grateful for support from the members of the ISS Partnership Forum: The Hanns Seidel Foundation, the European Union, the Open Society Foundations and the governments of Denmark, Ireland, ...

The publication of the PSC Report is made possible through support from the Government of the Netherlands, the Government of Denmark and the Hanns Seidel Foundation. The ISS is also grateful for the ...

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 ...