Africa today has fewer conflicts than in the past, though violence continues to hold back development and generate significant costs to governments, business and societies.
Institute for Security Studies
Africans rising Linking early warning to early responses
In an exclusive interview with the PSC report, Ambassador Fred Ngoga Gateretse, head of the AU’s Early Warning Division, spoke about dealing with problems before they turn into full-scale conflict.
Politics and Society Africa and global power: on the rise, but at the margins
As pressure mounts for Africa to take greater responsibility for development, peace and security on the continent, the question of regional leadership becomes pressing
Politics and Society Cyberspace: new frontiers for gender violence
Technology is being used to create spaces where women feel marginalised, and threatened based on their gender. From ‘cyber stalking’ to ‘revenge porn’, women are almost always the victims