Sub-Saharan Africa
Biannual reports on African Union frameworks, conflict hotspots, China-Africa relations, and development finance geopolitics.
Published biannually · Peer-reviewed
The Crisis in Cabo Delgado: Why Mozambique Matters
A forgotten humanitarian crisis with deepening roots Rwanda’s intervention is strategically self-serving, not purely altruistic A new, fragmented security…
Anglophone Conflict in Cameroon
Historical roots driving a neglected conflict Structural silencing keeps the crisis hidden International complicity dims the spotlight further
U.S. Intervention in Nigeria’s Security Crisis
The Christmas Day 2025 US missile strike was far more contested than the official narrative suggested The US had multiple motivations beyond counterterrorism…
The advance of the Hydra
How and why jihadist violence spread to Benin and Togo — Structural weaknesses across the Sahel created power vacuums that terrorist groups like JNIM…
Managing Instability in Senegal
Why the Casamance conflict began — Deep-rooted colonial history created ethnic, religious, and cultural divisions between the Joola-majority Casamance region…
Strategic Engagement
Main Question: How can young professionals successfully enter and influence the highly competitive United Nations ecosystem? Argument: Entry requires a “Show…
Jihadist expansion across borderlands in the Sahel
The brief examines how jihadist groups JNIM and ISSP are expanding from their traditional Sahelian strongholds into coastal West African countries as part of a…
Gulf States and the Battle for East Africa
Gulf states have become the Horn of Africa’s most consequential external actors — but how is their influence actually operating? Infrastructure development,…
Interview with Lola Aworanti-Ekugo
How can the Global South advance in digital trade and AI? Effective digital trade requires inclusive policies, public-private collaboration, and support for…
Maternal Mortality as Foreign Policy Failure
Why is maternal health not treated as a strategic foreign policy priority? This report argues that Sudan’s maternity crisis exposes systemic failures in…
Justice Beyond the Courtroom in Africa
In what ways does transnational litigation function as both a challenge to and a reproduction of corporate impunity in the strategies of environmental justice…
South Sudan’s Potential Descent into Crisis
The main question is, how can history help us better understand and put the current 2025-2026 crisis into context. South Sudan’s stability is undermined by…
Hidden Corruption in Supply Chains
-Main question: Why does corruption persist in global supply chains despite existing international standards and corporate compliance tools? -Argument:…
China and Human Rights Protection in Ethiopia
This article asks to what extent China’s principle of non-interference contributes to the weakening of international human rights pressure in Ethiopia. It…
All Theory, No Practice?
Ever since its genesis, impartiality has epitomised a core principle of UN peacekeeping. However, developments towards robust peacekeeping, like the…
Water Diplomacy and River Basin Organisations
This article discusses how unilateral mega-infrastructure projects generate conditions of water stress and asks whether river basin organisations function as…
Breaking Diplomatic Norms
Israel’s recognition of Somaliland at the end of 2025, Somalia’s territorial integrity, and decades of international consensus. This unilateral move reframes…
THE WAR IN SUDAN
The article examines how authoritarian collapse, elite division, and foreign proxies shape Sudan’s war. Using neo-realist and political marketplace theories,…
Post-Election Human Rights Violations in Tanzania
To what extent do post-election events in Tanzania constitute violations of international human rights law? Evidence from international organisations and civil…
The Regional Consequences of El-Fasher’s Collapse
Can UNMISS provide the capacity to address the spillover effects from the fall of el-Fasher? These effects risk generating increased migration pressures,…
