Tag: insecurity
Military coups in Africa: here’s what determines a return to civilian...
Slightly more than two years after Niger’s first peaceful handover of power from one civilian president to another, the military seized power in July...
Islamist terrorism is rising in the Sahel, but not in Chad...
Since the rise of Boko Haram in Nigeria and the emergence of Islamist-Salafist groups in northern Mali in 2013, the Sahel has increasingly been...
Nigeria is a ‘soup’ of security responses
Dr Mark Duerksen, a research associate at the Africa Center for Strategic Studies, discusses the 'soup' of security responses in Nigeria of different groups...
ISS: Gulf of Guinea piracy: a symptom, not a cause, of...
Focusing on piracy is counter-productive if strategies neglect other maritime security problems in coastal communities.
Piracy in the Gulf of Guinea appears to be worse...
Widespread knock-on effects violence in the Sahel
Violence in Africa’s Sahel region has driven mining exploration companies to put projects on hold, with downstream effects for an industry struggling to expand...
Insecurity in Nigeria requires urgent attention
Nigeria’s multiple security problems created a crisis requiring urgent attention and could lead to instability in other African countries if not addressed, a United...
CAR insecurity threatens wider region UN hears
Rising violence in the Central African Republic (CAR) threatens to spill into neighbouring countries creating further instability, a senior United Nations official warned, urging...
No going back to Delta insecurity – Buhari
Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari said the country "cannot afford to go back to dark days of insecurity" in the oil-producing Niger Delta...
UN seeks $2billion for Sahel as migration spectre looms
The United Nations sought on Wednesday a record $2 billion for the Sahel in what a senior UN official said is necessary...
Two years on insecurity is still a major challenge for South...
As South Sudan marks its second anniversary of independence, the top UN envoy there commended progress made so far while also noting...
