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published by Julie Howard and Emmy Simmons, Center for Strategic and International Studies
on February 28, 2019
Development efforts to stabilize conflict-affected regions should focus on a wider geographic area than those that are most fragile. Strengthening the resilience of outlying regions can help prevent deterioration in these locations while providing a more solid base of support for areas affected by crisis. This may require intensifying agriculture and strengthening markets in peri-urban and rural areas where displaced persons are living. Private sector investments can also be encouraged in these areas by reducing the risks investors face. Development efforts must simultaneously amplify the voices of effective local leaders and institutions while improving public sector effectiveness.
Infographic
published by the Africa Center for Strategic Studies
on October 17, 2018
Conflict is a central factor in the geography of Africa’s food insecurity. The acuteness of this insecurity deepens the longer a conflict continues.
Infographic
published by the Africa Center for Strategic Studies
on July 28, 2017
The humanitarian situation in South Sudan continues to deteriorate as the conflict persists unabated. Four years of widespread violence have left 6 million people—half the population—acutely food insecure.
Infographic
published by the Africa Center for Strategic Studies
on February 17, 2017
Nineteen African countries are facing acute levels of food insecurity. Ten of those countries are experiencing internal conflict.
Africa’s future—both in terms of opportunities and challenges—is tied to the maritime space which surrounds it. The vast African maritime domain contains immense resources that, when fully tapped, will provide African societies with significant additional resources to strengthen their ongoing development efforts, including food and energy security. Development is, in turn, an essential foundation for... Continue Reading
Spotlight
published by the Africa Center for Strategic Studies
on March 15, 2019
Africa's rapidly evolving maritime security environment has prompted innovations in Africa's maritime security architecture, leading to greater regional coordination.
Spotlight
published by the Africa Center for Strategic Studies
on February 25, 2019
From Boko Haram to farmer-herder conflicts, ethno-religious tensions, separatist movements, urban crime, and national identity, Nigeria experts size up the security priorities facing the Buhari government in its second term.
Spotlight
published by the Africa Center for Strategic Studies
on May 25, 2018
The Seychelles’ environmental, economic, and security plans include unique reforms and innovative partnerships generate benefits that reach well beyond its shores.
Spotlight
published by the Africa Center for Strategic Studies
on June 16, 2017
The effects of desertification are widespread and growing worse, contributing to heightened resource competition, conflict, and hunger.
Africa Security Brief No. 33
published by André Standing
on June 6, 2017
Conflicts of interest within Africa's fisheries sector enable unsustainable exploitation by foreign fishing firms and undercut the political will needed to build more robust surveillance and prosecutorial capacity.
Toolkit
published by the Africa Center for Strategic Studies
on July 27, 2016
A planning toolkit for policymakers and practitioners as they navigate the process of developing maritime national security strategies in Africa.
Spotlight
published by the Africa Center for Strategic Studies
on March 4, 2016
Maritime access gives Africa a major strategic advantage. Yet none of its 38 coastal states can fully claim sovereignty over territorial waters.
