The Regional Security Imperative to Protect the Congo Basin
Coastal West African countries can strengthen resiliency to the threat of violent extremism by enhancing a multilayered response addressing local, national, and regional priorities.
ECOWAS at 50: Achievements, Challenges, and Opportunities
H.E. Damtien Tchintchibidja, Vice-President of the ECOWAS Commission, highlights the enhanced economic, capacity building, and security benefits that have resulted from closer sub-regional integration.
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Sahel In Focus
The Sahel has seen the most rapid growth in violent extremist activity of any region in Africa over the past two years. This In Focus page provides a series of Africa Center analyses of Sahel trends and security dynamics.
Africa’s 2024 Elections: Challenges and Opportunities to Regain Democratic Momentum
Africa’s multifaceted 2024 electoral docket provides opportunities to strengthen multipartyism, transition back to constitutionalism following coups, and rebuff perfunctory exercises.
Mapping a Surge of Disinformation in Africa
Disinformation campaigns seeking to manipulate African information systems have surged nearly fourfold since 2022, triggering destabilizing and antidemocratic consequences.
Topic in Focus: Sahel Security Trends
The military junta in Mali has alienated regional and international security partners amid escalating violence by militant Islamist groups, leading to a spike in civilian fatalities.
Mounting crimes against civilians and abuse of civil liberties stemming from the security crisis in Burkina Faso are fueling a worsening humanitarian situation. The civilian death toll linked to violent extremist groups and the Burkinabe security forces has more than doubled from 762 in 2020 to 1,418 in 2022 and 1,312 in the first half of 2023. The violence displaced 2 million inside the country in 2023. The junta has stifled civil liberties penalizing citizens who dare to openly criticize it.