Shaping global climate diplomacy requires strategic thinking and a new script during the upcoming COP30 negotiations.

Without a predictable financing mechanism, the mission remains trapped in a cycle of insecurity, mounting arrears and ...

Water scarcity in Africa is a crisis, and the GERD conflict shows why mutually beneficial cooperation agreements are vital.

Numerous actors are involved in this surging criminal enterprise, with members of the rebel Rapid Support Forces becoming key ...

Will Tanzania’s 29 October elections reinforce authoritarian practices rather than promote democratic governance?

Development partners The ISS is grateful for support from the members of the ISS Partnership Forum: the Hanns Seidel ...

JNIM’s blockades have become a strategic weapon that threatens regional commerce and the Malian army, and harms civilians.

In early June, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov visited Guinea, the Republic of the Congo and Burkina Faso – his sixth official visit to Africa since 2022. As Russia ramps up its charm offensive ...

Voting on 12 October may be difficult for people in conflict-affected regions, who comprise a large portion of the country's ...

Domestic observers may not improve the quality of polls on 29 October, but could increase transparency and public awareness.

Eight years on, northern Mozambique’s terrorist threat remains acute despite the deployment of thousands of local and foreign ...

With fragmented actors and rising fatigue, can Sudan’s new mediation coalitions align visions to finally unlock peace?