Nigeria: is the end of mafia politics in sight?
“A poli-thug state” – Nigeria as described by Nigerian writer and Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka1 In spite of improvements to the electoral law, the last general elections in Nigeria, Africa’s […]
Africa
As a consequence of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, we are seeing a renewed Global Powers competition and an increasingly acute energy crisis. These developments have put the African continent centre stage again in international relations. Understanding how political and security developments within Africa shape the continent, as well as its position on the international scene, is a core objective of the Africa Programme.
In line with this aim, we contribute to increased knowledge and shape policy debates on, and in, Africa by organising expert seminars and providing in-depth research on: military interventions and security collaborations; the politics of elections; peacekeeping and peacebuilding efforts; the political economy of mining, and the development of women, peace and the security agenda, with a particular focus on the Great Lakes and the Sahel region.
Drawing on our own expertise, as well as a wide network of national and international research institutes, public authorities, and NGOs, makes the Africa Programme a central authority on matters related to Africa on a national, regional and global level.
Publications
External publications
Security Sector Reform (SSR) in Guinea-Bissau
Report – Co-author of the Africa Briefing of the Observatoire de l’Afrique , February 2008. (Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)
External publications
A defining commitment for the EU: preventing (even more) conflict in the middle east
in Anders Mellbourn and Peter Wallensteen (eds.), Third Parties and Conflict Prevention, Anna Lindh Books 2008 Edition, pp.77-93. (Photo credit: Pixabay)
External publications
Instability in North Kivu. Fears of another Congo war
in Strategic Comments, Vol. 13:9, 2007. In this article, Valerie Arnould discusses the threat of an escalation of violence in eastern Congo. (Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)
EU support to the Democratic Republic of Congo, rapports et documents
Since 2001, the EU has become increasingly involved in the DRC. This is in line with the efforts of a number of its member states. The development of the EU […]
Studia Diplomatica
Vol. LX, Issue 3 (2007): Peace and security in Central Africa. Interventional intervention in Africa. NATO and ESDP
PEACE AND SECURITY IN CENTRAL AFRICA – Un premier pas vers une doctrine des opérations robustes?, Xavier Zeebroek – Dynamiques de cohabitation entre populations civiles et le groupe armé FDLR: […]