Chad and the West: Shifting the security burden?
Chad’s decision in January 2015 to send troops into northern Nigeria to fight the militant Islamist group Boko Haram brought the country into the international spotlight.
Africa Policy Briefs
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Putin in Africa
This Africa Policy Brief analyses why Russia’s renewed Africa policy is an extension of its political ambition to build strategic control over energy networks. African leaders insist that dealing with […]
Understanding Burundi’s predicament
On Sunday 25 April 2015, one day after the ruling Conseil National Pour la Défense de la Démocratie – Forces pour la Défense de la Démocratie (CNDD-FDD) party designated incumbent […]
Tackling terror in Africa: what local roles for insurgency groups?
This Africa Policy Brief is based on the recently published book “Time for a new approach on terror in Africa?”
Islands of stability or swamps of insecurity? MONUSCO’s Intervention Brigade and the danger of emerging security voids in eastern Congo
2013 might enter into history as a turning point for both United Nations (UN) peacekeeping and the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) two decades of armed conflicts. Bothaccustomed to […]
Non-judicial battles: Kenyan politics and the International Criminal Court
In March 2013, Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto of the Jubilee Alliance were elected Kenya’s President and Deputy President respectively. This victory was achieved against significant odds – both men […]