The African National Congress’ friendship with Tehran is becoming the main bugbear in US relations with South Africa.

A long-term maritime agreement could boost Somalia’s naval capacity to curb illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing.

The 2025 African Union (AU) senior leadership election process began with a note verbale from the Office of the Legal Counsel sent to member states in May 2024, requesting the submission of ...

Development partners The ISS is grateful for support from the members of the ISS Partnership Forum: the Hanns Seidel Foundation, the European Union, the Open Society Foundations a ...

Kenya’s experience can help countries balance practical realities with Africa’s goal of open borders and regional connections ...

To effectively deliver justice for international crimes, an independent international cooperation unit is essential.

Africa must look within to improve resource allocation and promote social impact investments that go beyond just boosting ...

The new commission is a step in the right direction for security sector reform, but faces several tough challenges.

Security sector reforms that began well before the country’s two coups still suffer from a lack of effective civil society ...

The global demand for ivory is driving heavily armed poachers from Chad and Sudan into Cameroon’s Bouba Ndjida National Park. Reducing drug trafficking and consumption has become imperative in the ...

Ghana’s constitution allows an excessively powerful presidency to influence all levels of administration – it must be ...

Spanning three countries, the vast W-Arly-Pendjari Complex is being used to facilitate organised crime, terrorism and local ...