Blog Posts by Our Experts

Deaths of Three British Aid Workers Heightens Awareness of MENA Security Risks

By Arthur Willoughby Three British Aid workers were among 7 killed by an Israeli air strike last night, prompting the British Foreign...

Controversial Visit to Washington

By Scott Morgan On March 19, 2024 Nalendi Pandor the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation for South Africa was in...

Socioeconomic impact of conflict in Africa

United Nations Economic Commission for Africa In the present report, a comprehensive and empirical analysis of the relationship between...

Situational Report – Africa’s Great Lakes Region

Arthur Willoughby Introduction: Politically, the ‘Great Lakes’ region of Africa (AGL – African Great Lakes) typically refers to the...

NSO Group Forced to Hand Over the Code to their Highly Sophisticated Pegasus Spyware

Arthur Willoughby NSO group, the creators of the highly sophisticated Pegasus spyware, have been ordered by a US district court to hand...

To what extent has famine made the outbreak of civil conflict in Ethiopia more likely? A study of the Tigray People’s Liberation front.

By Arthur Willoughby “A man starved all his life will never rebel. Up north there was no rebellion. No one raised his voice or his hand...

Trouble on the Great Lakes of Africa

By Scott Morgan The situation in the Great Lakes region of Africa is one of the major Geopolitical Risks that will continue into 2024. We...

Western Flags Burn in Eastern DRC

By Arthur Willoughby In the heart of Africa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) stands as one of the most mineral rich countries...

Hidden Foreign Policy in Central African Republic?

By Scott Morgan Concerning the reports that the American Private Military Company Bancroft was having conversations with President...

Game Changer in the Horn

The announcement made Jan 1st that Ethiopia has signed a (MOU) with Somaliland may have created the first major geopolitical risk of 2024.

New Flashpoint in West Africa?

The Security Challenges in the Sahel are continuing the trajectory of moving southwards towards the Gulf of Guinea.

Terrorist Threats in Africa

House of Representatives Homeland Security Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement and Intelligence on Terrorist Threats in Africa

Niger Hypocricy

By Scotty Morgan When pertaining to sudden and often violent changes in government there is a train of thought that suggests that it’s...

Threats From Sudan

If the RSF are defeated it is feasible for some of their fighters to find work in Libya for General Haftar or even in the Central African...