Publications

Conflict & Resilience Monitor

The Conflict and Resilience Monitor offers monthly blog-size commentary and analysis on the latest conflict-related trends in Africa.

29 May 2026

The Changing African Mediation Landscape: From Dialogue to Strategic Mediation

From Competition to Integration: Reengineering Sudan’s Peace Efforts

Election as Qintot: Can the Upcoming Polls Move Ethiopia’s Politics Beyond Survival?

30 Apr 2026

From Competition to Integration: Reengineering Sudan’s Peace Efforts

Flashpoints at the Frontier: Rising Border Tensions in Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia

Beyond Tokenism: Institutionalising Meaningful Youth Participation in Peace and Security Decision-Making in West Africa

25 Mar 2026

When Decency Becomes Legacy: Remembering Nicholas ‘Fink’ Haysom

Africa–West Relations at a Turning Point: Interests, Agency and a New Bargain

How Can Regional Security Mechanisms in Africa Effectively Address Emerging Hybrid Threats?

27 Feb 2026

Africa and the Sudan Tragedy: A Test of Responsibility and Leadership

Sudan at a Crossroads: What the AU PSC’s 1330th Communiqué Means for the Path to Peace

Peacebuilding as Emergency Engagement: Why Africa Needs Innovation for a New Era of Crisis

17 Dec 2025

Africa Needs a Geopolitical Strategy and Global Engagement Policy

Madagascar’s Leadership Crisis and the Return of the Unconstitutional

The Climate-Crime Nexus: The Intertwining of Climate Change and Organised Crime as a Threat Multiplier

27 Nov 2025

Youth Leaders and Policy Actors Chart a New Course for Peace at the African Union Headquarters

Implementation of the National Action Plan 2250 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Challenges, Progress and Prospects

Rethinking African Agency in the Red Sea Arena

31 Oct 2025

Is There a Place for AI in Peace and Conflict Resolution?

Climate Change as a Threat Multiplier: Environmental Stress and Violent Conflict in Northern Nigeria

Pre-Electoral Alliances in South Africa: Lessons from the Past, Implications for the Future

30 Sep 2025

African Union High-Level Review of Governance, Peace and Security Policy Frameworks

A Difficult Peace: A Slippery Mountain to Climb for the DRC and the Great Lakes Region of Africa

Reimagining Protection: Why AU-UN Operational Partnerships must Intensify Unarmed Strategies

28 Aug 2025

Are National Peace Architectures Still Fit for Purpose? Rethinking Infrastructures for Peace in a Transboundary Era

A Case for Rebooting the Tana Forum on Security in Africa

Aswan Forum: Africa’s Leading Platform for Sustainable Peace and Development

31 Jul 2025

Remembering Professor Jannie Malan

Leveraging Military Capabilities for the Promotion of Gender in Contemporary African Peace Operations

Whose Exit Strategy? Why Regional Voices Matter in UN Transitions

27 Jun 2025

Africa at a Turing Point: Navigating Peril and Seizing Opportunity in a Changing Global Order

Tackling West Africa’s VE Crises in a Political and Security Vacuum

Beyond Bullets and Borders: How Livestock and Gum Arabic are Financing Sudan’s War

29 May 2025

The Future of UN Peacekeeping is Tethered to the Debate on UN Reform

Will African Peacekeepers Play a Role in Monitoring a Ceasefire Between Russia and Ukraine?

The African Standby Force’s Deployment Efficiency in Sudan

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