By the Africa Center for Strategic Studies
September 8, 2017

Despite their shortcomings, African peace operations have saved lives, built security sector capacity, and helped mitigate conflict—reducing pressure on international actors to become directly involved.

By Paul Nantulya

Despite the serious humanitarian and economic tolls generated by Burundi’s crisis, the reaction of its neighbors has been remarkably subdued.

Africa’s humanitarian crises have continued to worsen in 2017. Twenty million Africans have been displaced from their homes and 44 million are acutely food insecure

By Kate Almquist Knopf

Proposed justice measures in South Sudan—including the Hybrid Court—can be pursued despite disruptions in the implementation of the peace agreement.

By Dorina Bekoe

As the Kenyan electoral campaign heads into the homestretch, prospects for violence remain mixed. The Africa Center’s Dorina Bekoe offers an assessment.