Much of the difference in number of deaths across reports stems from how organisations select and handle sources.
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Popular discontent with the performance of a president should not be grounds for a military coup.
Pretoria stopped one phase of one war. Its incomplete implementation left unresolved disputes that are now colliding.
The wall in Western Sahara marks the practical frontline of a conflict most of the world has stopped watching.
African countries are now crafting the first continent-wide framework to tackle how climate disasters can worsen hunger, displacement and conflict.
The African shoreline is now much more valuable to outsiders who want to monitor, contain or outflank the waterway opposite them.
At a time when UN peace operations are declining, African organisations are often the first responders to emerging crises.
People restoring Africa’s ecosystems need climate services that combine forecasts with Indigenous knowledge and information about land, water and livelihoods.
The use of chemical weapons has been outlawed for nearly a century.
Military leaders in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger came to power promising to defeat the insurgencies plaguing their countries. Instead, insecurity has worsened.
Urbanisation is experienced through growing tensions within families over precious yet meagre plots of land.
Recent confrontations in Tigray are a sign that the 2022 peace process has seriously derailed.
An incomplete peace agreement has become a useful political tool to the Ethiopian government, the TPLF and Eritrea.
How the re-elected government uses its new dominance will influence Zambian politics well beyond this election.
The issue of internal displacement remains poorly understood despite the very large number of people involved.
The youth-led protests of 2025 were not the first time the Malagasy people created a window of opportunity for change.
Armed groups in the Sahel are finding new ways to profit from the rapidly expanding lithium trade.
African governments need to strengthen regional cooperation on peace and security because regional stability is essential for sustainable debt.
Crises that add up on top of each other have to be addressed in an integrated way.
Border closure fails when it ignores the daily political and economic dynamics operating in the borders.
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