Thursday, 25 April 2019 Feature Conflict 29 November 2018 Roundtable: Countering militancy in the Sahel Soldiers stand guard at a G5 Sahel task force command post. Thomas Samson/AFP
Feature Conflict 11 October 2018 Abuses and disappearances mar Nigerian counter-insurgency campaign The army’s indiscriminate arrests risk bolstering the Boko Haram insurgency
News feature Conflict 13 September 2018 Zamfara: Nigeria’s wild northwest Hundreds have lost their lives this year as a fertile region descends into worsening conflict
Opinion Cities 11 December 2017 African cities – time for urgent reform The urban poor have been too long ignored
Opinion Conflict 28 September 2017 Unfair cop – why African police forces make violent extremism worse The police need reforming – not just to counter violent extremism, but to be more accountable to the public.
Analysis Conflict 17 July 2017 How jobs can help Niger win the war against Boko Haram If the roots of radicalisation are economic, aren’t the solutions too?
Feature Migration 6 July 2017 Boko Haram ups its pressure on Niger Rising numbers of Boko Haram attacks in Niger are compounding Diffa’s dire humanitarian crisis.
Analysis Migration 13 June 2017 The deadly conflict tearing Nigeria apart (and it’s not Boko Haram) A bitter conflict between Fulani pastoralists and farmers is now claiming more lives than Boko Haram
Feature Aid and Policy 4 May 2017 Boko Haram: Nigeria winning the battle but losing the war? The tide may have turned in the military struggle against Boko Haram, but Nigeria is a long way from resolving the conflict.
Feature Environment and Disasters 17 March 2017 Drought in Africa 2017 Seventeen countries in Africa are dealing with drought.
Feature Conflict 15 February 2017 *UPDATED: A rough guide to foreign military bases in Africa Check out our interactive map showing how international military bases are proliferating in Africa, especially in Djibouti
Feature Aid and Policy 2 February 2017 Blocked by Trump, unwanted by Kenya, Somali refugees face new crisis as famine looms With Kenya threatening to close Dadaab, resettlement in the US currently off the table, and famine looming at home, where can Somali refugees turn?
Analysis Conflict 20 January 2017 Promoting peace by waging war: African interventionism African leaders have frequently used military intervention to promote stability – Gambian autocrat Yahya Jammeh is only the latest target
