As the current insurgency in the Niger Delta region mirrors dynamics seen in the early 2000s, kidnappings by militant groups are likely to emerge as a renewed threat in the region, writes Gabrielle Reid.
The August 2016 announcement that Islamic State had replaced the leader of its West African affiliate, Boko Haram, has paved the way for a split in the Nigerian militant group. Now it appears Nigeria and its allies will be fighting militants on two fronts in the region, writes Gabrielle Reid
2016 has seen Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta engulfed in a fresh wave of violence, led by the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA), a newly-formed opaque militant group, writes Jack Raeder
Ennahda, one of Tunisia's largest political parties, used its annual congress on 20 May 2016 to announce that it was abandoning political Islam by formally separating its religious and political activities, writes Hamish Kinnear
Mozambique's current debt crisis sheds new light on the state of indebtedness across the African continent, writes Diana Nyabongo and Gabrielle Reid
Optimism for the Senegalese oil and gas industry's prospects has been growing since 2014 when a UK-headquartered independent energy company made the largest global oil discovery of that year, and the most significant in Senegal since non-commercial reserves were first identified in the 1960s, writes India Barker
Facing a seemingly unavoidable financial crisis amid a worsening insurgency, Mozambique will need to develop a unique strategy to combat its current challenges. However, thus far, the political will to do so is absent, writes Gabrielle Reid
South Africa has seen a wave of recent unrest which demonstrates a renewed desire to revitalise the country's transformation from apartheid amid the perceived failings of the current government. Gabrielle Reid argues that the ruling administration is likely to ride the wave unchanged.
2015 may have seen multilateral trade negotiations stall and Africa excluded from new mega-regional trade deals, but African exporters can draw hope from the signing of the continent's own trade deal – a step forward in continental integration and, possibly, industrialisation and growth, writes India Barker.
The Kenya Defence Forces' highest loss in the recent Al Shabaab attack at El Adde has again rallied calls for a Kenyan withdrawal, but the military force stillhas a significant role to play in Somalia, writes Gabrielle Reid