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
Gabrielle Reid, explores how kidnappings perpetrated by Islamist militantsin the Sahel re-emerged as a threat in 2015 as a result of protractedinsecurity in northern Mali. Looking ahead, various political evacuationorders are likely to be issued in Africa over the coming year and will requireclose monitoring.
While the latest alert issued by the US Embassy in Pretoria has many concerned about the terrorist threat in the country, the warning has also raised questions around South Africa's capability to counter any future threat, writes Gabrielle Reid.
Despite a truce, fears of an eventual resurgence of violence between the ruling FRELIMO party and longstanding rebel-group-turned-political-party, RENAMO, are rightly preoccupying investors; nonetheless, they should not neglect to address popular grievances in the north and west of Mozambique, which are being driven by the fast pace of development in…
Kenya faces terrorist attacks and persistent ethnic tensions in parts of the country. Yet it remains politically stable, and recent nationwide rallies – often flashpoints for ethnic violence –passed peacefully. Nevertheless, the country's security is undermined by its political leadership, which remains focused on domestic politicking, writes Sharon…
Weak governments and miscalculated counter-terrorism strategies have contributed to a recent upsurge in terrorist attacks in eastern Africa. While international allegiances have the potential to combat terrorist threats, inward-looking policies and entrenched ethnic divisions threaten to undermine security initiatives in the region, writes Sharon Cheramboss.…