Sending more soldiers and weapons to northern Mozambique would only serve to exacerbate the problem.
Somalia’s most recent political impasse will have significant consequences for its neighbours, Kenya and Ethiopia.
Abiy Ahmed’s quest to bring all Ethiopians together through increased centralisation is tearing the country apart.
Major foreign policy mistakes Kenya has made threaten to unravel its relations with Somalia and endanger its security.
African nations have heard talk of democracy before from the likes of Museveni and Afwerki. Will Abiy be different?
More and more European-born players of African descent are returning home, but Africa’s ‘muscle drain’ is far from over.
Kenya’s colonial wildlife conservation system is displacing native pastoralist communities from their historic lands.
Kenya’s failed security policies have led to a string of extrajudicial killings in the past decades.
Could long-standing community grievances impact oil drilling in Kenya?
Extrajudicial killings, rampant corruption and widespread profiling taint Kenya’s police forces.