Africa

The Nexus Between Crime and Violent Extremism in Kenya: A Case Study of Two Prison Complexes

Gayatri Sahgal and Martine Zeuthen

There is little evidence that radicalisation is occurring in Kenya's prisons.

Reassessing the UK’s Muddled Approach to Africa

Andrew E Yaw Tchie

A parliamentary report documents the lack of strategic foresight in the UK’s approach to Africa.

China in Africa’s Looking Glass: Perceptions and Realities

Hangwei Li and Jacqueline Muna Musiitwa Esq

While the coronavirus pandemic has accelerated the declining influence of Western countries like Canada, Australia and the UK in Africa, China has intentionally kept Africa high on its agenda. But the perception of China in Africa remains complex and multifaceted.

"In March 2020 it announced a plan to develop a “new comprehensive EU strategy with Africa”.Dr Andrew Edward Yaw Tchie, Senior Research Fellow for Africa Security, and Obasanjo Fellow, RUSI, said this would be built on five partnerships: green transition; digital transformation; sustainable growth and jobs; peace and governance; and migration and mobility. "

The UK and Sub-Saharan Africa: prosperity, peace and development co-operation

The Southern Stratagem: North Korean Proliferation Financing in Southern and Eastern Africa

North Korea adapts its proliferation financing activities to the particular opportunities available in each of the regions in which it operates. Sub-Saharan Africa has been no different.

"Successive missions by Western powers in the Sahel “have not done enough to address the root causes of conflict and instability and have added new layers of insecurity which is now spreading throughout parts of Africa,” the think tank has said. "

Britain is joining an ‘unwinnable’ fight in the Sahel: think tank