Sub-Saharan Africa is home to nearly half of the world’s fragile and conflict-affected states, where weak institutions and social cohesion, governance failures, and economic instability trap millions ...

Political dynamics in Sub-Saharan Africa are shaped by a complex interplay of historical legacies, state capacity, resource competition, identity mobilisation and external influences. In many states ...

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The UAE, Saudi Arabia and Qatar have longstanding political and security interests in north and east Africa. But the late 2010s saw a “geoeconomic turn” in their foreign policy. This has led the three ...