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A Tanzanian woman holds her phone displaying an app project that harness the power of digital tools and data-driven decision making. Photo: Riaz Jahanpour for USAID Tanzania / Digital Development Communications.
May 05, 2020 / in African Security, Business & Governance

Using Artificial Intelligence as a Means of Improving Business Lending in Fragile States
Access to Somali Loans
April 02, 2020 / in African Security, Business & Governance

New Report Tracks Links Between Development, Violence, and Local Economies
Ethiopia and Eritrea Rapprochement
September 12, 2018 / in African Security, Business & Governance, Political Conflict

Ethiopia-Eritrea Rapprochement and the Economic Dynamics of the Horn of Africa
Could positive developments influence violent state repression in Ethiopia
September 05, 2018 / in African Security, Political Forecasting, Political Conflict

Leadership Change and Violent State Repression
New Prime Minister of Ethiopia and the End to Insurgencies
August 22, 2018 / in African Security, Political Forecasting, Political Conflict

Will Success Beget Success? Leadership Change in Ethiopia and the End of Prolonged Insurgencies
Friend to Foe Eritrean-Ethiopian Dispute
August 16, 2018 / in African Security, Political Forecasting, Political Conflict

From Friends to Foes (to Friends Again): Leadership Change and the Peaceful Settlement of the Eritrean-Ethiopian Dispute
Prospect for Meaningful Reforms in the Horn of Africa
August 15, 2018 / in African Security, Political Forecasting, Political Conflict

A New Hope or Cause for Concern? Leadership Change and the Prospect for Meaningful Reforms in Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa
African leads small arms control
August 06, 2018 / in African Security

Stemming the Tide: African Leadership in Small Arms and Light Weapons Control
african actors are leading the world
July 27, 2018 / in African Security

African Actors Are Leading the World to a New Model of Civilian Protection
post apartheid South African racial reconciliation
July 20, 2018 / in African Security

Truth and Reconciliation: The South African Model
South Sudan Civil War and Difficulties reaching Peace Agreement
July 10, 2018 / in African Security

An Underutilized Resource? Elder Statesmen and Conflict Management in Sub-Saharan Africa
African Contributions to Global Security Norms
July 09, 2018 / in African Security

Insights from African Contributions to Global Security Norms
boko haram cell phone violence
May 30, 2018 / in African Security, Political Forecasting

Cell Phones, Violence, and Boko Haram
October 02, 2017 / in African Security, Stable Seas

Stable Seas Maritime Security Index Maps Threats to Governance
May 17, 2017 / in African Security, Political Conflict

DRC at Greatest Risk In Years
April 22, 2017 / in African Security

What Does the State of Global Democracy Mean for Africa?

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