Research desks
Security & Conflict
14 April 2025
Niger at a Crossroads: Security, Sovereignty, and Alliance Shifts
Niger is at the heart of a rapidly shifting geopolitical landscape in the Sahel.
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Africa
17 March 2025
Xenophobic Violence in South Africa and the Government’s P/CVE Initiatives
Far-right extremism is a cyclical and resurgent entity, often emerging in different forms and contexts throughout history. This is evident in the cases of fascism, Islamophobia, QAnon, anti-Semitism, and xenophobia in diverse countries’ contexts.
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Africa
14 March 2025
The rise of autonomous port cities, empowered by external financing and militarisation, threatens to redraw political loyalties, destabilising already fractured states and creating volatile flashpoints where trade...
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Security & Conflict
3 February 2025
Stabilising the Sahel: A development of anti-Western forces?
Stretching across Central-North Africa the Sahel is a region of prolonged emergency, experiencing a surge in instability over the past decade.
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9 January 2025
The shift away from the CFA francs
On the 6th of January 2025, Macron made a statement of disdain against African leaders. Calling out predominantly its ex-French colonies, it called their recent distancing from French military support as “ungrateful” and that none of the Sahelian countries would exist had it not been for France, quickly retorted by Senegal and Mali. This sentiment echoes a broader loss of faith against Western powers in Africa, which outside of the military, has been manifested in a quieter rhetoric revolving around desires for monetary and financial distancing.
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