Since its inception in 1999, the Africa Center has served as a forum for research, academic programs, and the exchange of ideas with the aim of enhancing citizen security by strengthening the effectiveness and accountability of African institutions.
View of an endangered indigenous tree felled by illegal loggers in the Nakuru forest area of Kenya.
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Illegal logging entrenches systemic corruption, undermines accountability in governance, and finances insecurity.
Des militaires burkinabés tienant des portraits lors de l'enterrement des soldats tués lors d'une attaque d'Al-Qaeda à Gaskinde en octobre 2022.
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Le regain de violence a été marqué par une augmentation de 68 % des décès impliquant des civils.
Burkina Faso servicemen hold portraits during the burial of soldiers killed in an Al-Qaeda attack in Gaskinde in October 2022.
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Reconnaitre le coup en Guinée ne ferait qu’encourager de futures interventions des militaires. Mais rendre son fauteuil à Alpha Condé ne rétablirait pas la démocratie.
Residents hang from a bus and hold a South Sudanese flag in the disputed Abyei region of Sudan.
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Prior to the secession of South Sudan, the rural livelihoods of people living in the 11 states were dependent on free trade and movement across the boundaries.
Colonel Mamady Doumbouya (C) and his team of Guinean special forces listen as he holds talks with religious leaders at the People’s Palace in Conakry on September 14, 2021.
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Any recognition of the coup could incentivise future ones. Yet Alpha Condé can’t simply be restored to office, sweeping under the carpet the dubious basis on which he has retained power.
Idriss Déby, the late former president of Chad.
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