Publishing Institution: Africa Center for Strategic Studies / Political Geography: Africa

Author:: Africa Center for Strategic Studies
Publication Date:: 10-2017
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: Africa Center for Strategic Studies
Abstract:: A quarterly update of a map tracking militant Islamic group activity in Africa as compiled by the Africa Center for Strategic Studies. Al Shabaab has been involved in over half of all violent events related to militant Islamist groups in Africa in the first three quarters of 2017 (987 of 1,827 total).
Topic:: Violent Extremism, ISIS, Militant Islam, and Al Shabaab
Political Geography:: Africa, North Africa, West Africa, and East Africa

Author:: Africa Center for Strategic Studies
Publication Date:: 10-2017
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: Africa Center for Strategic Studies
Abstract:: Mass atrocities, including unlawful killings, rape, torture, and destruction of property, have caused one in three people in South Sudan to flee their homes.
Topic:: Genocide, Human Rights, United Nations, Refugees, and Displacement
Political Geography:: Africa, Sudan, East Africa, South Sudan, and Central Africa

Author:: Africa Center for Strategic Studies
Publication Date:: 12-2017
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: Africa Center for Strategic Studies
Abstract:: Migration continues to be a major issue affecting African societies. Here are three observations on how Africa’s economic migrants* affect security on the continent:
Topic:: Migration, United Nations, Diaspora, Refugees, and Displacement
Political Geography:: Africa, Libya, Egypt, Mediterranean, and Gulf of Aden

Author:: André Standing
Publication Date:: 07-2017
Content Type:: Policy Brief
Institution:: Africa Center for Strategic Studies
Abstract:: Conflicts of interest within Africa’s fisheries sector enable unsustainable exploitation by foreign fishing firms and undercut the political will needed to build more robust surveillance and prosecutorial capacity.
Topic:: International Political Economy, International Security, and Food Security
Political Geography:: Africa

Author:: Africa Center for Strategic Studies
Publication Date:: 09-2016
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: Africa Center for Strategic Studies
Abstract:: The strong overlap of autocracy and conflict in Africa underscores the strong political dimensions of Africa’s contemporary conflicts.
Topic:: Authoritarianism, Democracy, and Conflict
Political Geography:: Africa, North Africa, Central Africa, and Horn of Africa

Author:: Africa Center for Strategic Studies
Publication Date:: 09-2016
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: Africa Center for Strategic Studies
Abstract:: While much attention has focused on refugee migration into Europe, two-thirds of Africa’s dislocated population are internally displaced.
Topic:: Migration, Regional Cooperation, United Nations, and Diaspora
Political Geography:: Africa, Sudan, Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan, and Democratic Republic of Congo

Author:: Africa Center for Strategic Studies
Publication Date:: 11-2016
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: Africa Center for Strategic Studies
Abstract:: A review of militant Islamist group activity in Africa over the past year reveals considerable variation and a geographic concentration.
Topic:: Regional Cooperation, Violent Extremism, ISIS, and Militant Islam
Political Geography:: Africa, North Africa, West Africa, and East Africa

Author:: Abdisaid Ali
Publication Date:: 08-2016
Content Type:: Policy Brief
Institution:: Africa Center for Strategic Studies
Abstract:: The growth of Salafist ideology in East Africa has challenged long established norms of tolerance and interfaith cooperation in the region. This is an outcome of a combination of external and internal factors. This includes a decades-long effort by religious foundations in Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states to promulgate ultraconservative interpretations of Islam throughout East Africa’s mosques, madrassas, and Muslim youth and cultural centers. Rooted within a particular Arab cultural identity, this ideology has fostered more exclusive and polarizing religious relations in the region, which has contributed to an increase in violent attacks. These tensions have been amplified by socioeconomic differences and often heavy-handed government responses that are perceived to punish entire communities for the actions of a few. Redressing these challenges will require sustained strategies to rebuild tolerance and solidarity domestically as well as curb the external influence of extremist ideology and actors.
Topic:: Islam, Religion, Violent Extremism, and Global Security
Political Geography:: Africa

Author:: Daniel Hampton
Publication Date:: 04-2014
Content Type:: Policy Brief
Institution:: Africa Center for Strategic Studies
Abstract:: Over 60,000 African troops from 39 different nations serve in peace operations worldwide. Maintaining African peacekeeping capability requires an ongoing training process to sustain the skill proficiency of troop contingents for rapid deployment and crisis response. Continued reliance on international trainers undercuts the institutionalization of African peacekeeping capability. An African-led training model would not only be more sustainable but would draw on the relevant, practical experience that African peacekeepers have gained over the years.
Topic:: Conflict Resolution, Regional Cooperation, and Peacekeeping
Political Geography:: Africa

Author:: Bradley Anderson and Johan Jooste
Publication Date:: 05-2014
Content Type:: Policy Brief
Institution:: Africa Center for Strategic Studies
Abstract:: Spikes in the prices of ivory and rhino horn have propelled an escalation in killings of African elephants and rhinoceroses. Without urgent corrective measures, extinction of these populations is likely. This is not just a wildlife poaching problem but part of a global illicit trafficking network that is empowering violent groups and co-opting some elements of Africa's security sector. An immediate bolstering of Africa's wildlife ranger network is needed to slow the pace of elephant and rhino killings and buy time. Addressing this threat over the longer term will require dramatically reducing the demand for these animal parts, especially within Asian markets.
Topic:: Security, International Trade and Finance, Regional Cooperation, and Law Enforcement
Political Geography:: Africa and Asia

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