Working Group
Sub-Saharan Africa
Harnessing potential for a prosperous tomorrow
The Working Group Sub-Saharan Africa, analysing political stability, security challenges, and economic development, explores regional conflicts, counterterrorism efforts, and foreign influence in Sub-Saharan Africa. It assesses governance trends, resource security, and military cooperation. Monthly briefings present factual analyses and visualisations to illustrate the region’s evolving role in international security policy.
Publications
The Role of Uganda in Eastern Congo
Self-Defence or Interference?
The conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has persisted for nearly three decades, involving numerous external actors, including Uganda. Uganda’s significant engagement began during this period. Uganda’s involvement remains controversial, raising persistent concerns regarding issues of sovereignty, economic exploitation, and human rights violations. Congo’s fragility and systemic corruption have rendered it vulnerable to external exploitation.
The Lobito Corridor
Infrastructure, Influence and Africa’s East-West Trade
How does the Lobito Corridor reflect the growing use of infrastructure to shape Africa’s trade patterns and global partnerships? The Corridor is a strategic project by the U.S. and to counter China’s influence in Africa through development-focused infrastructure.The Lobito Corridor exemplifies how infrastructure can drive regional integration, enhance global supply chains, and serve as a tool for geopolitical leverage and development partnerships
Mediators, Militias, and Minerals
Who Wants What in Congo’s Unending War?
1.What are the strategic interests of key actors in the DRC? 2. To understand the regional dimensions of the conflict in the DRC, it is important to examine the interests of countries beyond just Rwanda. 3. The conflict is highly complex and multidimensional, resisting simplistic narratives of a bilateral rivalry between Rwanda/M23 and the DRC.
The Potential Expansion of the Coup Belt
The underlying factors of coup d'états and its similarities in Cameroon
1. What is the Coup Belt and is there a risk of it expanding? 2. The countries of the Coup Belt share some underlying factors behind their coup d’états. 3. There is a risk of the Coup Belt expanding southwards to include Cameroon.
