Mining

Researching and investigating how the mining and trafficking of precious metals and gemstones drive violence in Central Africa.

25 Nov 2025
by Nirvaly Mooloo - ISS

The illicit transnational supply chains sustaining Sudan’s conflict

20 Nov 2025
by Ruben De Koning - GI-TOC

Sudan's storm of Typhon

RSF's rise and the chaos economy

Mercenaries and illicit markets

Russia's Africa Corps and the business of conflict

After the fall

Russian influence on Africa's illicit economies post-Wagner

The war of thieves

Illicit networks, commoditized violence and the arc of state collapse in Sudan

Tarnished hope

Crime and corruption in South Sudan's gold sector

Business as usual?

Illegal charcoal and timber trade in Eastern DRC

Soldiers of fortune

The future of Chadian fighters after the Libyan ceasefire

A criminal state

Understanding and countering institutionalized corruption and violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo

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