Researching and investigating how racketeering and extortion fuel instability and violence in Central Africa.
25 Nov 2025 by Mugah Michael Sitawa - ISS
08 Oct 2025 by Oluwole Ojewale - ISS
Sudan's storm of Typhon
RSF's rise and the chaos economy
The tri-border tangle
Arms trafficking, crime and violence in the borderlands of Chad, Cameroon and Central African Republic
The kidnapping business
Criminality in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
Criminals or vigilantes?
The Kuluna gangs of the Democratic Republic of Congo
A criminal state
Understanding and countering institutionalized corruption and violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo