According to almost all accounts, 2015 has been a fairly dismal year. Whether in peace and security, the economy, or the environment, the world seems to have experienced one crisis after another, leav…

At the start of every month, the Global Observatory posts a list of key upcoming meetings and events that have implications for global affairs. November 30-Dec 11: UN Climate Conference Continues, …

As international forces scrambled to provide security for the visit of Pope Francis to the Central African Republic (CAR) over the weekend, local and international actors have called for the rearmamen…

The recent renewal of violence in the three-year conflict in the Central African Republic (CAR) has killed at least 42 people and added 27,000 more to the 365,000 who remain displaced within the count…

Last week's high-level peacekeeping summit hosted by United States President Barack Obama was another sign that world leaders see the increase in demand for United Nations peace operations as a critic…

With just weeks to go before the Central African Republic (CAR) is due to hold a constitutional referendum and legislative elections, doubts over the country's preparedness for the polls linger as log…

With European ministers meeting in summits this week to discuss the hundreds of thousands of men, women, and children fleeing conflict zones and landing on their shores, the conversation among leaders…

Last month, violent clashes erupted in the Central African Republic (CAR) after the killing and beheading of a 19-year-old Muslim in Bambari, allegedly by members of the Christian and animist militias…

Recent high profile bombings and terrorist incidents in Greater Cairo have increased concerns that Islamist extremist violence in Egypt may increasingly impact areas outside of the chronically insecur…

Since President Paul Biya came to power in 1982, Cameroon has been a sleepy regime with a soft and aging dictator, a nation all but forgotten in a remote corner of the African continent. This has dram…