Vigilante groups in the Lake Chad Basin region are pivotal yet precarious actors in the conflict against Boko Haram. While instrumental in providing security and countering the insurgency, they are also implicated in human rights violations, abuses of power, and occasional instances of tactical cooperation with Boko Haram insurgents. These realities blur the lines between violent actors and community protectors and show the risk of vigilantes devolving into regional security

By Mikal Woldu What does it mean to hold a conference on the Global Black experience on  the African continent? What does it signal—to...

The SOAS Centre for Pan-African Studies (CPAS) and the Institute for Peace and Security Studies (IPSS) at Addis Ababa University have...