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October 10, 2019

Africa's Blue Economy: Five Nations Poised For Growth

And there appears to be plenty of room for sustainable growth, according to the One Earth Future Stable Seas Maritime Security Index, as long as the focus switches from top-of-the-food-chain fish, such as sharks, tuna and marlin, and concentrates on the smaller pelagic fish, like the Indian oil sard...

October 03, 2019

Mobile-based Lending Is Huge In Kenya: But There's A Downside Too

Over the past 10 years mobile-based lending has grown in Kenya. Some estimates put the number of mobile lending platforms at 49.

September 04, 2019

If the Women, Peace and Security Agenda Is To Be More Than Words, Congress Must Stay Engaged

Congress at no other time could draw on such a high number of women leaders who have active combat experience.

August 14, 2019

Rivalries ahead of Guinea-Bissau’s election raise questions about stability

These political rivalries amid transition, a presidential election and poor economic prospects for the general population, point to a heightened risk of a coup event within the next six months.

July 14, 2019

Here's why West Africa is becoming the world's piracy hotspot

West Africa is turning into the world’s piracy hotspot according to One Earth Future, which produces an annual State of Maritime Piracy report.

July 10, 2019

How bonds aimed at the diaspora can raise crucial funds for Africa

There are a wide variety of factors that determine the success of a diaspora bond, but as a report by OEF Research points out, these features largely fall into two categories.

July 03, 2019

West Africa has become the world’s piracy hotspot

A recent report by One Earth Future, an NGO, says that the region experienced more incidents of piracy last year than anywhere else in the world.

June 28, 2019

West Africa quickly becoming a global piracy hotspot

Just over a week ago, One Earth Future published their annual Stable Seas program report detailing the state of global maritime piracy for the 9th year. Surprising findings include the fact that for the first year the Western Indian Ocean reported no hijackings including Somania, the Gulf of Aden an...

June 25, 2019

Rescuing multilateralism

The One Earth Future foundation notes, for example, that: “the African continent will be forced to face negative challenges with negative AI” due to weak governments and social divisions. In this context, European efforts to establish multilateral rules for technology governance may appeal to other ...

June 19, 2019

Piracy in West Africa: The world's most dangerous seas?

One Earth Future, which produces an annual State of Maritime Piracy, says that while attacks have been falling substantially in some regions of the world, in West Africa they've been on the rise and are now more frequent than anywhere else.

June 18, 2019

This is how the ex-combatants of the Farc live in Valle del Cauca

In fact, in the rural area of Tuluá, a space has been established for coexistence between ex-combatants and victims of the conflict, which has become a model at the national level, with the support of entities such as the Peace Secretariat of the Valley, Undp and the Paso Colombia Foundation, amon...

June 15, 2019

Sudan and Algeria overthrow despots but not their political systems

Analysts counted 18 attempted coups around the world in 1966 and none at all in 2007 or 2018. According to CoupCast, a predictive model based on 68 economic and other variables, Africa is the only continent where the factors that foster coups are still fairly widespread (see map).

June 09, 2019

Why Sudan’s deadly crackdown on protesters could escalate in coming weeks

As scholars of armed conflict, we believe that such reforms are likely to be put on hold following this episode of government repression.

April 23, 2019

How to predict a coup

CoupCast finds that economic misery is linked to higher coup risk, as is extreme weather. But political factors matter more.

April 20, 2019

How to predict when a despot will fall

Perhaps the most rigorous quantitative forecast of political upheaval comes from One Earth Future (oef), an ngo based in Colorado that publishes a predictive model, CoupCast.

April 08, 2019

Nigeria: Obangame Express - Protecting the Gulf of Guinea

On Wednesday, handling the panel on ’Regional threat assessment’ were Dr. Bell of Stable Seas; Mr. Sernia of UNODC and Ms. Kirillas of Interpol. The next panel was on 'commercial shipping operations in the GoG and this was handled by Mr. Large of BIMCO; Mr. Gibson of Shell-OCIMF; Captain Escarras an...

April 02, 2019

Building Maritime Security from Land: A Multi-Faceted Approach

Asyura Salleh joined One Earth Future (OEF) as Project Manager for the Stable Seas program in 2018 in which she oversees engagement and research projects on Indo-Pacific issues, including the expansion of the Maritime Security Index.

March 22, 2019

Converting Illicit Financial Flows into African Youth Job Creation

The plight of the youth across the continent has only got worse. Perhaps a solution could be derived through tackling an element of corruption often overlooked – illicit financial flows – in the different African jurisdictions.