Crime Types

PAA research covers the full spectrum of threats to peace in Africa. Please select a country below to access our evidence-based research.

Organised crime types Trade and counterfeit goods Cross-border smuggling Mafia-style crimes Fauna Mining and extractives Maritime Emerging crimes Human trafficking Human smuggling Drug trafficking Cybercrime Flora IFFs and money laundering Arms trafficking
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Peace & Security
Three Years into the Pretoria Agreement: Where does it stand?

Research involving over 100 participants reveals systematic implementation failures across virtually all substantive provisions of the Agreement.
Geopolitics & Multilateralism
The Red Sea: Divided by Water, United by Opportunities

The Red Sea is back. But the old rules that governed this vital global waterway are gone, replaced by a volatile and crowded landscape of both old and new actors.
African Union
Is Africa’s premier continental organization, the African Union, fit for purpose?

As global order shifts, Africa faces rising conflict, displacement, and instability, testing the African Union’s Peace and Security Architecture in a volatile era.