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Research & Analysis
Producing timely and evidence-based analysis of conflict trends, governance challenges, peacebuilding initiatives, and security developments across Africa.
Pan-African Research Platform · Est. 2024
Conflict Research, Consulting & Advocacy (CRCA)
A pan-African knowledge and collaboration platform advancing conflict research, analysis, and evidence-informed peacebuilding across Africa — bridging academic knowledge and real-world practice for sustainable peace.
Rigorous Research
Evidence-based conflict analysis, forecasting, and peacebuilding insights.
Pan-African Collaboration
Connecting scholars, practitioners, analysts, and institutions across Africa.
Impact & Advocacy
Advancing conflict prevention, policy engagement, and sustainable peace.
“The solutions to Africa's problems lie in Africa, not in Live Aid concerts.”
George Ayittey
Introduction
Conflict Research Consulting & Advocacy (CRCA) is a pan-African knowledge and collaboration platform dedicated to advancing conflict research, analysis, and peacebuilding across Africa.
Through research, dialogue, mentoring, and strategic engagement, CRCA bridges academic knowledge and real-world practice to support evidence-informed decision-making and sustainable peace.
Our Work
Three intersecting streams of practice.
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Analyst Development
Supporting the next generation of African conflict analysts through mentoring, training, publication opportunities, and collaborative learning.
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Policy & Practice
Translating research into accessible insights that inform policymakers, practitioners, civil society actors, and peacebuilding initiatives.
“Research is seeing what everybody else has seen and thinking what nobody else has thought.”
Albert Szent-Györgyi
Latest Analysis
Field-grounded readings of Africa's conflict landscape.
Pan-African Collaborative Research Network
African Conflict Analysis Network (ACAN)
A curated network of conflict analysts, researchers, and practitioners from across Africa who produce timely, evidence-based analyses of conflict trends, peacebuilding initiatives, governance challenges, and security developments.
Explore Analyst NetworkDr. Mohammed Salah Djemal
North Africa Analyst
Counterterrorism, Violent Extremism, Armed Conflicts
Mathieu Gotteland
Horn of Africa Analyst
Armed Conflicts, State-Building, Geopolitical Relations
Dr. James Aderele
West Africa Analyst
Human Rights, Exploitation, Vulnerable Populations
Dr. Dodeye Williams
Sahel & West Africa Analyst
Terrorism, Insurgency, Violent Extremism, Religion & Conflict
Fidel Amakye
Lake Chad Basin Analyst
Insurgency, Violent Extremism, Armed Conflicts, Displacement
Testimony Omole
East Africa & Great Lakes Analyst
Governance, State Fragility, Political Violence, Resource Competition
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Central Africa & Congo Basin Analyst
Armed Groups, State Fragility, Security Governance
Dr. Sibusisiwe Mlambo
Southern Africa Analyst
Resource Governance, Political Transitions, Political Stability, Constitutional Reform
Capacity Building
Emerging Conflict Analysts Fellowship
A mentorship and capacity-building initiative supporting promising early-career researchers and practitioners from across Africa.
Learn About the Fellowship- Research mentorship01
- Conflict analysis training02
- Publication opportunities03
- Peer learning04
- Professional development05
“Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.”
Zora Neale Hurston
FLAGSHIP INITIATIVES
The CRCA Analytical Suite
The CRCA Analytical Suite transforms research into actionable intelligence. Grounded in CRCA's six research themes, our platforms integrate conflict analysis, risk assessment, and strategic foresight to support early warning, evidence-based policymaking, and conflict prevention across Africa and beyond.
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Africa Peace & Conflict Outlook (APCO)
CRCA's flagship annual publication providing strategic analysis of conflict dynamics, emerging risks, regional trends, and peacebuilding opportunities across Africa.
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African Conflict Risk Index (ACRI)
CRCA's continental conflict risk assessment framework measuring structural vulnerability to conflict across Africa through governance, conflict, humanitarian, climate-security, and socio-economic indicators.
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ACRI Sentinel
CRCA's strategic risk intelligence platform providing horizon scanning, conflict risk assessments, predictive analytics, and decision-support insights for governments, researchers, humanitarian organisations, and security practitioners across Africa.
Preview Release — Currently in testing. Public launch coming soon.
Director's Commentary
“Sustainable peace in Africa will not be authored from outside the continent. It will be built through rigorous, locally grounded analysis, inclusive dialogue, and the patient work of African institutions willing to interrogate their own assumptions.”
Founder/Executive Director
Conflict Research Consulting & Advocacy
Research Themes
Advancing Peace, Security, and Conflict Intelligence
Six lines of inquiry shape CRCA's research, analysis, and policy engagement across Africa and beyond. Through interdisciplinary scholarship, evidence-based analysis, and innovative methodologies, we generate insights that advance peace, security, resilience, and conflict prevention.
Conflict Prevention & Climate Security
Examining the structural and emerging drivers of conflict, including climate-related security risks, resource competition, early warning systems, and strategies for conflict prevention and resilience building.
Peacebuilding, Mediation & Social Cohesion
Exploring peace processes, mediation initiatives, reconciliation mechanisms, dialogue platforms, and community-based approaches to fostering social cohesion and sustainable peace.
Governance, Democracy & Political Violence
Analysing governance systems, democratic processes, political transitions, elections, constitutional reform, state legitimacy, and the dynamics of political violence and instability.
Security & Extremism
Investigating insurgency, violent extremism, organised violence, and broader security challenges, while assessing effective responses to contemporary threats.
Humanitarian Action & Forced Displacement
Researching the humanitarian impacts of conflict, including displacement, food insecurity, civilian protection, humanitarian access, and crisis response in fragile and conflict-affected settings.
AI, Data & Conflict Intelligence
Applying artificial intelligence, data science, geospatial analytics, and computational methods to strengthen conflict forecasting, early warning, strategic foresight, and evidence-informed decision-making.
“Research means you don't know, but are willing to find out.”
Charles F. Kettering
CRCA Research Assistant
Query CRCA's publications and analyses.
Responses are based on CRCA publications and research outputs.
Vision
An Africa where policies, interventions, and peacebuilding initiatives are informed by rigorous evidence, inclusive dialogue, and African-led knowledge that promotes sustainable peace, security, justice, and social cohesion.
Mission
To advance peacebuilding and conflict transformation in Africa by generating, translating, and mobilizing high-quality research and analysis while fostering collaboration among scholars, practitioners, policymakers, and emerging conflict analysts.