Africa Security Situation Room

Interactive map of overall risk across Africa. Focus the map and use the arrow keys to move between countries, Home and End for the first and last country, Enter or Space to open the focused country profile, and Escape to leave the map. Press the question mark key, or use the keyboard controls button, to show or hide the full list of shortcuts. A text list of every country and its rating follows the map.

• Algeria. Overall risk: Moderate, severity 2 of 4. No factors rated severe or critical. Highest factor: terrorism moderate.
• Angola. Overall risk: Moderate, severity 2 of 4. No factors rated severe or critical. Highest factor: political instability moderate.
• Benin. Overall risk: Moderate, severity 2 of 4. Key risk factors: maritime security severe.
• Botswana. Overall risk: Low, severity 1 of 4. No factors rated severe or critical. Highest factor: cyber threats moderate.
• Burkina Faso. Overall risk: Critical, severity 4 of 4. Key risk factors: terrorism critical, travel risk critical, violent & organised crime critical, and 9 further elevated factors. Analyst note: Junta rule; jihadist expansion.
• Burundi. Overall risk: Moderate, severity 2 of 4. Key risk factors: political instability severe, civil unrest & protest severe, disinformation & influence ops severe.
• Cabo Verde. Overall risk: Low, severity 1 of 4. No factors rated severe or critical. Highest factor: maritime security moderate.
• Cameroon. Overall risk: Severe, severity 3 of 4. Key risk factors: terrorism severe, conflict zones severe, travel risk severe, and 5 further elevated factors. Analyst note: Anglophone crisis; northern insecurity.
• Central African Republic. Overall risk: Severe, severity 3 of 4. Key risk factors: political instability severe, conflict zones severe, travel risk severe, and 6 further elevated factors.
• Chad. Overall risk: Severe, severity 3 of 4. Key risk factors: terrorism severe, political instability severe, conflict zones severe, and 9 further elevated factors.
• Comoros. Overall risk: Moderate, severity 2 of 4. No factors rated severe or critical. Highest factor: political instability moderate.
• Côte d'Ivoire. Overall risk: Moderate, severity 2 of 4. No factors rated severe or critical. Highest factor: terrorism moderate.
• Djibouti. Overall risk: Moderate, severity 2 of 4. Key risk factors: maritime security severe.
• DR Congo. Overall risk: Critical, severity 4 of 4. Key risk factors: conflict zones critical, travel risk critical, violent & organised crime critical, and 9 further elevated factors. Analyst note: M23/ADF in eastern provinces.
• Egypt. Overall risk: Moderate, severity 2 of 4. Key risk factors: maritime security severe. Analyst note: Sinai insurgency contained.
• Equatorial Guinea. Overall risk: Moderate, severity 2 of 4. Key risk factors: political instability severe, civil unrest & protest severe, disinformation & influence ops severe.
• Eritrea. Overall risk: Severe, severity 3 of 4. Key risk factors: political instability severe, travel risk severe, violent & organised crime severe, and 2 further elevated factors.
• Eswatini. Overall risk: Moderate, severity 2 of 4. No factors rated severe or critical. Highest factor: political instability moderate.
• Ethiopia. Overall risk: Severe, severity 3 of 4. Key risk factors: political instability severe, conflict zones severe, travel risk severe, and 8 further elevated factors. Analyst note: Tigray recovery, Amhara/Oromia unrest.
• Gabon. Overall risk: Moderate, severity 2 of 4. No factors rated severe or critical. Highest factor: political instability moderate.
• Gambia. Overall risk: Low, severity 1 of 4. No factors rated severe or critical. Highest factor: maritime security moderate.
• Ghana. Overall risk: Low, severity 1 of 4. No factors rated severe or critical. Highest factor: terrorism moderate.
• Guinea. Overall risk: Moderate, severity 2 of 4. Key risk factors: political instability severe, civil unrest & protest severe, disinformation & influence ops severe.
• Guinea-Bissau. Overall risk: Moderate, severity 2 of 4. Key risk factors: political instability severe, civil unrest & protest severe.
• Kenya. Overall risk: Moderate, severity 2 of 4. Key risk factors: terrorism severe, cyber threats severe, disinformation & influence ops severe. Analyst note: Cross-border spillover; urban crime.
• Lesotho. Overall risk: Moderate, severity 2 of 4. No factors rated severe or critical. Highest factor: political instability moderate.
• Liberia. Overall risk: Moderate, severity 2 of 4. No factors rated severe or critical. Highest factor: political instability moderate.
• Libya. Overall risk: Severe, severity 3 of 4. Key risk factors: terrorism severe, political instability severe, conflict zones severe, and 10 further elevated factors. Analyst note: Fragmented governance.
• Madagascar. Overall risk: Moderate, severity 2 of 4. No factors rated severe or critical. Highest factor: political instability moderate.
• Malawi. Overall risk: Low, severity 1 of 4. No factors rated severe or critical. Highest factor: political instability moderate.
• Mali. Overall risk: Critical, severity 4 of 4. Key risk factors: terrorism critical, travel risk critical, violent & organised crime critical, and 9 further elevated factors. Analyst note: AQIM/JNIM activity in north.
• Mauritania. Overall risk: Moderate, severity 2 of 4. No factors rated severe or critical. Highest factor: terrorism moderate.
• Mauritius. Overall risk: Low, severity 1 of 4. No factors rated severe or critical. Highest factor: maritime security moderate.
• Morocco. Overall risk: Low, severity 1 of 4. No factors rated severe or critical. Highest factor: maritime security moderate.
• Mozambique. Overall risk: Severe, severity 3 of 4. Key risk factors: terrorism severe, conflict zones severe, travel risk severe, and 5 further elevated factors. Analyst note: ISCAP activity in Cabo Delgado.
• Namibia. Overall risk: Low, severity 1 of 4. No factors rated severe or critical. Highest factor: maritime security moderate.
• Niger. Overall risk: Severe, severity 3 of 4. Key risk factors: terrorism severe, political instability severe, conflict zones severe, and 9 further elevated factors. Analyst note: Post-coup security realignment.
• Nigeria. Overall risk: Severe, severity 3 of 4. Key risk factors: terrorism severe, conflict zones severe, maritime security severe, and 9 further elevated factors. Analyst note: Banditry; Boko Haram; oil theft.
• Republic of the Congo. Overall risk: Moderate, severity 2 of 4. No factors rated severe or critical. Highest factor: political instability moderate.
• Rwanda. Overall risk: Low, severity 1 of 4. No factors rated severe or critical. Highest factor: political instability moderate.
• São Tomé and Príncipe. Overall risk: Low, severity 1 of 4. No factors rated severe or critical. Highest factor: maritime security moderate.
• Senegal. Overall risk: Low, severity 1 of 4. No factors rated severe or critical. Highest factor: terrorism moderate.
• Seychelles. Overall risk: Low, severity 1 of 4. Key risk factors: maritime security severe.
• Sierra Leone. Overall risk: Moderate, severity 2 of 4. No factors rated severe or critical. Highest factor: political instability moderate.
• Somalia. Overall risk: Critical, severity 4 of 4. Key risk factors: terrorism critical, travel risk critical, violent & organised crime critical, and 10 further elevated factors. Analyst note: Al-Shabaab activity; federal-state tensions.
• South Africa. Overall risk: Moderate, severity 2 of 4. Key risk factors: cyber threats severe, disinformation & influence ops severe.
• South Sudan. Overall risk: Critical, severity 4 of 4. Key risk factors: political instability critical, conflict zones critical, travel risk critical, and 8 further elevated factors. Analyst note: Ongoing intercommunal violence.
• Sudan. Overall risk: Critical, severity 4 of 4. Key risk factors: political instability critical, conflict zones critical, travel risk critical, and 9 further elevated factors. Analyst note: Active civil war.
• Tanzania. Overall risk: Low, severity 1 of 4. No factors rated severe or critical. Highest factor: terrorism moderate.
• Togo. Overall risk: Moderate, severity 2 of 4. Key risk factors: maritime security severe.
• Tunisia. Overall risk: Moderate, severity 2 of 4. No factors rated severe or critical. Highest factor: terrorism moderate.
• Uganda. Overall risk: Moderate, severity 2 of 4. Key risk factors: terrorism severe.
• Western Sahara. Overall risk: Moderate, severity 2 of 4. No factors rated severe or critical. Highest factor: political instability moderate. Analyst note: Disputed territory — status unresolved; not counted as a sovereign state.
• Zambia. Overall risk: Low, severity 1 of 4. No factors rated severe or critical. Highest factor: cyber threats moderate.
• Zimbabwe. Overall risk: Moderate, severity 2 of 4. Key risk factors: political instability severe, civil unrest & protest severe, disinformation & influence ops severe.