China-Africa Legal Ties

 The China Global South Project published on 14 November 2025 an article titled "China Moves from Infrastructure to Legal Influence in Africa" by Christian Geraud Neema Byamungu.  

Representatives from Ethiopia, Algeria, DRC, Egypt, Kenya, Morocco, Mozambique, Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe met in China to align legal and institutional practices related to cross-border crimes and commercial disputes.  The driver of this action is China's growing physical presence in Africa.  

Components of Fragility in South Sudan

 The International Organization for Migration published on 22 November 2023 a paper titled "Understanding Multidimensional Fragility in South Sudan: A Baseline Study of Kajo-Keji, Yei, Bor, and Wau Counties."

The study provides a comprehensive assessment of the multiple dimensions of fragility in South Sudan at the subnational level: political and legal, social, economic, security, and environmental.  The research was conducted through a face-to-face household survey involving 1,595 adult respondents (51 per cent female and 49 per cent male), with approximately 400 participants in each of the four counties.  

China in Mozambique's Forests

The Institute for Environment and Development published in 2018 a major study titled "China in Mozambique's Forests: A Review of Issues and Progress for Livelihoods and Sustainability" edited by Duncan Macqueen.

China is the destination for about 93 percent of all Mozambique's timber exports. Concerns have been raised over the impact of these patterns of investment and trade for Mozambique's forests and the development of rural populations. This study compiles three years of work of the China-Africa Governance Project to develop evidence on constraints and opportunities for forest resources in productive and resilient land use and trade, to develop capacity and dialogue among relevant stakeholders in China and Mozambique, and to deliver policy and practice improvement opportunities.

Study on Contact Group on Somali Piracy

The Denver-based Oceans Beyond Piracy released a report in April 2014 titled "Burden-sharing Multi-level Governance: A Study of the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia" by Danielle A. Zach, City University of New York, D. Conor Seyle, One Earth Future Foundation, and Jens Vestergaard Madsen, Oceans Beyond Piracy.

The report's aim is to analyze the Contact Group's historical development and to evaluate its utility as a model for solving complex transnational problems.  It details trends and success of the anti-piracy effort as well as its economic and human costs.