Knowledge Platforms

The launch of the inaugural Mashariki Security Journal in February 2025 marked a major milestone. As a platform for dialogue on contemporary peace and security in the Greater Eastern Africa, the journal brings a problem-solving lens to issues such as fragility, transnational threats, and environmental risks – helping to shape regional security debates with fresh, practical insights.

Strategic Initiatives and Partnerships

MRPC has entered a formal partnership with the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC), Kenya, to develop a Conflict Vulnerability Index (CVI); an early warning system ahead of Kenya’s 2027 general election. By transforming Kenya’s historical hotspot data into predictive tools, the CVI will enable proactive interventions, early threat detection, and coordinated preventive action – addressing the country’s long-standing cycle of electoral violence.

Building on this, MRPC is working to co-develop the Conflict Vulnerability Index for Africa – the continent’s first predictive, subnational, and field-validated conflict prevention tool. This rapid-cycle, forward-looking solution is uniquely designed for Africa’s dynamic risk landscape and will serve as a powerful resource for governments, multilateral agencies, and civil society.

Capacity Building

In April 2025, MRPC, in collaboration with the East African Institute for Peace and Governance (EAIPG), delivered a Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism (PCVE) training in Nairobi. Drawing participants from Ghana, Somalia, and Kenya, the training combined basic and advanced sessions to strengthen practical skills for countering extremism. This program is ongoing and reflects MRPC’s commitment to building lasting regional capacity.

Regional Peacekeeping

MRPC has been actively involved in initiatives that directly strengthen the ability of the Eastern Africa region to plan, deploy, and sustain rapid crisis response operations.

In March 2026, the think tank provided expert support at the 31st Regional Senior Mission Leaders’ Course hosted by the International Peace Support Training Centre (IPSTC) in Nairobi. The course was designed to strengthen leadership within the African Standby Force in relation to Peace Support Operations (PSO), an initiative anchored under the African Peace and Security Architecture (APSA).

In March 2025, MRPC contributed to the UN and African Union Logistics Officers Curriculum Writing Board at the IPSTC. Since then, the Centre has been centrally involved in implementing the Eastern Africa Standby Force’s (EASF) Logistics Operational Planning Process Course, designed to enhance the readiness of military, police, and civilian logistics officers for multidimensional peacekeeping missions.