Recent reports by an RVI Fellow and a member of the teaching staff of the RVI Great Lakes Course cover current political and economic issues in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Horn of Africa. Sally Healy's Hostage to Conflict: Prospects for Building Regional Economic Cooperation in the Horn of Africa examines the economic dimensions of regional conflict and cooperation in the Horn of Africa. Emily Paddon calls for greater international involvement in the DRC in a recent policy brief Stabilising the Congo, written with Guillaume Lacaille.