This issue of Conflict Trends covers a variety of social and political developments on the African continent. Some of the articles specifically focus on 1) the issue of Survivor Justice in Africa; 2) the impact of the Ebola epidemic on politics and security in the Mano River Basin; 3) the human rights obligations of UNMISS to civilians seeking shelter on its “protection sites”; 4) the origins of civil militia groups in Somalia following the 1991 collapse of Siad Barre’s regime; and 5) the recruitment process used to attract child soldiers in Africa.