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SRM Snap Call · Thu 5 Nov 2026 RDC–Rwanda: Joseph Kabila's FRN and the prospects for humanitarian actors, with Daniel Mwendanga and Dr. Brown Walls. In French, under the Chatham House rule.
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A Closed Network for Those Who Operate in Complexity

The Security Risk Monitoring (SRM) Network — Grand Lakes & Africa is a closed, vetted professional network operating at the intersection of security, humanitarian action, diplomacy, and policy across the Great Lakes region and the African continent.

We bring together experienced professionals who share a commitment to rigorous analysis, operational integrity, and strategic intelligence sharing in some of the world's most complex environments.

Membership is by application only. Every member is individually vetted. Access is granted — not assumed.

Network Pillars
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Strategic Analysis Rigorous, context-driven security and risk assessments across the region.
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Intelligence Sharing Trusted exchange of operational intelligence among vetted professionals.
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Professional Networking Building durable connections across security, humanitarian, and policy sectors.
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Operational Integrity Every member bound by a Code of Conduct and Confidentiality Agreement.

Who Belongs in This Network

The SRM Network is designed for professionals with demonstrated experience in complex, high-stakes environments across Africa and the Great Lakes region.

MONUSCO peacekeeper on patrol near Beni, DR Congo
Security Professionals

Security managers, risk analysts, field security officers, and crisis response specialists operating in fragile and conflict-affected states.

Food distribution at a refugee settlement in Uganda
Humanitarian Actors

NGO directors, humanitarian coordinators, and protection specialists with operational experience in complex emergencies across the region.

UN Security Council meeting on Somalia
Diplomatic & Policy

Diplomats, embassy staff, policy advisors, and government liaisons engaged with African peace and security architecture.

Peacekeepers studying a map before a patrol in Kinshasa
Researchers & Analysts

Conflict researchers, intelligence analysts, and think tank professionals with substantive expertise on the Great Lakes and African security dynamics.

A judge's gavel on the bench of a courtroom
Legal & Compliance

International law practitioners, compliance officers, and human rights monitors operating within African institutional and legal frameworks.

Community dialogue with Maasai women in Kajiado County, Kenya
Civil Society Leaders

Community leaders, peacebuilding practitioners, and civil society representatives with frontline engagement in conflict-affected communities.

The Analysts Behind the Analysis

SRM analysis is produced by the SRM Research Team and presented to the public by the analysts who lead it, so partners, media and institutions know exactly whose judgement they are reading.

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Daniel Mwendanga
Conflict, Peace & Security Analyst and Researcher / SRM-Consultant

Fifteen years across humanitarian operations, field security and political analysis in the Great Lakes region. In DR Congo, with different international NGOs, he negotiated humanitarian access directly with armed groups, national and regional stakeholders. He has produced analytical reporting for USAID while he was head of Security Unit support to Implementing Partners across the DRC, Central African Republic and the Congo Republic, particularly on security risk management, crisis preparedness and conflict prevention. At SRM he focuses on eastern DRC, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Angola, Tanzania, Central African Republic, South Sudan, and Burundi. He co-hosts the SRM Snap Call series.

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Dr. Brown Walls
Contributing Analyst

Co-host of the SRM Snap Call, including the 5 November 2026 session on the FRN of Joseph Kabila and its prospects for humanitarian actors and the region, held in French under the Chatham House rule.

Hear him at the Snap Call →
"Intelligence shared among trusted professionals saves lives and shapes better outcomes."
Join the Network

Closed & Vetted

Every member undergoes individual review. Membership is not open — it is earned through professional standing, demonstrated expertise, and commitment to the network's principles.

Confidential by Design

All members sign a binding Code of Conduct and Confidentiality Agreement. Information shared within the network remains within the network.

Operationally Focused

This is not a theoretical forum. The SRM Network serves professionals who operate in the field — providing practical intelligence, peer support, and strategic analysis that directly informs decision-making.

Regionally Rooted

Deep focus on the Great Lakes region and the African continent — the complexity, the actors, the dynamics. This is not a generic security network. It is purpose-built for this geography.

Analysis That Operators Read

Briefings and scenario work from the SRM Network, alongside the public reporting our analysts track. Every title below is a clickable link. SRM analysis develops the African context in general and the Great Lakes crisis in particular, with eastern DRC at its centre. All analysis is signed by the SRM Research Team.

From the SRM Network
SRM Analysis · 31 October 2026 · Daniel Mwendanga
Is Congo's Hunger a Food Crisis, or a Crisis of Access, Protection and Trust?

28.8 million people face high acute food insecurity through December. The drivers are conflict, displacement and blocked access, and the answer runs through shared livelihoods, not tonnage alone.

SRM Analysis · 31 October 2026 · Daniel Mwendanga
Sudan: If the Guns Stopped Tomorrow, What Would People Return To?

8.59 million people are displaced and 5.27 million have returned to places that often cannot sustain them. Rebuilding shared markets, water and land access decides whether return holds.

SRM Analysis · 31 October 2026 · Daniel Mwendanga
Can the Central Sahel Feed Its People When the Roads Themselves Have Become the Front Line?

3.8 million people are uprooted across Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, and hunger follows the roads an armed group can close. Farmer and herder livelihoods rebuilt together are the way back.

SRM Analysis · 30 October 2026
The Gold That Pays for War: Inside the ADF's Self-Financing Insurgency

How conflict gold replaced the Islamic State's money, and why five years of Operation Shujaa have dispersed the ADF without defeating it.

SRM Analysis · 30 October 2026
Eastern DRC: A New Armed Coalition, a Verification Gap, and the Humanitarian Stakes

The FRN of Joseph Kabila, the gap between signed commitments and the ground, and what humanitarian actors should watch next.

SRM Briefing · 21 May 2026
Daily Security Briefing 2026-141

Consolidated open-source intelligence across geopolitical, health security, and operational threat domains in the Great Lakes and Africa.

SRM Scenario Flash · 25 May 2026
Sénégal: Three Scenarios

Scenario intelligence flash: two institutions decapitated, one country at a crossroads, and a Sahel watching every move.

SRM Analysis · 23 May 2026
Sénégal: Fracture au Sommet & Implications Régionales

Fracture at the summit in Dakar and what it means for the region, in French.

SRM Risk Matrix · 2026
Ebola DRC 2026: Security Risk Matrix

A security risk matrix for the DRC Ebola outbreak: health security read as operational risk.

Public Reference Reporting

Request to Join the Network

Membership in the SRM Network is by application only. All applications are reviewed individually by the network coordination team. Approved applicants will be contacted directly.

Upon approval, you will be required to review and sign the SRM Code of Conduct and Confidentiality Agreement before access is granted.

Demonstrated professional experience in relevant field
Active engagement in the Great Lakes or African context
Commitment to confidentiality and network integrity
Agreement to the SRM Code of Conduct
Individual vetting by the coordination team

Contact the Network

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