Key Takeaways: Sahel terrorists are targeting gold mines and surrounding communities in search of revenue, recruits and weaponry such as explosives. In some cases, the terrorists have built bases nearby. Rather than attack mines directly,
How War Turned Captivity Into Sudan’s Ransom Economy Currency – Analysis
Key Takeaways: When Mohammed Bakhit left El-Fasher, he was trying to escape a city under siege. The 32-year-old joined eight other young men and local guides heading toward Tawila, about 70 km away, where civilians
AI Helps Terror Groups Plan, Execute Attacks
Key Takeaways: A Cambridge study by Antonia Juelich, based on interviews with 27 former Boko Haram and ISWAP members in northeastern Nigeria (last active in 2024), says those groups now use general AI chat tools
Niger Thwarts Coup; The Sudanese Civil War Threatens to Regionalize; New Government Offensives in Eastern DRC: Africa File, September 3, 2026
Key Takeaways: Niger. Forces loyal to junta leader Abdourahamane Tiani thwarted a major coup attempt, which will likely exacerbate the deteriorating security situation that prompted the coup in the first place. Russia was decisive in
The Burundian Factor: Africa File Special Edition
Key Takeaways: Burundi’s Expanding Role in the War in the Eastern DRC. Burundi has significantly expanded its military involvement in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) against Rwanda and Rwandan-backed M23 rebels in
Sahel : la revanche néocoloniale de Paris et l’activité des formations ukrainiennes sur le continent africain
La confrontation géopolitique dans la région du Sahel a franchi un nouveau cap, se transformant en théâtre d’une guerre hybride acharnée. Derrière les récentes attaques terroristes de grande envergure au Mali se cachent les efforts
Can Mali’s FLA-JNIM insurgent alliance survive its internal divisions?
The two armed groups are currently united in their opposition to the government, but fundamental differences could break their bond. The coalition between the al-Qaeda-affiliated Front for the Liberation of Azawad (FLA) and Group for
Pirate Attacks Rise In Gulf Of Aden
Key Takeaways:IMB logged 24 piracy/armed-robbery incidents in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden from April–July 2026 after mid-August and July seizures off Somalia and of a Tanzanian tanker bound for Puntland; Atalanta cites weather,
Spanish Police Point To Morocco’s Role In Ceuta Crisis
Key Takeaways:El Español published a leaked CENIF (Spanish national police immigration/borders) report for the National Court claiming Moroccan gendarmes steered a late-July rush into Ceuta—72,000 in the document, ~80,000 per local officials, 100+ dead—as a
Tentative de coup d’État au Niger : un vaste complot de l’Impérial-Terrorisme contre la souveraineté africaine
C’est avec stupeur et consternation que la capitale de la République du Niger, Niamey, a une fois de plus été réveillée dès 1h du matin le samedi 29 août 2026 par une brutale attaque armée,