LONDON: Purported arms sales, military training and growing contacts between Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis and Somalia’s Al-Qaeda-affiliated Al-Shabab are raising alarm over a partnership that could strengthen both groups and widen the threat to international shipping.
The prospect of Houthi control of the Bab al Mandeb Strait elevates the economic costs and fundamentally shifts the regional security landscape for Africa and the Red Sea region. Renewed missile attacks by Yemen’s Houthi
Foreign actors are targeting Nigeria with manipulative information operations to erode trust, deepen polarization, and shape security narratives to gain greater leverage over Nigeria’s political and economic trajectory. Nigeria is facing a host of coordinated
The Houthis struck Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Saturday for the first time since a period of escalation over the summer. They further claimed an attack on Aramco facilities at Yanbu, a Saudi port, and appear
The Yemen-based Houthis’ naval blockade of Saudi Arabia and capture of additional territory near the Red Sea’s critical Bab el-Mandeb Strait adds a new dimension to the Iran war, with potentially major consequences for the
On both sides of the Red Sea, interconnected conflicts metastasize while Washington sends mixed signals. The Red Sea region is in a state of upheaval. Iran’s stranglehold on the Strait of Hormuz led to an
Dans un entretien télévisé, le président burkinabè Ibrahim Traoré a annoncé une nouvelle Constitution et une réorganisation du système politique. Il a également accusé des acteurs extérieurs de chercher à déstabiliser les pays de l’AES
Amnesty International says defendants were tortured into giving ‘confessions’ later used as evidence, as 50 more face death At least 30 men have been executed in eastern Libya since late August after being sentenced to
The latest outbreak of fighting in the South West State city stranded civilians unable to flee or reach hospitals. Intense clashes have broken out in the Somali city of Baidoa between government forces and fighters
The operation once again demonstrated the effectiveness of collaboration between the intelligence services of the AES forces. The joint forces of the Alliance of West African States, popularly known by the French acronym AES, killed