ISWAP’s next frontier: Darak in northern Cameroon
Located on the borders of Cameroon, Nigeria and Chad, Darak is valuable to local and national economies – and to violent extremists. For over a year, Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) has been exerting
Somaliland president makes ‘historic’ visit to Israel
Somaliland’s president made his first-ever state visit to Israel on Sunday, several months after Tel Aviv officially recognised the breakaway African state. Somaliland’s President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi met his Israeli counterpart on Sunday in Jerusalem
Ethiopia’s Plea For Regional Peace Might Be The Last Chance To Avert Another War
Two enemies-turned-allies symbolically came together to publish a piece at Al Jazeera imploring those among the international community with any leverage over the hardline TPLF and their Eritrean patrons to exert maximum pressure on them
Shootout in Mogadishu; Tanzania Warms to the Kremlin; Sudanese Political Dialogue: Africa File, June 11, 2026
Key Takeaways: Somalia. Federal Government of Somalia forces clashed with opposition forces in Mogadishu, the Somali capital, marking an escalation in their constitutional and electoral dispute. Clashes between the two parties in Mogadishu will likely
Should SA renew its anti-piracy operation in the Mozambique Channel?
Despite the navy’s severe resource constraints, Operation Copper seems to have been continued for political rather than practical reasons. Since 2011, the South African National Defence Force (SANDF), primarily the navy, has conducted Operation Copper
Kenya’s Protests Against the Ebola Quarantine Facility Are as Much About the Economy as They Are About Sovereignty
The main news item in African media this past week has been the controversy surrounding a proposed U.S.-funded Ebola quarantine facility in Kenya. What began as a public health initiative has rapidly evolved into a
India’s quasi-alliance with Israel and the UAE won’t have a happy ending
Tucker Carlson, like any genius in the media world, has an uncanny knack for zeroing in on men and mice who have something ‘original’ to contribute. His interview late February with the US ambassador to
Le Yémen annonce un embargo total sur la navigation maritime israélienne après une frappe de missile sur Tel-Aviv
Le Yémen a annoncé un embargo total sur la navigation maritime israélienne en mer Rouge. Les forces armées yéménites considèrent désormais tous les agissements ennemis comme des «cibles militaires légitimes». Cette mesure, annoncée lundi 8
Nigeria’s Islamist Reckoning
Days after their coordinated attacks on schools across three communities in the southwestern state of Oyo during which they abducted thirty-nine pupils and seven teachers, the gunmen behind last month’s dastardly incident went one step
