Cocaine, cannabis and opioids are getting easier to buy as criminal networks and armed groups capitalise on the fragile Sahel region’s “natural stopover point” to Europe on trafficking routes from South America, but authorities with
Military regimes have turned the Sahel into a ‘black hole’ of information
In the central Sahel, journalists and reporters have seen their working conditions deteriorate ever since they were taken over by military juntas, international organisations marking World Press Freedom Day on Friday have found. Mali, Burkina
The Horn Of Africa States: The Impoverished Region – OpEd
The Horn of Africa States region is part of Africa and shares many of its ills with the rest of the continent. These would include marginalization and dependence on others involving, in the main, foreign
Russia, Angola Economic Relations Rising To Unprecedented Levels – OpEd
Russia and Angola have had excellent relations dating from historical Soviet era. Russia, more or less, invested in Angola, even after the Soviet collapse political dialogues and economic cooperation have been the strategic focus in
Ethiopia Beyond Pretoria: Is Another War Imminent? – OpEd
As Western governments and partisan media concentrate on the genocide in Gaza and war in Ukraine, the Amhara genocide in Ethiopia and the simmering conflicts in the Amhara region remain largely ignored. The Ethiopian government,
Insecurity: Nigerian lawmaker asks government to hire foreign mercenaries
Mr Jaha said the nation’s security agencies have failed to end violent insurgents, despite the allocation of N19 trillion to security-related agencies. A member of the House of Representatives from Borno State, Ahmed Jaha, has
Chadian forces storm Central Darfur market
Chadian forces stormed the town of Um Dukhun in Central Darfur on Tuesday, with reports of indiscriminate shooting leading to the closure of the market and reports of looting, while conflicting information emerged regarding casualties
RSF siege of North Darfur capital leads to food and medical supply shortages
El Fasher in North Darfur is facing a semi-siege imposed by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the north and northeast of the city. The siege further worsens the living and health conditions of
Report: Inside Egypt’s secret scheme to detain and deport thousands of Sudanese refugees
Thousands of Sudanese refugees who escaped to neighbouring Egypt have been detained by Egyptian authorities in a network of secret military bases, and then deported back to their war-torn country often without the chance to
Ethiopia’s Amhara militia says resettlement plan ‘beats war drum’
Leaders of a militia in Ethiopia’s Amhara region accused the administration in neighbouring Tigray of “beating a war drum” over plans to return hundreds of thousands of Tigrayans to territories Amhara fighters captured during a