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,
Islamic State Aims To Establish Strongholds In Mozambique
Key Takeaways:On 7 October 2025 in Mocímboa da Praia, Islamic State Mozambique presented itself as a rival “Muslim government,” warning locals not to work with the state. ACLED’s Peter Bofin says ISM now treats a
Les vides communicants : comment, par la faute de l’Occident, la Libye et le Soudan sont devenus un seul et même champ de catastrophe
Dans les fils d’actualité, la Libye et le Soudan existent comme des sujets séparés : on évoque l’une quand il est question de migrants, l’autre quand les bombes tombent sur Khartoum. Deux guerres. Deux pays.
Destination Europe: Migrant Smuggling Networks Remain Resilient
Migrant smuggling to Europe remains a lucrative illicit industry and continues to pose a significant security challenge, requiring law enforcement to keep pace with smugglers’ rapid adaptation to countermeasures. In the context of the European
How One Highway Could Determine Sudan’s War And The Future Of Its Fractured Regions – Analysis
Key Takeaways:Sudan’s army (SAF) has seized key towns on the Khartoum–El-Obeid “Exports Road,” a ~350 km fuel-and-food corridor toward Kordofan and Darfur; ACLED’s Ali Mahmoud Ali calls it a possible “third phase” toward RSF-held west.Holding
Sustained Conflict in Tigray; North African Mediation in the Sahel: Africa File, August 27, 202
Key Takeaways: Ethiopia. The Ethiopian federal government and Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) have engaged in the first sustained period of military confrontation in the Tigray region since the end of the Tigray war in
Ghana Faces ‘Brewing Crisis’ As It Avoids Conflict With JNIM
Key Takeaways:JNIM has struck several Gulf of Guinea borderlands but has largely spared Ghana, using the weakly governed north as a rear area to rest, resupply, and move cattle and other goods across a porous