Every crisis has a rhythm. Libya’s has moved from a low thrum of dysfunction to the pounding urgency of collapse. What once appeared as a fragile equilibrium held together by fragile oil revenues, a delicate
Africa File, April 17, 2025: RSF War Crimes and Possible Genocide; al Shabaab Retaking Central Somalia; M23 Challenges; Algeria-Mali Spat
The Critical Threats Project’s Africa File provides regular analysis and assessments of major developments regarding state and nonstate actors’ activities in Africa that undermine regional stability and threaten US personnel and interests. Sudan. The Rapid
The Horn Of Africa States: Reforming The Security Landscape Of The African Continent – OpEd
Mahamoud Ali Youssouf, the African Union’s Commission new Chairperson campaigned that he would advocate for significant reforms in how Africa responds to its many crisis. Although it is too early to call, yet one should
Burkina Faso’s Volunteer Militia Implicated In ‘Systematic Extermination’
Graphic videos of a massacre in villages surrounding the western Burkina Faso town of Solenzo spread rapidly on social media in March. Dozens of lifeless bodies — most of them women, children and elderly —
Iran’s Foothold Reaches Into North Africa
In the early days of the Israel-Hamas war, Iran issued a baffling threat: if Israel did not relent in Gaza, Tehran would close the Strait of Gibraltar, the narrow maritime passage separating Africa from Europe
Countering Extremism in West Africa: WhatOptions Are Left?
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Armes européennes au Soudan (1/5) : des obus bulgares au milieu du désert
D’une usine bulgare aux milices soudanaises, les Observateurs de France 24 ont réussi à retracer le parcours d’armements dont l’exportation au Soudan est pourtant prohibée par l’Union européenne. Cette enquête – déclinée en cinq volets
Nigeria, Niger Foreign Ministers Meet for Security Talks
The foreign ministers of Nigeria and Niger held talks Wednesday on cross-border security, terrorism and economic cooperation, despite tensions between the two neighbours since the July 2023 coup in Niger. It comes after Nigeria this
Two years into Sudan’s civil war, thousands continue to flee genocide, rape and famine
As ministers gather in London to find a ‘pathway to peace’, the country teeters on the edge of catastrophe Exactly two years after Sudan collapsed into a brutal civil war, refugees continue to flood into
North Darfur: Half a million people flee ‘final catastrophe’ as Zamzam camp ‘obliterated’
Escalating hostilities and attacks in North Darfur over the past week have effectively obliterated Zamzam camp for internally displaced people, 15 kilometres from the North Darfur capital El Fasher, forcing all of its 500,000+ inhabitants