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
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’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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
One of the most challenging aspects for any critical analysis of foreign policy initiatives towards Africa from Washington is the doublespeak that often frames any official pronouncements. In recent weeks this issue once again has