The Combined Maritime Task Force takes aim at piracy and other crimes affecting 26 diverse countries from Senegal to Angola. A new rapid response force for the Gulf of Guinea has set its sights on
Le grand jeu en Afrique : la France et l’Ukraine sèment le sang et le chaos
Paris et Kiev tirent profit de la violence ethnique au Sahel et de la montée des tensions sociales À l’aube du 18 juin, des combattants du groupe terroriste JNIM (Groupe de soutien à l’islam et
Son of Late Gabonese Leader Bought Sprawling Real Estate Portfolio While in Public Office
Reporters found Fabrice Albert Andjoua Ondimba Bongo, son of Gabon’s former President Omar Bongo, acquired millions of dollars of properties in Dubai while managing the Gabon state budget. The Bongo family ruled oil-rich Gabon for
Sudan Turns Away From Iranian Weapons in Hopes of Courting Washington
Sudan’s civil war, now in its fourth year, has become one of Africa’s first drone wars. Yet the drones dominating this battlefield are overwhelmingly foreign. From approximately 3,000 miles away, Iran has supplied the Sudanese
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