The 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. Key Takeaway: A violent power struggle
Key Takeaways: Ethiopia. A violent power struggle in northern Ethiopia’s Tigray region risks sparking another civil war in Ethiopia, which could, in turn, expand quickly to include Eritrea. Renewed conflict in Tigray or between Ethiopia
A police team was ambushed by the suspected terrorists who tried to free their member and a shootout ensued. Dogo Saleh, a 21-year-old who leads an armed group terrorising communities in Abuja and Kaduna, has
Tigray Defence Forces have seized control of several major towns in the region, laying bare the fragility of a truce with the Ethiopian government. In November 2022, the Ethiopian government and Tigrayan forces signed the
The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group cautiously welcomed Thursday the prospect of direct negotiations with the Congolese government to end the conflict in the volatile eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Since its 2021 resurgence the M23
Fighting alongside Malian soldiers, Wagner mercenaries have massacred civilians and burned their villages in northern Mali, fueling a fast-growing refugee crisis. Families travel through the night on desert backroads, arriving in this desolate borderland each
Insecurity in South Sudan has escalated in recent weeks, with renewed fighting taking place in parts of Upper Nile, Western Equatoria, and Western Bahr el Ghazal states following more frequent skirmishes between forces loyal to
Recruited into a state-backed militia after abandoning terrorism, he hoped for redemption. Instead, this former Boko Haram fighter finds himself haunted by his past, distrusted by society, and caught in a conflict he no longer
The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) on Wednesday called for the immediate release of officials allied with South Sudan’s First Vice President Riek Machar, warning that their detention risks derailing the country’s fragile peace agreement
At least 10 people were killed and 23 others injured on Wednesday in an artillery bombardment by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on the capital of North Darfur, El Fasher. Concurrently, the RSF launched fierce