This bloc goes to eleven. At its summit on Thursday in Johannesburg, the BRICS group of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa announced that its membership is more than doubling. Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran,
Niger, le pustch de trop pour la France ?
Après le Mali, le Burkina Faso et le Niger, la France est-elle en passe d’être chassée du Sahel ? Quelle est sa stratégie pour ne pas perdre le dernier pays où elle a repositionné ses
Where Next for Wagner Group in Africa?
Yevgeny Prigozhin’s mutiny was quashed in one day inside Russia, but the implications for Africa are unclear. As African leaders make their way back from the Russia–Africa Summit in St Petersburg, will we get hints
The Nigerien Coup That (Should Not Have) Surprised the World
Regional and international actors were unprepared for the coup in Niger. They should now plan for further instability. In a shocking turn of events, an attempted coup has thrown Niger into turmoil as President Mohamed
The Attempted Coup in Niger: Avoiding Armed Conflict
On 26 July, high-ranking Nigerien officers announced on national television that they had overthrown President Mohamed Bazoum, who was democratically elected in 2021. In this Q&A, Crisis Group analysts lay out the reasons for the
The Fallout in Chad from the Fighting in Darfur
War in Sudan’s Darfur region has triggered a refugee crisis in eastern Chad and raised concerns that turmoil could spread. In this Q&A, Crisis Group expert Enrica Picco draws upon research at the Chad-Sudan border
Keeping Jihadists Out of Northern Côte d’Ivoire
What’s new? As jihadist groups in the Sahel move southward, Côte d’Ivoire has beefed up its security deployment in the north and rolled out a range of social projects to alleviate poverty and youth unemployment. Militant
Sudan: Talks suspended, and War Keep on going.
A disastrous different consequences resulted from – though still- the ongoing military conflict in Sudan since mid of last April. The marathonic negotiations internally and internationally led by regional and other states with no avail
The Price Of Being Fulani In Northwestern Nigeria
Like others, many Fulani people are victims of terrorist gangs in Nigeria’s North West. But ethnic profiling doubles their misery, Fulani herders face violent harassment from other communities trying to protect themselves from terrorists. On
Cost Of Living Crisis: The Deadly Gang Recruiting Poor Taxi Drivers For Crime
The escalating criminal activities of a gang called the Marlians, known for a campaign of violent robberies in Maiduguri, is worrying people and the government. The gang are being aided by the rising price of