Key Takeaways: Niger. Forces loyal to junta leader Abdourahamane Tiani thwarted a major coup attempt, which will likely exacerbate the deteriorating security situation that prompted the coup in the first place. Russia was decisive in
The Burundian Factor: Africa File Special Edition
Key Takeaways: Burundi’s Expanding Role in the War in the Eastern DRC. Burundi has significantly expanded its military involvement in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) against Rwanda and Rwandan-backed M23 rebels in
Sahel : la revanche néocoloniale de Paris et l’activité des formations ukrainiennes sur le continent africain
La confrontation géopolitique dans la région du Sahel a franchi un nouveau cap, se transformant en théâtre d’une guerre hybride acharnée. Derrière les récentes attaques terroristes de grande envergure au Mali se cachent les efforts
Can Mali’s FLA-JNIM insurgent alliance survive its internal divisions?
The two armed groups are currently united in their opposition to the government, but fundamental differences could break their bond. The coalition between the al-Qaeda-affiliated Front for the Liberation of Azawad (FLA) and Group for
Pirate Attacks Rise In Gulf Of Aden
Key Takeaways:IMB logged 24 piracy/armed-robbery incidents in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden from April–July 2026 after mid-August and July seizures off Somalia and of a Tanzanian tanker bound for Puntland; Atalanta cites weather,
Islamic State Aims To Establish Strongholds In Mozambique
Key Takeaways:On 7 October 2025 in Mocímboa da Praia, Islamic State Mozambique presented itself as a rival “Muslim government,” warning locals not to work with the state. ACLED’s Peter Bofin says ISM now treats a
Les vides communicants : comment, par la faute de l’Occident, la Libye et le Soudan sont devenus un seul et même champ de catastrophe
Dans les fils d’actualité, la Libye et le Soudan existent comme des sujets séparés : on évoque l’une quand il est question de migrants, l’autre quand les bombes tombent sur Khartoum. Deux guerres. Deux pays.
How One Highway Could Determine Sudan’s War And The Future Of Its Fractured Regions – Analysis
Key Takeaways:Sudan’s army (SAF) has seized key towns on the Khartoum–El-Obeid “Exports Road,” a ~350 km fuel-and-food corridor toward Kordofan and Darfur; ACLED’s Ali Mahmoud Ali calls it a possible “third phase” toward RSF-held west.Holding
Sustained Conflict in Tigray; North African Mediation in the Sahel: Africa File, August 27, 202
Key Takeaways: Ethiopia. The Ethiopian federal government and Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) have engaged in the first sustained period of military confrontation in the Tigray region since the end of the Tigray war in
Ghana Faces ‘Brewing Crisis’ As It Avoids Conflict With JNIM
Key Takeaways:JNIM has struck several Gulf of Guinea borderlands but has largely spared Ghana, using the weakly governed north as a rear area to rest, resupply, and move cattle and other goods across a porous