Les militaires renversent les dictateurs qui ont régné pendant des décennies. Le secrétaire général de l’ONU Antonio Guterres est devenu plus complaisant envers les putschistes qui ont renversé le président du Gabon Ali Bongo le

Army Maj. Gen. Todd Wasmund’s first Africa-focused assignment came a decade ago at the Pentagon, where the aftermath of the Benghazi terrorist attack loomed over a military mission in flux. The 2012 assault on the

The U.S. Army is wrapping up its capstone series of exercises this week in Africa, where troops have fanned out for drills involving numerous partner nations grappling with expanding insurgencies at home. African Lion 23,

Les violences djihadistes apparues en 2015 au Burkina Faso n’ont fait que s’intensifier depuis : elles sont en partie à l’origine de deux coups d’État en 2022 qui n’ont pas permis de les enrayer. Ces

The US government on Wednesday imposed sanctions on top leaders of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), one of the warring parties in Sudan, for atrocities against civilians. The State Department said Abdelrahim Hamdan Daglo and

Relying on security measures alone to counter the al-Shabab insurgency has so far proved ineffective, and any hope of defeating the al-Qaeda affiliate in Somalia and throughout the African Horn is becoming increasingly illusive. Since

“The worst-case scenario is unfolding in Ethiopia,” Gabriel Bizuneh tells me, as he organizes in the Ethiopian community in Washington, D.C. Once again, the federal government is at war with another region in a federal

An opposition collective in Guinea has reported the deaths of four young people in clashes with security forces on Monday and Tuesday, the anniversary of the military takeover of power in 2021. No comment was

It took months of convincing before the former jihadi commander decided to defect, trading in his guns and wealth for amnesty and a chance to live with his family. Before leaving the Islamic State group,