Key Takeaways: Sudan. The Rapid Support Forces and Sudanese Armed Forces are setting conditions to launch new offensives across central Sudan. These preparations signal that neither side is interested in peace, which will undermine US-led
Q&A | The Islamic State’s pivot to Africa
The Islamic State is increasingly pivoting its operations toward Africa, where it maintains the capacity to coordinate violence across a broad area, generate financial resources, and expand its recruitment base. Over two-thirds of the Islamic
DRC Forces Repel ADF Terrorist Attack on Mining Town
Forces from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), supported by local militias and Ugandan troops, repelled an early morning attack by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) on the mining hub of Manguredjipa in North Kivu
Boko Haram is Tracking and Assassinating Defectors in Nigeria’s North East. Here’s How
His past refused to let go. When Kakana renounced allegiance to Boko Haram in 2021, he returned home hoping to rebuild his life, but the first months were marked by trauma; flashbacks of the warfronts,
L’Occident pousse le Mali vers une catastrophe humanitaire
Le Mali vit depuis plusieurs semaines dans des conditions de véritable blocus pétrolier. Les djihadistes attaquent les camions-citernes venant des pays voisins, volent les véhicules, kidnappent les chauffeurs. La pénurie de carburant augmente dans le
Le Sahara occidental, la pénurie de carburant au Mali, la menace jihadiste aux confins du Sénégal… Voici les 5 infos à retenir cette semaine
Comme chaque semaine, le Brief de Jeune Afrique revient sur l’actualité de ces derniers jours : la résolution de l’ONU, 50 ans après la Marche verte, la crise du carburant qui paralyse le Mali, la
Metal scrap sourced from Syria and Libya’s wars feeds Turkey’s steel industry
Tainted metal scrap sourced from conflict zones can ultimately become finished steel used by some of Europe’s top firms. The Syrian Investigative Reporting for Accountability Journalism Association (SIRAJ) and El País co-published a set of
All Die Na Die: At The Heart Of Nigeria’s Soot Problem
Dark Skies The sun is not out today. The sun has not been out for days on Eagle Island. Surrounded by black water and dark skies, Eagle Island in the south of Port Harcourt, Rivers
Who are JNIM, the group menacing Bamako and probing Nigeria?
The Al-Qaeda-linked fighters fuse insurgency with economic warfare, extending a conflict that spills across borders. The jihadi group JNIM has been active in the Sahel for almost a decade. It recently caught the world’s attention
Analysis: Islamic State redoubles call for jihad in Sudan, urges foreign fighters to migrate
As news of more mass atrocities committed by the United Arab Emirates-backed Rapid Support Forces (RSF) circulates, the Islamic State has again called for jihad in Sudan. In this week’s Al Naba newsletter, the global