Eliminating or Exacerbating Violent Extremism? For more than a decade, the Sahel has been subject to a protracted insurgency carried out by affiliates of the global terror networks of al-Qaeda and the Islamic State. As

Bas-Uele : au moins 3 civils tués lors d’une incursion des rebelles de la Seleka à Banda
La société civile de la province du Bas-Uélé, a affirmé, vendredi 11 octobre, qu’au moins trois personnes ont été tuées et plusieurs autres personnes prises en otage par des rebelles centrafricains de la Seleka dans

Somalie : l’Égypte va déployer des troupes pour lutter contre les shebabs
La Somalie affirme que l’Égypte a proposé de déployer des troupes de maintien de la paix dans ce pays de la Corne de l’Afrique, dans le cadre d’un partenariat de sécurité qui se met en
South Sudan holdout groups to sign peace deal next month
The parties to the South Sudan high-level mediation in Nairobi, often referred to as the hold-out groups, are expected to sign the final agreement in November following the completion of nine protocols touching on key

Over 500 Sudanese killed in air strikes
Emergency Lawyers condemned the continued aerial bombardment by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) forces on areas occupied by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in El Gezira, Sennar, White Nile state, North Kordofan, and West and

Africans recruited to work in Russia say they were duped into building drones for use in Ukraine
The social media ads promised the young African women a free plane ticket, money and a faraway adventure in Europe. Just complete a computer game and a 100-word Russian vocabulary test. But instead of a

Africa File, October 10, 2024: DRC Attacks FDLR; Fano Counteroffensive; AUSSOM Issues; Mali’s Northern Challenges; Togo Border Pressure
Key Takeaways: Democratic Republic of the CongoFARDC and allied militias launched an offensive operation on September 26 against a predominantly Rwandan Hutu rebel group in eastern DRC. France-based investigative outlet Africa Intelligence reported that the

How Africa is paying for pursuit of the last Hamas, By Azu Ishiekwene
For whatever it is worth, the continent does not have to wait to pay a much higher price for this war before closing ranks and leveraging its closer ties to pressure Israel to accept a

L’Ukraine dénonce les « mercenaires » russes en Afrique
La prise de position de l’Ukraine contre l’utilisation de « mercenaires russes » au Sahel intervient alors que les relations diplomatiques entre l’Ukraine et certains pays sahéliens, comme le Mali, le Niger et le Burkina,

Somalia Is Becoming Africa’s Lebanon
The Horn of Africa, a region once described by Jeffrey Lefebvre as one of the world’s most “highly penetrated regional subsystems”, is on the brink of a dangerous turn as the several actors intensify their