Soft power: missing element in the Chad-Cameroon border defence pact?Strategies based on purely military operations can often alienate the very populations they aim to protect. The defence agreement signed by Chad and Cameroon on 23
Libye: rapprochement consolidé entre la Turquie et le camp de l’Est libyen dirigé par le maréchal Haftar
Le rapprochement se consolide entre la Turquie et le camp de l’Est libyen dirigé par le maréchal Khalifa Haftar. Un rapprochement déjà bien entamé depuis le début de cette année 2025, mais cela s’accélère. Les
France to reduce diplomatic staff in Mali amid jihadist fuel blockade
France is pulling back diplomatic staff from Mali as the security situation in the country deteriorates under a jihadist-imposed fuel blockade. The move comes amid deepening concerns over the junta-led country’s shift toward Russian military
Who Are Nigeria’s “Newest” Jihadist Militants?
Who Are Nigeria’s “Newest” Jihadist Militants? In November 2024, Nigerian military officials declared with some alarm that a “new” terrorist group known as “Lakurawa” was operating in rural corners of the country’s northwest. Several months
JNIM Edges into Nigeria Through Bandit Collusion
Executive Summary: A possible relationship is being established between Jamaat Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (Arabic: جماعة نصرة الإسلام والمسلمين, JNIM) and a Nigerian bandit group called Lakurawa (From French: les recrues via Hausa, “the recruits”). This
Sudan’s RSF Declares Truce After Army Rejects US Plan
Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces on Monday announced a unilateral three-month ceasefire a day after the army dismissed a US truce proposal from international mediators. The RSF, which has been fighting Sudan’s regular army since
Another coup in West Africa as soldiers announce taking over power in Guinea-Bissau
The officials who describe themselves as the “High Military Command for the Restoration of Order” read out the televised announcement on Wednesday. A group of army officers in Guinea-Bissau has announced the suspension of the
ANALYSIS: Triangle of Terror: How ‘corridor of impunity’ swallowed three states in five bloody days
The “Triangle of Terror” is defined by a specific geographical feature: the vast, ungoverned forest belts that connect Kebbi, Niger, and Kwara states. Flared violently in Kwara, and by the early hours of Friday, had
Africa’s Famed Forest Is Damaged by War, but a New Plan Could Help Restore It
While the main warring parties — M23 rebels and Congolese national army — struggle to silence their weapons in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, despite continuing peace initiatives, the region’s civilians continue to
Boko Haram terrorists kill eight in fresh Borno attack
Seven of those killed were members of the civilian joint task force fighting the insurgents alongside the Nigerian military. Suspected members of Boko Haram insurgents have killed eight people during an attack in Warabe, a