There has been an increase in Boko Haram attacks on Cameroonian villages in recent months, reports say. Boko Haram has increased its attacks on civilians in Cameroon in recent weeks, forcing thousands of people from
Sudan and the New Age of Conflict
How Regional Power Politics are Fueling Deadly Wars For the past year, much of the world’s attention has been focused on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and rising tensions between the United States and China over
Sudan’s RSF received surface-to-air missiles from Russia’s Wagner: US
Russia’s Wagner Group has recently provided Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) with surface-to-air missiles, the US said Thursday as it rolled out new sanctions ag ainst the Russian mercenary group. “Most recently in Sudan, the
Russia Offers Military Support to Somalia
Somali diplomats said Friday that Russia had offered to help support Somalia’s armed forces in their battle against the al-Shabab terrorist group. One diplomat said, “Russia was ready to provide Somalia’s army with military supplies,
Nigeria: Terrorists Kill 22 Farmers in Zamfara
Gunmen suspected to be terrorists have massacred no fewer than 22 farmers in Gidan-Goga community in Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State. A top government source in the state who confirmed the incident to
Somalia: Al-Shabab Raids African Union Army Base
The death toll from the attack on the garrison, southwest of the capital Mogadishu, has not yet been confirmed. But a Somali military commander said both sides suffered large casualties. Islamist al-Shabab fighters attacked an
Sudan’s ceasefire deal in jeopardy amid ongoing clashes between rival factions
Clashes between rival military factions broke out in Sudan’s capital Khartoum on Wednesday (24 May) and spilled over into Thursday, effectively undermining the ceasefire agreed to on May 20 after talks in Jeddah mediated by
Sudan’s RSF received surface-to-air missiles from Russia’s Wagner: US
Earlier this week, the US declassified information revealing that the Wagner Group was trying to procure weapons for the Kremlin from Africa, specifically Mali. Russia’s Wagner Group has recently provided Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF)
Libya has a mercenaries problem. It’s time for the international community to step up.
A couple of weeks after a state institution in Tripoli was stormed by gunmen and a suicide bomber in 2018, I was sitting in a Tunis café with a friend who had been working in
A moment of opportunity: Can the UN’s new special representative for Libya break the country’s cycle of devolution?
While a precarious ceasefire has uneasily prevailed in Libya since the end of its third bout of civil war in 2020, the country is increasingly showing signs of an eventual relapse into conflict today. This