Boko Haram’s capture of materiel from government forces in the Lake Chad region bolsters the jihadi insurgency’s lethality, posing a grave risk to civilians, peacekeepers, and other military personnel. A year ago on this platform

Réunions secrètes, divisions intestines, task-force… Voici les premiers détails des négociations sur la participation des groupes politico-militaires au futur dialogue national tchadien. Le 6 septembre, à N’Djamena, une délégation se réclamant de l’Union des forces

En Guinée, le 5 septembre, après de brefs combats dans le quartier administratif de la capitale Conakry, les forces spéciales ont mis aux arrêts le président Alpha Condé. Le colonel Mamady Doumbouya a annoncé la

Braconnage et contrebande rapportent chaque mois des centaines de milliers de dollars déplorent une quarantaine d’associations environnementales et de défense des droits humains. Braconnage, pêche illicite et exploitation illégale du bois dans et autour du

For the third time in only five months, violence has facilitated a transfer of power in West Africa, with Guinea, Mali (twice in the past thirteen months), and Chad seeing new leaders rise from their

Abstract: While Africa was scarcely a generator of jihadi violence at the dawn of the 21st century, today, 20 years after 9/11, the continent is the global epicenter of jihadi violence. Four phenomena—the persistence of

At least 30 people were killed in a weekend attack in the restive northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo, local and UN sources said on Monday. The jihadists of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF)

With Chad’s withdrawal of troops and the imminent reduction in French troop strength from the vast Sahel region of West Africa – where jihadist groups continue to stage attack after attack, targeting civilians and soldiers

A fresh political rift between Somalia’s president and prime minister appears to be opening a power struggle between the two top leaders of the country, which is struggling to hold elections and prevent frequent terrorist

Algeria has arrested 27 suspected members of a separatist group that the government has declared a terrorist organization, after an attack in two northern towns, police said Monday. They said the 27 were suspected of