Global Coalition unyielding against ISIS expansion in Africa
The Global Coalition to Defeat Daesh/ISIS has agreed to enhance African member states’ counter-ISIS capabilities as it commits to defeat ISIS affiliates in Africa....
Rights violations worsen South Sudan political environment
South Sudan’s political journey out of transition government could be harmed by a continual rights violation including repression of the media. And as the...
Africa’s Quest for Economic and Political Change
In order for us to understand the real motives behind the spate of military takeovers in West and Central Africa — eight since 2020...
BRICS allies, ‘memory diplomacy’: Russia is hard at work to expand its global influence
Since the start of the Ukraine war, there have been numerous diplomatic visits by Russian officials to Africa and Latin America aiming at boosting...
The Rise of the Gangsta Militariat
The latest crop of putschists across West Africa shares a number of important features with its professional predecessors. Prime among these is a delusional...
After Jokowi: What Indonesia’s next president could face in foreign affairs
Myanmar. The South China Sea. AUKUS. These are but three of a battery of hot button foreign policy issues Indonesia’s next president will have...
Treason in Gabon, Political Crisis in a Number of African Countries
LIBREVILLE — The democratic government of Gabon was overthrown in a coup led by the police and military. The coup plotters said they wanted...
‘Epidemic’ of Coups in West Africa Spark Rethink in Washington
Niger was, in many ways, one of the West’s last and best hopes for a flailing, decades-long counterterrorism campaign in the Sahel region of...
Military coups in Africa: here’s what determines a return to civilian rule
Slightly more than two years after Niger’s first peaceful handover of power from one civilian president to another, the military seized power in July...
China’s Military Influence in Africa Grows as Russia’s Diminishes
JOHANNESBURG — China’s People’s Liberation Army marked the 96th anniversary of its founding this week with President Xi Jinping overseeing celebrations in China, but the...