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Russia’s Influence Machine
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By the time Burkina Faso’s health ministry declared an epidemic of dengue fever on October 18, 2023,…
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Russia’s Influence Machine
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By the time Burkina Faso’s health ministry declared an epidemic of dengue fever on October 18, 2023,…
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U.S. Africa Command Staff
It no longer takes an army or even traditional weapons to attack a nation. Some of the…
‘We Are Each Other’s Keepers’
Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema addressed the 12th African Land Forces Summit in Livingstone, Zambia, on April…
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Russia’s Influence Machine
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By the time Burkina Faso’s health ministry declared an epidemic of dengue fever on October 18, 2023, there already were thousands of cases and hundreds of deaths. The World Health Organization (WHO) said it was the West African country’s deadliest bout with the disease in years.
Another dangerous outbreak quickly followed: a deluge…
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Rough Waters
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Some analysts worried that Somali pirates were staging a comeback when a Maltese-flagged merchant ship, the Ruen, was hijacked off the coast of…
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‘Security Is as Good as the Provider of It’
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Maj. Gen. Simon Motswana Barwabatsile is commander of Ground Forces Command and is Joint Force commander for the Botswana Defence Force (BDF). He…
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Small, Cheap and dangerous
As summer gave way to fall in 2021, the Ethiopian government found itself on the back foot against secessionist Tigrayan rebels, who had just captured the towns…
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Hidden Cost
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As Russia’s Wagner Group expands its reach across Africa with promises of security and support for authoritarian leaders, nations that invited the…
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A Bulwark of Professionalism
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Spring 2023 was a tense time in Senegal. Protesters packed the streets of Dakar and, in a rare move, the Armed Forces deployed in the capital to…
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Cybercriminals See Africa As Testing Ground
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A ransomware bug infecting computer systems across Africa is the latest evidence that criminals are using the continent as a testing ground for new…
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Transnational Crime Captures Countries
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Recent seizures of illegal drugs in the Sahel indicate that the conflict-riddled region is becoming a busy route for drug…
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Building an African Model For Peace
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For decades, the United Nations was the primary institution overseeing peacekeeping missions in Africa. But the U.N. hasn’t launched a new mission…
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