In 2024, a United Nations monitoring team reported that the relationship between Somalia’s al-Shabaab terrorist…
Africa Defense Forum
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Boko Haram terrorists have turned to cryptocurrencies, mobile money platforms and other digital tools to…
In a propaganda video entitled “Empowerment Generation,” terrorists with Islamic State West Africa Province show…
The Chinese term fei chien, which translates to “flying money,” refers to an underground financial…
Malian journalist Seydou Oumar Traoré on May 26 was arrested for criticizing Guinea’s transitional president, Gen.…
At more than 42,000 square kilometers, Niassa Special Reserve is the largest protected area in…
Practitioners of galamsey, Ghana’s illegal small-scale mining epidemic, once used picks and shovels to extract…
Ejiao is considered a miracle elixir for those who use it. However, it has become…
For years, nations have searched for ways to secure porous borders against traffickers moving arms,…
Africa is now the continent most affected by terrorism. Each day, an average of eight…
Amina J. Mohammed of Nigeria is deputy secretary-general of the United Nations and chair of…