2015

The historic city of Agadez, Niger, sits along the southern fringe of the Sahara, where nearly everything seems to take on the tan hue of the ubiquitous, powdery sand. The city, known as the gateway to the desert, began developing in the…

The African Conference of Commandants encourages militaries to learn from each other Dramatic changes in society used to be single events. The end of World War II. The collapse of the Soviet Union. The global financial crisis. Writer…

Morocco has dismantled a seven-member terrorist cell linked to ISIS that was planning to abduct and murder tourists, the Interior Ministry said. The suspects, whose identities were not revealed, had pledged allegiance to ISIS, the…

French automotive giant PSA Peugeot Citroen announced it will build a $632 million car factory in Morocco with an annual production capacity of 90,000 units. The plant, due to open in 2019 north of Rabat, will address “the needs of the…

Information and Communications Technology Helps Dispel Rumors in Kenya’s Volatile Tana Delta Kenya’s Tana River winds 1,000 kilometers out of the Aberdare Mountains. It twists and turns before making its way through the towns of Garissa,…

Rethinking Civil-Military Dialogue in Nigeria Nigeria’s long national crisis relating to Boko Haram has been devastating for many reasons. It cost thousands of innocent lives, caused 1.4 million people to flee their homes, and harmed…

Success for Soldiers Must Include Education in Addition to Basic Military Training An African Soldier deployed to the United Nations mission in the Central African Republic will have to know far more than the boundaries of his patrol area…

Training and Strong Institutions Trump Mere Numbers Kenya was still reeling from a bloody 2013 attack on Nairobi’s Westgate Shopping Mall when al-Shabaab extremists unleashed another high-profile assault on the nation. On April 2, 2015,…

Morocco’s Gnawa festival attracts hundreds of thousands of people — but it’s about more than music and color. It has come to symbolize the fight against ISIS and extremism. Each Gnawa group, or Islamic “brotherhood,” is dressed in…

A 26-year-old bicyclist from Eritrea was honored as the King of the Mountains during the sixth stage at the Tour de France in July 2015. Daniel Teklehaimanot proudly put on the maillot à pois rouges, also known as the polka dot jersey,…