2024

ADF STAFF Authorities in the Central African Republic found a 19-year-old artisanal miner’s body burned and decapitated in the town of Koki, in the prefecture of Ouham. He was one of at least 20 artisanal miners who were killed in…

GUEST OPINION AND ANALYSIS CHIKONDI CHIDZANJA Since the announcement of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Mission in Mozambique (SAMIM) drawdown from Cabo Delgado province, there have been various criticisms about…

ADF STAFF Russia has deployed 1,800 fighters to eastern Libya in what it hopes will become a base of power to exert influence in other parts of the continent. Some of those deployed were Russian soldiers, and others were mercenaries with…

ADF STAFF Russia is exploiting politically divided Libya, with its abundant natural resources, to exert more influence on the continent, especially in the Sahel region, a recent report said. The Kremlin’s work will be headed by…

ADF STAFF Mired in their fight against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) appears ready to grant Russia a long-sought foothold on the Red Sea in exchange for weapons. “The Army is in desperate…

ADF STAFF After years of fighting terrorism in the Sahel, experts say one counterterror tool has been badly neglected: economic development. Job creation and economic growth can address the grievances of people who feel ignored by their…

ADF STAFF Kenya has reaffirmed its commitment to help prosecute suspected pirates and other sea criminals amid roiling insecurity sparked by a recent surge in Somali pirate attacks and Yemen’s Houthi rebels. Kenya will prosecute pirates…

ADF STAFF Somalia and the al-Shabaab terrorist group are fighting a war within a war — a constant battle to prop up and take down websites and social media accounts that disseminate extremist propaganda and disinformation. Somalia’s…

ADF STAFF Amid the violence and chaos of Sudan’s civil war, 13-year-old Hadeer, her mother and three younger siblings fled their home in Omdurman to a displacement camp in Atbara, about 320 kilometers to the northeast. Hadeer’s aunt and…

ADF STAFF In more than 15 years of fighting al-Shabaab, Somali leaders have discovered they cannot defeat the terror group by military means alone. Shortly after his election as president in 2022, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud revealed his plan…