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Intercommunal Violence Continues to Plague South Sudan
ADF STAFF
Violence between rival communities has a long history in South Sudan, but the past year has seen a worrying rise in attacks that observers fear could become a wider crisis.
More than 150 people died and 165 were injured as a…
RSF Using Food as Weapon to Forcibly Conscript Fighters
ADF STAFF
Amid desperate warnings of impending famine across Sudan, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) continues to use hunger as a weapon of war.
The yearlong conflict has caused the deaths of more than 12,000 people and the…
Illegal Timber Funds Cabo Delgado Insurgency, Authorities Fear
ADF STAFF
Mozambican authorities are worried that timber smuggling in Cabo Delgado province is funding terror groups such as Ansar al-Sunna, which has led an insurgency there since 2017.
The province is rich in valuable wood species…
Allied Democratic Forces Attack Threat has Uganda on High Alert
ADF STAFF
Ugandan security forces are on high alert after members of the Allied Democratic Forces terrorist organization entered the country from the Democratic Republic of the Congo in mid-March.
The Ugandan People’s Defence Forces…
Russia Tightens Control of Malian Gold
ADF STAFF
Since the notorious Russian mercenary outfit formerly known as the Wagner Group began reorganizing under the control of the Russian Defense Ministry in 2023, controlling gold mining sites in Mali has been a priority.
Russian…
‘New Level of Escalation’ Between Algeria, Morocco
ADF STAFF
The Maghreb region’s cold war between Algeria and Morocco continues to add new layers of frost.
The latest round of provocations began in early March with the opening of an office in Algiers for the Moroccan Republic of the Rif,…