Report: Lack of Jobs Is Primary Driver of Extremist Recruitment
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Sub-Saharan Africa is the world’s new epicenter for violent extremism, and most people who join extremist organizations said they were motivated by a lack of work, according to a new report by the United Nations Development…
Study: Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia Can Benefit From Dam if They Cooperate
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The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam has stoked tensions among Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan for more than a decade as the downstream countries fear the $4.2 billion megaproject will disrupt their water supply.
Those concerns…
Ghana Armed Forces to Establish War College This Year
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To prepare security forces to face a wide range of evolving threats, Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo announced that the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) will establish a war college.
Established with money from the Ghana Education…
‘Huge Network’ of Russian Disinformation Platforms Found Targeting Africa
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A new joint investigation has found a prolific Russian disinformation campaign sowing division and spreading propaganda across the continent. A Belgian man with links to dictators and the infamous Russian mercenary Wagner Group…
Russian Mercenaries, Rebels Clash Over CAR Gold Mines
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Rebel groups in the Central African Republic (CAR) are clashing with Russian Wagner Group mercenaries over access to the country’s mineral-rich mines.
Numerous reports indicate a recent upswing in fighting, including an ambush…
Mo Ibrahim Urges Africa to Fight ‘Strongman’ Authoritarianism
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Africa is less safe and less democratic than a decade ago, but there is still hope.
The Mo Ibrahim Foundation published the stark conclusions of the latest Ibrahim Index of African Governance on January 25, 2023. But they have…
Russia Turns to Prisons as it Searches for Military Manpower
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Nemes Tarimo was given a choice: fight for Russia’s Wagner Group against Ukraine or face years in a Russian prison.
The lure of a pardon was too great for the 37-year-old Tanzania native to decline. Tarimo was an information…
Ghana Provides Cybersecurity Model As Threats Multiply
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With more than 600 million people online and millions more soon to join them, African nations face growing demand to safeguard cyberspace against hackers, scammers and extremists. Ghana provides a model for how to do that.
In…
Somalia Seeks to Dismantle al-Shabaab Financing Network
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On January 16, the Somali government announced a major victory. Its military had liberated Harardhere, an al-Shabaab stronghold on the Indian Ocean coast that the terrorist group had held for a decade.
Formerly a base for…
Obangame Express Sharpens Maritime Security Skills, Fosters Cooperation
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Members of the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces knifed through the Gulf of Guinea in two speeding patrol boats. Their destination: a massive vessel on the horizon.
They arrived in minutes.
“One by one, one by one,” one of them…