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ADF STAFF As Sudan’s capital city continues to be rocked by explosions and gunfire, its residents are being victimized by another attack: relentless disinformation and propaganda campaigns. Between them, Sudan’s two warring generals ––…

ADF STAFF When recent reports emerged of widespread, yearslong cyberattacks by Chinese hackers on Kenya’s government, China was quick to offer a boilerplate denial. But, experts say, in the digital environment, it is harder than ever for…

ADF STAFF Nigeria has a new president facing old problems. Insecurity has long been atop the list of concerns for Nigerians, who have lived under the specter of increasing violence from extremist groups, bandits, intercommunal fighting…

ADF STAFF Russian flags have become a fixture of rallies and public protests in Burkina Faso, the Central African Republic and Mali — an indication of the way Russia is pushing its propaganda and disinformation by filtering it through…

ADF STAFF Pirates attacked a Danish-owned oil and chemical tanker known as the Monjasa Reformer in March about 140 nautical miles off the coast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Authorities later found the ship off the coast of…

ADF STAFF For months, the citizens of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have witnessed a major military buildup, cease-fires and negotiations — all aimed at ending the M23 rebels’ reign of terror. With precious little…

ADF STAFF Hundreds of people, mostly unarmed civilians, were slaughtered in Moura, a village in the Mopti region of Mali in March 2022. According to a U.N. report released in May, Russia’s Wagner Group of mercenaries oversaw the…

ADF STAFF Wearing heavy work boots and a hard hat, Nancy Sunday climbed into her MineWolf, an armored vehicle that tills land to crush or detonate buried mines and other explosives. The mines, some of which date back to the…

ADF STAFF If the conflict in Sudan continues to escalate, experts say the fighting could spread over the porous Chadian border to the west. Mucahid Durmaz, senior analyst at risk intelligence firm Verisk Maplecroft, believes Chadian…

ADF STAFF New reporting details the extreme measures China will take to collect information about countries where it lends money. An investigation by Reuters, published on May 24, revealed that Chinese hackers engaged in a widespread,…