Chad

ADF STAFF When Niger overthrew its civilian government in July, it joined a growing tally of West African nations that had done so, further complicating regional economic and security cooperation at a time when it is needed most.…

ADF STAFF The Wagner Group has spread like a virus and infected the government, military and economic sectors of the Central African Republic (CAR) to the extent that experts say the country is now a laboratory of Russian influence. The…

Maj. Gen. Ibrahim of the Nigerian Army has a military career that spans more than 35 years. He holds a master’s degree in strategic studies from the University of Ibadan and has participated in international peace support operations in…

ADF STAFF The sounds of airstrikes, artillery and small-arms fire reverberate through the streets of Khartoum and Omdurman on opposite sides of the Nile as war persists in Sudan with no end in sight. The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF),…

ADF STAFF Armed men drove Dawoud Adam Ishak from his home in Sudan’s Darfur region. “They came at night when we were sleeping,” Ishak told Voice of America. “So, we woke up and fled.” Ishak joined more than 100,000 Sudanese who…

ADF STAFF Bodies lie scattered across El Geneina, the capital of West Darfur in Sudan. According to reports from the Darfur Bar Association, the dead lie in their homes, in public buildings and in the streets — where the bodies are…

ADF STAFF Fatima Abdallah is among more than 100,000 Sudanese who have fled to Chad since fighting broke out on April 15. “We will not go back,” she told Al-Jazeera. “We will stay in Chad because here there is a government.” Chad closed…

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 Sudanese military officials reported on May 26 that they had intercepted a cache of weapons as they were being smuggled from an unspecified foreign country through the Red Sea region to rebels in the eastern part of the country.…

ADF STAFF With the handover of command of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF), leaders hope to continue the momentum against the extremist group Boko Haram. But observers warn that other groups in the region might prove harder to…