As 2025 ended, military leaders deposed elected governments in Guinea-Bissau and Madagascar. A putsch attempt in Benin failed after regional…
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Former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan was serving as an election observer in Guinea-Bissau when a group of military leaders declared…
West Africa’s eighth successful coup in the last five years took place in Guinea-Bissau on November 26. Just 11 days…
For almost nine months, Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces group has operated its own government in the west — a…
When protesters filled the streets of Antananarivo and other cities across Madagascar, John J. Chin was watching closely. He saw…
The bloody landscape of el-Fasher, the Sudanese Armed Forces’ (SAF) last stronghold in the Darfur region, is emblematic of the…
International observers are accusing the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) of using banned chemical weapons against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces…
Experts say the recent announcement of a parallel Sudanese government run by Gen. Mohamed Hamdan “Hemedti” Dagalo, head of the…
As drones play a larger role in battle strategies across Africa, the continent’s militaries are adding small, commercially available drones…
Faced with a rapidly evolving security threat environment, Morocco is reshaping its intelligence strategy with an eye toward the future.…