Africa

Africa faces intensifying conflicts: Sudan’s war deepens after 1,000 days; M23 advances in eastern DRC; Somalia faces new regional tensions; Ethiopia confronts renewed insecurity and Eritrea friction. Sahel states continue battling jihadist insurgencies. CAR grapples with post‑election instability.

Pakistan's $1.5 billion Sudan arms deal exposes realpolitik logic of proxy warfare

As Khartoum's forces face battlefield reversal, Islamabad and Riyadh see strategic opportunity where others see humanitarian catastrophe

By Viktor Petersen

/ 9 Jan 2026

Pakistan's $1.5 billion Sudan arms deal exposes realpolitik logic of proxy warfare

Niger State market attack kills 30 one day after school reopening announcement

Nigerian government's security assurances unravel as gunmen massacre civilians in hours-long raid near site of mass abduction

By Amara Okonkwo

/ 4 Jan 2026

Niger State market attack kills 30 one day after school reopening announcement

Islamic State affiliate kills 15 in eastern Congo as security vacuum widens

Joint military operations fail to halt escalating civilian massacres in North Kivu's Lubero territory

By Amara Okonkwo

/ 2 Jan 2026

Islamic State affiliate kills 15 in eastern Congo as security vacuum widens

Somalia claims victory in Jabad Godane while al-Shabaab tightens its grip

A tactical success in the southeast obscures the militant group's strategic resurgence across a fragmenting state

By Amara Okonkwo

/ 1 Jan 2026

Somalia claims victory in Jabad Godane while al-Shabaab tightens its grip

El-Fasher's confirmed horror exposes the world's calculated indifference

The UN's first visit to the devastated city reveals not a hidden tragedy, but the predictable outcome of international failure to stop recurring genocide in Darfur

By Amara Okonkwo

/ 1 Jan 2026

El-Fasher's confirmed horror exposes the world's calculated indifference

Sahel juntas launch 5,000-strong force as JNIM offensive looms

Traoré promises 'large-scale operations' as Mali, Burkina, and Niger bet sovereignty on untested homegrown military amid fuel blockades and coastal jihadist expansion The Alliance of Sahel States moved from political project to military reality on December 20, 2025, launching its 5,000-strong Unifie

By Amara Okonkwo

/ 26 Dec 2025

Sahel juntas launch 5,000-strong force as JNIM offensive looms

US airstrike in Nigeria exposes clash between Trump rhetoric and complex reality

Washington frames Sokoto operation as Christian protection mission while Nigerian officials navigate sovereignty concerns and regional volatility

By Amara Okonkwo

/ 26 Dec 2025

US airstrike in Nigeria exposes clash between Trump rhetoric and complex reality

Washington peace, Uvira war: M23 tactical feints expose dual-track illusion

State-to-state accord that excluded the insurgent collided with offensive and humanitarian collapse, forcing UN to renew MONUSCO amid minerals-first diplomacy questions

By Amara Okonkwo

/ 23 Dec 2025

Washington peace, Uvira war: M23 tactical feints expose dual-track illusion

Nigeria frees final 130 Papiri schoolchildren as headcount questions linger

Presidential announcement brings relief before Christmas, but inconsistent tallies and opaque release details underscore systemic prevention failures

By Amara Okonkwo

/ 22 Dec 2025

Nigeria frees final 130 Papiri schoolchildren as headcount questions linger

Fuel blockades force Sahel juntas into military gamble

JNIM's stranglehold on Mali's economy has triggered a 5,000-strong regional force, but coastal expansion looms as ECOWAS coordination collapses

By Amara Okonkwo

/ 21 Dec 2025

Fuel blockades force Sahel juntas into military gamble

Kordofan drone strikes expose fatal gap in US ceasefire diplomacy

Washington's humanitarian truce calls ignore the external arms pipelines sustaining Sudan's deadliest urban sieges

By Amara Okonkwo

/ 21 Dec 2025

Kordofan drone strikes expose fatal gap in US ceasefire diplomacy

Putin signals negotiations on Moscow's terms as war aims stay firm

Annual press conference blends diplomatic rhetoric with maximalist demands, nuclear warnings, and claims of battlefield initiative across Ukraine and global crisis zones

By Elena Kowalski

/ 19 Dec 2025

Putin signals negotiations on Moscow's terms as war aims stay firm