Wagner group rebranded as Russia’s Africa Corps. It is set to expand across the Sahel states, the CAR, and Libya.
Eritrea’s Mao-reading president used to seem like a relic. Now Issaias Afwerki is on a roll. Eritrea is emerging as the unlikely powerbroker in the Horn of Africa. More prominent leaders are courting him. In…
The string of coups at the West of Africa may direct the world’s attention to Niger and Gabon, but the real action is to be expected in East Africa. Stretching from the Suez Canal up…
High-stakes arm-wrestling over the future of Niger and the cloud of the Economic Community of West African States. The region is divided, but the African Union stands with ECOWAS on the coup d’ etat in…
The maritime objectives of Saudi Arabia and the UAE have played a key role in determining the war’s direction, with control over Yemen’s ports a major driver of the military and diplomatic strategies of all…
As the United States pursues its peace process for Yemen, Washington still ignores a consistently overlooked threat to stability in the country: the role of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). 9 June 2021, by Jonathan Fenton-Harvey…
18 nations and approximately 8,000 personnel will participate in African Lion 2023, U.S. Africa Command’s largest annual combined, joint exercise that will take place in Ghana, Morocco, Senegal and Tunisia from May 13-June 18, 2023….
The war in Ukraine has not stopped Russia’s activities in Africa. Over the past year, the Wagner Group, in particular, has taken advantage of France’s and other Western countries’ worsening relations with Sahelian states. By…
Key.Aero, In an area as turbulent as it is strategic, Djibouti arouses the interest of many countries, sometimes with antagonistic interests. As the former colonial power, France boasts a small, but mighty force in the…
The US has a military base in neighboring Djibouti, a geopolitical choke point. Access to Somaliland’s port and airfield at Berbera would strengthen the American position, while also thwarting Russian attempts to extend its influence…
Interesting blog by Beyond the Horizon about the remnants of the Ottoman empire in Africa. Turkey has had a military base in Somalia since 2017, and continues to extend its hold in Africa in the…
Located in the east of the African continent, the Horn of Africa, which includes Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia and Djibouti, is today the scene of considerable challenges, both for the traditional powers and for regional powers….
