US thwarts Somaliland’s fresh push for recognition
•While attention is elsewhere, DoD wants to send US troops back to Somalia By Emmanuel Igunza and Samar Al-Bulushi The…
Children on the battlefield: ISWAP’s latest recruits
•Schools have always been a primary Boko Haram target; now both its factions are using boys in combat. By Malike Samuel…
How Black America fell out of love with Africa
•Contemporary Afro-pessimist intellectuals see no shared identity that can serve as the basis for solidarity between Africans and African Americans.…
Professional military education institutions in Africa
By the Africa Center for Strategic Studies Professional military education institutions aim to foster capable and apolitical militaries to uphold…
First signs of joint Sino-Russian diplomacy in Africa emerge in Guinea, Kenya
By TCAP Signs of closer Sino-Russian diplomatic coordination emerged in Africa just three days after President Vladimir Putin met with…
Why Russia wins some sympathy in Africa and the Middle East
•But countries in the region will try to avoid choosing between it and the West In 2019 vladimir putin welcomed 43…
Germany should look to Africa for gas, not Russia
•To stop financing Moscow’s brutal wars, Berlin should help African countries develop their energy sectors. By Vijaya Ramachandran With the United…
NDLEA arrests Church General Overseer with 54 sticks of cannabis for “personal use” at Nairobi crusade
Mukaila Ola The General Overseer of Christ Living Hope Church, Rev. Ugochukwu Ekwem has been arrested with 54 sticks of…
ECOWAS develops National Strategy to enhance protection, security of Nigerians
Mukaila Ola The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission in conjunction with stakeholders in Nigeria has developed a…
Jihadists edging south toward West Africa’s most stable and prosperous states
•Jihadist cells infiltrating as far as Ghana and Ivory Coast, the world’s top cocoa producers, as western counter-terrorism strategy stutters…