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Joint military operation in Mali exposes regional security dilemmas

Joint military operation in Mali exposes regional security dilemmas

The Joint military operation Mali, which was being coordinated with Niger and Burkina Faso, represents a decisive change of the security architecture of the central Sahel. What had always been…
Joint military operation in Mali exposes regional security dilemmas

Joint military operation in Mali exposes regional security dilemmas

The Joint military operation Mali, which was being coordinated with Niger and Burkina Faso, represents a decisive change of the security architecture of the central Sahel. What had always been…
Senate Grills State Department on Africa Counterterrorism Gaps
Senate Grills State Department on Africa Counterterrorism Gaps
Budapest CTTF Summit Targets IRGC Proxies Amid Global Plots
Budapest CTTF Summit Targets IRGC Proxies Amid Global Plots
US Africa Counterterrorism Pivot: Sahel Reengagement Risks Fulani Backlash
US Africa Counterterrorism Pivot: Sahel Reengagement Risks Fulani Backlash
IS Africa’s Three Affiliates: Evolving Threats Beyond the Caliphate
IS Africa’s Three Affiliates: Evolving Threats Beyond the Caliphate
What Happens to Cabo Delgado When Rwanda’s Forces Leave?
What Happens to Cabo Delgado When Rwanda’s Forces Leave?
Senate Grills State Department on Africa Counterterrorism Gaps

Senate Grills State Department on Africa Counterterrorism Gaps

The 21 April 2026 Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing marked a sharp escalation in congressional scrutiny of Washington’s evolving Africa…
Budapest CTTF Summit Targets IRGC Proxies Amid Global Plots

Budapest CTTF Summit Targets IRGC Proxies Amid Global Plots

The Budapest CTTF summit represents an important change in multilateral counterterrorism coordination, uniting 35 governments during a period when there…
US Africa Counterterrorism Pivot: Sahel Reengagement Risks Fulani Backlash

US Africa Counterterrorism Pivot: Sahel Reengagement Risks Fulani Backlash

The US-Africa counterterrorism pivot reflects a significant recalibration in Washington’s security approach across the Sahel. With growing instability and the…
IS Africa's Three Affiliates: Evolving Threats Beyond the Caliphate

IS Africa's Three Affiliates: Evolving Threats Beyond the Caliphate

The Three Affiliates of IS Africa have emerged as a key focal point of the changing nature of jihadist violence…
What Happens to Cabo Delgado When Rwanda’s Forces Leave?

What Happens to Cabo Delgado When Rwanda’s Forces Leave?

The relative calm that emerged in Cabo Delgado between 2022 and 2025 reflected a carefully constructed but externally dependent security…

Expert Opinions

Ghana and EU security pact: Coastal bulwark against Sahel extremism risk

BiH’s FATF Deadline: Will Sanctions Reforms Avert Grey-List Disaster?

Tactical Evolution: Why Fewer Attacks Signal Deeper Terror Roots?

Nigeria’s Mass Convictions: Justice or Rushed Retribution in Boko Haram Trials?

Crypto Shadows: How Operation Catalyst Exposed Africa’s Terror Finance Web

From Chaos to Control: Terror Taxation in Africa’s Ungoverned Spaces

Sahel Entrenchment: Africa's Jihadists Shift from Attacks to Governance

Sahel Entrenchment: Africa's Jihadists Shift from Attacks to Governance

The Sahel Entrenchment is an indication of the structural change of the insurgency environment in West Africa with jihadist groups…
Benin-Nigeria Border Pact: Countering Sahel Spillover After G5 Collapse

Benin-Nigeria Border Pact: Countering Sahel Spillover After G5 Collapse

With the successful collapse of the G5 Sahel Joint Force in 2025, structural change in the West African security architecture…
JNIM's Coastal creep: Countering Spillover in West African Borderlands

JNIM's Coastal creep: Countering Spillover in West African Borderlands

The development of the Coastal Creep by JNIM in 2025 is a structural change in the security geography in West…
Multilateral Mirage: Rebuilding Counterterrorism After Sahel Fractures

Multilateral Mirage: Rebuilding Counterterrorism After Sahel Fractures

The formation of the Alliance of Sahel States in early 2025 signified a pivotal break in the security set up…
NAVAF's Kenya Pivot: Countering Chinese Maritime Encroachment in East Africa

NAVAF's Kenya Pivot: Countering Chinese Maritime Encroachment in East Africa

NAVAF’s Kenya Pivot has emerged as a defining feature of evolving maritime security dynamics in East Africa, particularly as global…
€50M EU Aid to Ghana: Bolstering Borders or New Dependency?

€50M EU Aid to Ghana: Bolstering Borders or New Dependency?

The €50M EU Aid to Ghana agreement marks a significant milestone in evolving European engagement with West African security. In…
Civilian Terror in Mali: Africa Corps Fuels Sahel Displacement Crisis

Civilian Terror in Mali: Africa Corps Fuels Sahel Displacement Crisis

Civilian terror in Mali has intensified following the emergence of Russia’s Africa Corps as a successor force to the former…
Morocco's 200+ Cell Dismantlings Set Global Counter-Terror Pace

Morocco's 200+ Cell Dismantlings Set Global Counter-Terror Pace

Morocco’s remarkable record of Morocco’s 200+ cell dismantlings underscores its standing as a leading example of sustained counter‑terrorism effectiveness. Since…
Sahel's Sahel Surge: Africa's 51% Share of Global Terror Deaths Demands AU Overhaul

Sahel's Sahel Surge: Africa's 51% Share of Global Terror Deaths Demands AU Overhaul

The Sahel Surge has transformed the security landscape across parts of West Africa, with recent assessments indicating that the region…
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