blind sided. China and Turkiye’s drone race has Africa in the crosshairs Mali, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Nigeria … African militaries are increasingly using cheaper military drones sold by Turkiye and China, but the strategy ...

Tigrayan Tetrarchy. The Four Horsemen of the TPLF: Meet the hardliners seeking to dominate northern Ethiopia The Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) has unseated the interim government in Ethiopia’s northernmost region. Who are its leaders and what do the...

Jan 10, 2025 · In Mali, although violence has reduced compared with the scale and frequency of Al-Qaeda attacks, security analyst Beverly Ochieng says IS has managed to maintain a nearly three-year blockade over vast parts of the Menaka region, which it is using as a launching pad for activities in Niger and Burkina Faso.. In Niger, 39 people were killed in two separate attacks in December in the western ...

2 days ago · The hearing comes as NBC reported on 18 March that the Donald Trump administration is considering a series of measures to cut costs and shift attention to the Indo-Pacific and the US rivalry with China, including potentially merging AFRICOM with European Command into a single command based in Stuttgart, Germany. AFRICOM was created in February 2007 by President George W. Bush in the heyday of ...

Mar 12, 2025 · As analysts warn of a ‘creeping coup d’etat’ in Ethiopia’s northernmost region, both Ethiopia and Eritrea are reportedly preparing for war. The turmoil is straining the fragile truce that ended one of this century’s most destructive conflicts.

Mar 14, 2025 · The seizure of towns comes after Getachew on Monday announced the suspension of three senior generals of the TDF, the region’s de facto army, accusing them of plotting to undermine the regional government. It followed a provocative statement by the generals on 23 January, appearing to support Debretsion, a shift from position of neutrality in the leadership dispute in Tigray.

Jan 3, 2025 · After a busy 2024 marked by presidential elections in Algeria and Tunisia, 2025 is expected to be politically quieter, as Egyptians will be the only ones heading to the polls to elect a new parliament.However, challenges such as climate-related problems and European migration pressure mean governments will not be idle.

7 hours ago · The global electric vehicle (EV) industry is expected to reach $56.7trn by 2050, with annual production rising from 3 million to 160 million vehicles, according to Bloomberg.The International Energy Agency projects that by 2035, over …

Jan 2, 2025 · Political risk analyst Jessica Moody says it’s increasingly likely Ouattara will run, suggesting he will be motivated by the significant natural resource discoveries in Cote d’Ivoire this year, his strong popularity ratings and regional insecurity and instability. Destabilisation attempts from Burkina Faso and tension with the Sahel, she says, will …

6 days ago · Rising interest payments and shrinking fiscal space are pushing African nations to the brink, prompting calls for immediate debt relief. While the first-ever G20 meeting in Africa took place in Cape Town last month, a group of African leaders launched an initiative to …