Conflict & Security

In the shifting landscape of Sahelian politics, a fragile and unexpected alliance has taken shape between jihadist fighters and Tuareg separatist rebels in northern Mali. On the surface, the two groups appear to be strange bedfellows: one fighting to impose a strict interpretation of Islamic law across the region, the other seeking an independent Azawad […]

Sudan has recalled its ambassador to Ethiopia following drone attacks on Khartoum International Airport, the latest escalation in a crisis threatening East Africa.

A newly formed Tigrayan rebel faction has emerged as a serious threat to Ethiopia’s fragile northern peace, according to regional security analysts and reporting from the International Crisis Group. The group has carried out cross-border raids in the Afar region over the past four months, engaging in firefights with forces loyal to the Tigray People’s

King Mohammed VI of Morocco has appointed his son and heir, Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan, to a senior coordinating role within the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces — a move that analysts are reading as the clearest signal yet that the young prince is being groomed for eventual succession to the throne. The May 2

Civilians in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are enduring a surge of horrific abuses at the hands of Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) fighters — abuses that amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity, according to a sweeping new report from Amnesty International. The May 2026 report, titled “I’d Never Seen So Many Bodies: