Conflict & Security

As Nigeria edges closer to its 2027 general election, attention is turning to Rivers State — the oil-rich territory that produces a substantial share of the country’s crude and sits at the centre of an increasingly bitter succession dispute. At the heart of the conflict is a confrontation between two of the state’s most powerful […]

A summit meant to showcase unity among the world’s leading emerging economies has instead exposed the deepest divisions yet within the BRICS alliance, after member states failed to agree on a joint statement for the first time in the group’s history. The breakdown came as Iran’s ongoing conflict with the United States and Israel dominated

Sudan’s national army has retaken a strategic town near the Ethiopian border in what military analysts are calling a significant turning point in a conflict that has devastated the country for more than two years. The capture of the town — located in southeastern Blue Nile state — represents a rare major battlefield success for

In Sudan’s grinding civil war, a new killer has emerged as the leading cause of civilian deaths: armed drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles, deployed by both the Sudanese Armed Forces and the rival Rapid Support Forces, have fundamentally altered the character of the conflict, turning streets, IDP camps, and civilian infrastructure into targets that can be

BRICS Fractures Over Iran War as Alliance Splinters BRICS foreign ministers meeting in India ended without a joint declaration for the first time in the grouping’s recent history, exposing deep fault lines over the Iran military conflict that has escalated into a full-scale proxy war threatening global energy markets. The breakdown marks a significant setback

Across vast stretches of Sudan, families are being torn apart not by bullets or bombs but by the invisible poison of contaminated water and toxic mining runoff. A growing body of evidence points to environmental poisoning from gold mining operations as a significant driver of illness and death in communities that depend on local water

At a displacement camp in eastern Chad, a young mother named Fatima cradles her newborn son under a torn mosquito net, surrounded by dozens of other pregnant women with nowhere else to go. She walked for six days to reach this location after armed men burned her village in the Darfur border region. She is

Tunisia tourism sector, a cornerstone of the national economy, is facing mounting headwinds as escalating regional conflict deters European visitors and disrupts a recovery that had been gaining momentum in the years following earlier crises. Hotel occupancy rates along the country Mediterranean coast have fallen sharply in recent weeks, and travel operators are reporting a

Across the continent, a concerted push is underway to establish Africa as a producer of its own vaccines rather than relying on imports that have repeatedly left nations at the back of the queue during global health emergencies. The effort, backed by governments, development banks, and international health bodies, is beginning to translate into concrete

In the early hours of Thursday morning, heavily armed gunmen stormed a secondary school in Mussa town, located in Nigeria restive Borno State, and abducted dozens of children, some as young as toddlers. The attack sent shockwaves through the region and renewed urgent calls for the Nigerian government to strengthen the protection of civilians in