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US and Nigerian Forces Eliminate ISIS Global Deputy Leader in Rare Africa Operation

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US President Donald Trump has announced that American forces, working alongside Nigerian troops, have successfully eliminated Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, the second-in-command global leader of the Islamic State (ISIS). The operation, described by Trump as “meticulously planned and very complex,” represents one of the most significant counterterrorism victories in Africa in recent years. “Tonight, at my direction, […]

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Mali in Crisis as Russian Forces Withdraw from Kidal, Rebels Seize Strategic City

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Mali is facing its most severe security crisis in years after Russian paramilitary forces withdrew from the strategic northern city of Kidal, allowing jihadist and Tuareg rebel forces to seize control of a stronghold that had long symbolized the state’s authority over its restive north. The withdrawal, confirmed by Russia’s Africa Corps on Saturday, came

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Rwanda’s Mozambique Gamble: The Military Intervention in Cabo Delgado That Could Redraw Regional Security

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Kigali | April 15, 2026 Rwanda has dispatched hundreds of combat troops into northern Mozambique, marking one of the most significant cross-border military deployments by a sub-Saharan African nation in recent years — and raising fundamental questions about the future of regional security architecture in southern Africa. The intervention, which began in 2021 as part

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Russia’s Africa Corps: Inside the Shadow Network Reshaping Security Across the Sahel

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"We Do Not Feel Safe" — Fear Grips Mali Under Russia’s Africa Corps In the sand-swept corridors of Bamako’s hotels, among diplomats and aid workers who once spoke freely, a new climate of fear has taken hold. Since the arrival of Russia’s Africa Corps — formerly known as Wagner — in Mali, the nature of

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Four Children Killed in Brutal Nursery School Attack in Kampala, Uganda

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Uganda is reeling from a horrific security breach at a nursery school in Kampala, after a 39-year-old man allegedly entered the Gaba Early Childhood Development Centre, posed as a parent, and fatally stabbed four children aged between two and three years old. The attack, which occurred on Thursday, has sent shockwaves through the Ugandan capital

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We Do Not Feel Safe: Civilians in Mali Live in Terror Under Russia Africa Corps

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In the ancient city of Kidal, deep in Mali’s troubled north, Russian flags fly openly now. Paramilitaries in sandy fatigues, identifiable by their distinctive insignia and their heavily armed convoys of white Toyota Hilux pickups, patrol streets that once bustled with Tuareg traders. Their presence was meant to bring security. Instead, it has brought a

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DRC Armed Forces Begin Disarmament Operations Against FDLR Militias in Eastern Congo

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The Democratic Republic of Congo’s military has launched a major disarmament and voluntary repatriation operation targeting the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), a Hutu rebel group that has operated on Congolese soil for three decades — in a campaign that regional observers say could be the best chance in a generation to

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