Strategic interests link Israel and Iran to African states. Analysts say threats loom for volatile African nations if the ...

The Horn of Africa is a turbulent region whose history and contemporary realities are intertwined with those of the Middle East. ... Across the Sahel, extremist groups are gaining ground.

Swarms of desert locusts are moving across parts of North Africa. With unusually heavy rains in late 2024 supporting growth ...

More than 28 million children across the Horn of Africa and the Sahel are already suffering from severe acute malnutrition and could die in disturbing numbers unless urgent support is provided ...

Salafi-jihadi groups would benefit from such crises as well, given that it would produce a wall of instability across Africa, stretching from the Sahel to the Horn of Africa.

After two decades, and many failed counterterrorism efforts, the Trump administration is considering shuttering U.S. Africa Command.

The Sahel – a vast, ... Sahelian instability is not a regional crisis – it has the potential to destabilise the Horn of Africa and the Mediterranean alike. ...

Mark Duffield, Nicholas Stockton, How capitalism is destroying the Horn of Africa, Review of African Political Economy, Vol. 51, No. 179 (2024), pp. 105-116 ... Given the current turmoil in the Sahel ...

With up to 6,000 fighters, JNIM is now the most well-armed militant force in the Sahel — and among the most powerful in the world, officials and experts say.

Escalating tensions between Israel and Iran pose a significant destabilization risk for volatile African regions, ...

The Horn of Africa is a turbulent region whose history and contemporary realities are intertwined with those of the Middle East. ... Across the Sahel, extremist groups are gaining ground.