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

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

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.

The 2024 crisis exposed structural faults at the core of the West African regional body. At 50, can the once-great ...

If Sahel and Horn are to be reclaimed, Africa must redraw its security map, both figuratively and institutionally. First, continental institutions must move from mission mandates to strategic ...

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 ...

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

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.

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 ...

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

Across the Sahel, extremist groups are gaining ground. A possible return of conflict to the Tigray region must be assessed in this context. A belt of chaos stretching from the Sahel to the Horn of ...