Chadian Rebel Leader Explains Movement’s Mission
On 9 May, an interview of the leader of the Front for Change and Unity in Chad (FACT) rebels was published in German-language in taz.de, which is a left-leaning German…
Boko Haram Overrunning Nigerian Military Bases, Growing Weapons Cache
Boko Haram’s hit-and-run tactics on military bases are paying off. As the accompanying excerpt from the South African defense industry trade publication DefenceWeb notes, these operations, sometimes entailing 15 or…
France Balancing Stability with Support for Democratic Change in Chad
France faces a dilemma in its former colony with the death of long-term Chadian President Idriss Déby. As African Arguments, a scholarly nonpartisan publication from the Royal African Society reports,…
Though Protesters Push for Change, Central African Presidents Won’t Leave
President Idriss Déby of Chad, in power since 1990 despite a number of rebellions against his rule, has died, purportedly while fighting rebels in the country’s north and just hours…
Counterterrorism, Trade, and the Western Sahara: Algeria to Deepen Security Cooperation with Mauritania
The Algerian government is embarking on a concerted campaign to deepen economic and security relations with Mauritania. In early January, Major General Mohamed Bamba Meguett, Chief of Staff of the…
As Lake Chad Shrinks, Terrorism Grows
What was once the world’s sixth largest inland body of water has shrunk 90% since the 1960s. Lake Chad, as the accompanying article from the South African news site The…
The Militarization of Turkey’s Africa Policy
In the past two decades, Turkey has been steadily raising its profile in several African countries. Turkey’s outreach in Africa is multi-faceted. It includes establishing military bases, finding a market…
Chad’s Drug Trade Fuels Regional Terrorism
This past July a drug trafficking case tried in Chad was unprecedented both for the quantity of drugs involved—246 cases of the synthetic opiate Tramadol worth approximately 22 million USD—and…
French Colonel Assesses Counter-Terrorism Strategy in the Sahel
On 24 August former French colonel and current professor and political commentator, Michel Goya, posted the excerpted French-language article on his blogspot.com blog. Goya sought to exploit his own military…