The Algerian government is increasingly concerned with the presence of potentially hostile armed groups in areas near its southern border with Mali and Niger. Several high-level Algerian officials made public…
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…
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…
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…
Babagana Zulum is the governor of Nigeria’s Borno State, which borders, Niger, Chad, and Cameroon and has been the epicenter of the Boko Haram conflict since 2010. On 26 September,…
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…
The local affiliate of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in the Sahel is known as Islamic State in Greater Sahara (ISGS). The group acquired increased notoriety after being…
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…
With numerous African nations embroiled in conflict, be they terrorist actions or civil wars, many of the continent’s militaries have significant ongoing needs for weapons. Meeting this demand are arms…