Africa

Egypt is bolstering its military presence in the Sinai Peninsula as Israel pushes ahead with a new military operation to conquer Gaza City, which Cairo fears will displace even more Palestinians in the devastated and immiserated coastal enclave. Egypt has reportedly deployed up to 40,000 troops in the northern Sinai …

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Egypt’s Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty vowed that Cairo will block Netanyahu’s vision of a ‘Greater Israel’ Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty has vowed that Cairo will not permit “Greater Israel” to become reality, denouncing recent Israeli statements as dangerous and destabilising. Speaking at an emergency session of the Organisation of …

Initié en avril dernier, le rapprochement entre Ankara et l’homme fort de l’est libyen s’est poursuivi lundi 25 août avec la visite à Benghazi du chef des renseignements turcs, Ibrahim Kalin. Une première pour un responsable turc de ce niveau depuis 2020. Le maréchal Khalifa Haftar, qui contrôle les parties …

Abstract: China has recently been pursuing a much more aggressive stance in African security affairs, including playing a more engaged role in counterterrorism (CT). Where is China engaged in CT in Africa, and by what means? What challenges would China face in engaging more robustly in African CT? Most importantly, …

Bottom Line Up-Front: Al-Shabaab’s July 2025 recapture of Sabiid and Anole underscores the group’s renewed offensive toward Mogadishu, reversing its key territorial losses from The Somali government’s 2022 counteroffensive.Al-Shabaab now controls a strategic triangle across Moqokori, Tardo, and Buq-Aqable in central Somalia, enabling it to encircle government positions and sever …

En présence de dignitaires sénégalais et français, et dans une atmosphère solennelle teintée à la fois de fierté nationale et de gravité, le drapeau tricolore a été descendu pour la dernière fois d’un mât militaire en terre africaine de l’Ouest. La France remettait officiellement au Sénégal la dernière base militaire …

The Muslim Brotherhood is a transnational Islamist movement dedicated to the remaking of society and government according to the dictates of Islamic law, or sharia. Founded in 1928 by Hassan al-Banna, an Egyptian schoolteacher who famously asserted that “Islam is the solution,” the Brotherhood quickly became influential among Egypt’s poor …

In Libya, a new conflict is flaring up: Companions of the head of the Libyan National Army (LNA) Khalifa Haftar, who recently met with Vladimir Putin in Moscow, tried on May 28 to take control of oil production. This internal conflict entails a clash of interests of larger players. After …

Une caravane de 300 voitures doit quitter Tunis le 9 juin prochain pour rejoindre le point de passage vers Rafah et casser le blocus imposé aux Gazaouis. Ils vont rejoindre la Grande marche pour Gaza, une initiative mondiale soutenue par 300 ONG. L’idée est née de ce sentiment de colère …