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Al Shabaab Takes Advantage of Somalia’s Disjointed Election Process To Ramp Up Attacks

By Kevin O'Connell | 05/02/2022 | Comments Off on Al Shabaab Takes Advantage of Somalia’s Disjointed Election Process To Ramp Up Attacks

A female soldier belonging to the Somali National Army. “Security analysts said the brazen attacks were a fresh demonstration of…

Separatist Conflict Imminent in Northern Mali

By Kevin O'Connell | 05/02/2022 | Comments Off on Separatist Conflict Imminent in Northern Mali

Islamist fighters in northern Mali. “He reiterated that kinetic measures alone will not end the war and therefore advised that…

Kyrgyzstan Conducts Exercise with Its New Bayraktars

By Kevin O'Connell | 05/02/2022 | Comments Off on Kyrgyzstan Conducts Exercise with Its New Bayraktars

Bayraktar TB2 S-IHA of the Turkish Army in Teknofest2021at Istanbul Atatürk Airport, Turkey. “The Bayraktars entered service with the Border…

Algeria Caught Between Neutrality and Strategic Relations with Russia

By Kevin O'Connell | 05/02/2022 | Comments Off on Algeria Caught Between Neutrality and Strategic Relations with Russia

“… the repercussions of the Russian-Ukrainian war are strongly present in these diplomatic moves, by virtue of Algeria’s strong strategic…

Senegal and Algeria Opposed to Their Citizens Fighting in Ukraine

By Kevin O'Connell | 04/02/2022 | Comments Off on Senegal and Algeria Opposed to Their Citizens Fighting in Ukraine

Ukrainian aviation unit. DR Congo. “Like their Algerian counterparts, the Senegalese authorities requested the Ukrainian embassy to immediately withdraw the…

African Leaders Take Cautious Approach to Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

By Kevin O'Connell | 04/02/2022 | Comments Off on African Leaders Take Cautious Approach to Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

Putin with Faustin Archange Touadera, President of the Central African Republic, whose nation has used Russia’s Wagner Group on several…

Somalia: How Al Shabaab’s Arsenal Grows

By Kevin O'Connell | 04/02/2022 | Comments Off on Somalia: How Al Shabaab’s Arsenal Grows

Weapons captured by AMISOM forces from al Shabaab. “The acquisition of weapons, ammunition, explosives, and other lethal capacity remains a…

Nigerian Governor Assures Counterterrorism Success Against Boko Haram

By Kevin O'Connell | 04/02/2022 | Comments Off on Nigerian Governor Assures Counterterrorism Success Against Boko Haram

7 Div NA – Camp Zairo, 2017. “He reiterated that kinetic measures alone will not end the war and therefore…

Uganda and Rwanda Target Militants in Congo

By Kevin O'Connell | 03/02/2022 | Comments Off on Uganda and Rwanda Target Militants in Congo

Ugandan soldiers on parade. “In order to fight them more effectively, our two countries [Uganda and DRC] have recently agreed…

Wagner’s Questionable Operations in Africa

By Kevin O'Connell | 03/02/2022 | Comments Off on Wagner’s Questionable Operations in Africa

The arrival of Russian military equipment, including these BRDM-2 armored vehicles, along with members of the Wagner Group helped prevent…