Africa
Conflict systems across Sudan, the Sahel, and other African theatres.
Historical Background
1Military Aspects
3The Wagner Group in Africa
The Wagner Group turned battlefield access, regime protection, and resource deals into a broader Russian strategy in Africa.
Updated 03/10/2025
The Sahel Security Crisis
The Sahel has become a core theater of terrorism, military rule, and humanitarian stress, with violence spilling toward the coast.
Updated 12/10/2025
France's Withdrawal from the Sahel
After decades of military presence, France left the Sahel, reshaping regional security and French foreign policy.
Updated 18/10/2025
Humanitarian Situation
2Sudan 2025: Famine Along the El Fasher-El Obeid Corridor
UNHCR and UNOCHA report more than 12 million displaced people, 1.2 million trapped in El Fasher, and millions of square kilometers of contaminated land.
Updated 15/11/2025
Sudan's Forgotten War: The RSF Advance and Africa's Largest Displacement Crisis
The civil war between Sudan's military (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has created the world's largest displacement crisis — over 12 million people forced from their homes — and is pushing multiple regions toward famine. This article examines the current state of the conflict, the humanitarian catastrophe, and why the international response has been so inadequate.
Updated 05/04/2026
Diplomacy
1Timeline
2Sudan's Civil War: A Country in Chaos
The war that began in April 2023 between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces has driven the country into a catastrophic humanitarian crisis.
Updated 11/10/2025
Coups in the Sahel, 2020-2023
A chronology of the military coups in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, with the causes, regional spillovers, and responses from external actors.
Updated 16/11/2025