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How a shake-up in Senegal could strengthen Trump's hand in the Sahel
Africa

How a shake-up in Senegal could strengthen Trump's hand in the Sahel

President Faye, who supports close cooperation with the west, is trying to sideline his fiery former ally

Nigeria
Africa

Despite US troops and killer drones, Islamic State terrorizing Nigeria

Nearly $2B in arms sales in past decade can’t fix overstretched military or corrupt governance

Sokoto Nigeria
Africa

Trump's Christmas Day strikes on Nigeria beg question: Why Sokoto?

The US hit a majority Muslim area where ISIS has a questionable foothold and Christians are not being killed

Guinea-Bissau: The ‘narco-state’ the US virtually ignores
Africa

Guinea-Bissau: The ‘narco-state’ the US virtually ignores

Curiously, a presidential ‘coup’ and the country’s connections with the Latin American trade have drawn little attention from a White House so concerned about drugs

Nigeria violence
Africa

What Trump should know before going 'guns-a-blazing' into Nigeria

The country is riven with horrific violence — but anti-Christianity is not the driving force and perpetrators are not all the same