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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

Sudan al-Fashir El Fasher
Africa

Sudan's bloody war is immune to Trump's art of the deal

El Fasher's fall exposes the failure of Washington’s reliance on regional power brokers — many who are directly involved — to end the conflict

Israel, a behind-the-scenes powerbroker in Sudan
Africa

Israel, a behind-the-scenes powerbroker in Sudan

Of the many foreign powers influencing this bloody conflict, Tel Aviv could help claw it back — if it wanted to.

 Abdel Fattah al-Burhan Sudan
Africa

Saudi Arabia chooses sides in Sudan's civil war

Riyadh went from mediator to backing the side opposed by its one-time regional partner, the UAE

Nigerian soldier Boko Haram
Africa

Nigeria’s war on Boko Haram has more than a USAID problem

Officials' foreign aid grievances should not distract from their failure to address the insurgency's resilience

Sudan: Not exactly a fight between good guys and bad guys
Africa

Sudan: Not exactly a fight between good guys and bad guys

Rising casualties, psychological warfare, and regional alliances merge in the ruling junta's struggle against its breakaway paramilitary force.