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M23
Africa

M23 & Rwanda are trying to redraw the map and it's all about to blow

Will offers of resource wealth to the US and other powers help bring militia violence to heel in the Democratic Republic of Congo before its too late?

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

CAMP LEMONNIER, Djibouti
Africa

Why is Project 2025 concerned with Djibouti?

It has to do with China and its prescriptions will do nothing but exacerbate tensions

M23 Democratic Republic of the Congo
Africa

DRC conflict: Trump's first big challenge in Africa

Rwanda-backed rebels are wreaking havoc in what may escalate toward greater regional strife

Trump and South Africa on collision course
Africa

Trump and South Africa on collision course

The row centers on a new land seizure law prompting the White House to cut off aid

How Somalia never got back up after Black Hawk Down
Africa

How Somalia never got back up after Black Hawk Down

The Battle of Mogadishu in October 1993 unleashed decades of American intervention with very little to show for it.