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Drongo Company: Can Washington’s new PSYOP unit win back African trust?
In mid-July, the US Army activated Delta Company of the 7th Psychological Operations (PSYOP) Battalion under 3rd Special Forces Group. The unit has taken ... -
900 Tankers Under Escort: What Africa Corps Actually Does in Mali
On September 14, 2026, more than 900 fuel tankers entered Bamako under military escort, the Malian government announced. The figure sounds like a victory: ... -
Same Cocoa Crash, Opposite Answers: what Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire Reveal about Power in Global Trade
The world’s two biggest cocoa producers faced the same price collapse this year and made opposite choices. The reason is not economics alone. It ... -
The Salvador Pass: How a Nameless Desert Gap Became a Battleground for Libya’s Warlords
A failed prisoner exchange in Niger has revealed a complex network of Libyan, Nigerien, Chadian, and Russian interests converging on one of the Sahara’s ... -
Cybersecurity is the Infrastructure Africa is Forgetting to Build
In June 2024, a ransomware attack on South Africa’s National Health Laboratory Service rendered patient records inaccessible, disrupted diagnostics and forced hospitals to cancel ... -
Who Wins from Ukraine’s Drones in Mali?
On 12 September, CNN reported that around fifteen Ukrainian drone specialists are working with the Azawad Liberation Front (FLA) in northern Mali. According to ... -
There’s No Conspiracy in the Sahel — There’s a Gap, and Bamako Knows How to Use It
A familiar claim keeps surfacing in the rhetoric of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger’s ruling juntas, echoed enthusiastically by Russian state media: the West ... -
Nigeria’s Accountability Crisis Is Fueling Every Other Political Crisis
On March 23, 2026, a Federal High Court in Abuja handed down a 72 year sentence, to be served as eight years concurrently, to ... -
What Togo’s Music Industry Needs Beyond Streaming
Over the past few years, access to digital music platforms has changed what is possible for artists in countries such as Togo. A musician ... -
How much is a human worth? Nigeria’s growing kidnapping economy
On 21 August, armed men entered a mosque in Dekara village in Niger State while Friday prayers were underway. At around the same time, nearby settlements ...
