29/11/2024 1:09 PMEl Grupo Wagner, conocido internacionalmente como una de las compañías militares privadas más influyentes y controvertidas de la última década, ha estado en el centro de numerosos debates geopolíticos y militares. Desde su creación, esta organización ha servido como una herramienta no oficial de proyección de poder del Kremlin,...
20/02/2024 10:11 AMRed Tabara Group in the African Great Lakes Region.
The situation in the Great Lakes region of Africa is one of the major Geopolitical Risks that will continue into 2024. We saw evidence of that on December 23, 2023 with another attack taking place.
On that date the Burundian Militant Group Red Tabara launched an attack upon the...
28/09/2023 8:38 AMOn September 27th the US House of Representatives Homeland Security Committee’s Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement and Intelligence chaired by Austin Pflugler held a hearing on Terrorist Threats in Africa.
During his remarks the Chairman stated that “ This is not a Republican issue nor is it a Democratic Issue.”...
21/09/2023 9:30 AMAfter the coup d’états in Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, what next? The Military has taken over several countries in West Africa, promising to decouple their political and economic institutions from their former colonial power. Many Africans welcome these developments, but the people of Africa deserve meaningful and actual...
04/09/2023 7:25 PMDespite being awash with vast deposits of mineral and natural resources, countries across Africa, particularly in the West and Central regions of the continent, have maintained near-permanent positions on the lowest rankings in global index for all negatives: ranging from the poorest countries, the highest unemployment levels, lowest...
13/08/2023 12:23 PMThe analyst's job: studying and telling unpleasant truths. Knowing what many want to hear, but telling them what they need to hear: the job of an analyst. The most professional analysts still have their biases. These emanate from political, social, cultural and sometimes geographical orientations.
How these factors shape the...
15/07/2023 12:03 PMWomen in Africa and the Terror Threat. The increasing extremists activities in some parts of Africa and their destabilising effects are having a toll on local populations. Among the populations, the most affected are women and children.
There are a number of factors across the continent that make women and children most vulnerable to...
28/05/2023 9:30 AMThreats from Sudan. The events on April 15th were not a huge surprise to many. Attempts to form a Civilian led Government that would organize and plan elections for later this year failed twice, first on April 1st and then again on April 6th. However negotiations were still continuing. In an ironic twist it was announced that the...
17/04/2023 3:58 PMThe coastal states of West Africa because they are located on one of the busiest shipping routes in the world. An increasing number of people are concerned about the growing power of outside actors in the region, particularly Russia. As a maritime security expert, it is essential to examine the potential implications of Russia's growing...
23/01/2023 12:07 PMQual è la vera storia di Nemes Raymond Tarimo, il tanzaniano della famigerata PMC Wagner? Alcune fonti raccontano che Nemes Raymond Tarimo sia stato il secondo africano tra le fila della compagine privata di proprietà di Yevgeny Prigozhin, il falco di Vladimir Putin, a cadere in Ucraina nei pressi di Bakhmut, teatro di intensi...
10/11/2022 5:50 PMLas últimas semanas, la región del Liptako Gourma de Mali, se ha convertido en campo de batalla entre los grupos terroristas Al Qaeda y Daesh. Aunque estos combates empezaron en MAR22, en los últimos días han aumentado de intensidad. A JNIM de Al Qaeda se le estiman unos 5000 combatientes y a EIGS de Daesh cerca de 2500, pero si...
01/11/2022 5:03 AMThe week of October 16th saw the Biden Administration gain what could be its first Foreign Policy victory since the debacle of the withdrawal from Afghanistan. During that time frame, Victoria Nuland the Undersecretary for Political Affairs led a delegation that also comprised of Celeste Wallender Assistant Secretary of Defense for...
17/10/2022 6:59 AMThe images from Burkina Faso after the recent Coup have been startling. After the ouster of the previous junta by another group of dissatisfied officers two things stood out. First of all were the number of Russian Flags being flown by those celebrating the ouster, the other issue that should raise concern was the subsequent arson...
24/08/2022 6:07 AMAfrica, the US new challenge. There are times when confirmation hearings in the US Senate are not spectacular but often provide insights into major National Security Challenges for the United States. Often major concerns have a prominent role. However there are times when other crisis spots are omitted.
Recent hearings for two...
07/08/2022 6:17 PMThe Winds of Change have blown hard in several countries over the last couple years in various places around the world. Rarely has a poor situation shifted into one of positive change.
This criteria can be used to describe a relatively new leader in Africa. President Omaru Sissico Embalo of Guinea-Bissau has been the target of...
03/07/2022 10:02 AMEl 26 de junio de 2022, hemos tenido que lamentar la noticia de la muerte de dos policías en el norte de Benín a manos de hombres armados para unos y terroristas para otros. A finales de mayo de 2022, el gobierno beninés ha notificado algo que se conocía a medias y fue que su país había experimentado alrededor de 20 ataques de...
23/04/2022 9:57 AMEn Túnez, el 31DIC21 detuvieron al peligroso terrorista Ridha Ben Ali Ben Mohamed Omri (Rida Al-Omari), Alias Abou Aïcha en Kasserine. Abu Aicha pertenece al grupo terrorista "Katibat Ajnad Al Khilafa", de Daesh, pero pretendía cambiar a la Katibat Okba Bin Nafaa, de Al Qaeda Magreb Islámico (AQMI).
Unos días más tarde, en Douz...
03/02/2022 5:00 AMWagner Group and the Rising Influence of Russia’s Private Military Contractors in Africa.
One of the most notable developments in the global rise of private military companies (PMC) in recent years is the expanding footprint of Russia’s Wagner Group in Africa. There is concern over the rapid spread of the group and the legality...
08/08/2021 11:45 PMThe reach of jihadists has expanded dramatically in West Africa over the past few years developing and spreading their financial tentacles. The price we have to pay for money is sometimes libertymix of coercion and co-option. More recently, IS has increased the complexity of the political and social crisis fuelled by al Qaeda presence...
23/07/2021 7:00 AMTransnational criminal elements have access to large-scale resources, which are made possible by the incredible amount of money that transnational crime generates. Through resource development and reorganization, they now rival the capabilities of many states and overwhelm the capabilities of others. In this respect, terrorist...