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Mogadishu is Growing in Power. Here’s What That Means.

WarFronts — Tue, 05 May 2026 04:04:03 GMT

Mogadishu’s growing power—fueled by military gains, foreign alliances, and bold reforms—is reshaping Somalia. Yet rising opposition, regional tensions, and global rivalries threaten to ignite a decisive, high-stakes conflict.

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References
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/31/somali-army-takes-over-key-city-in-southwest-as-state-leader-resigns
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/somalias-south-west-state-says-it-has-severed-ties-with-federal-government-2026-03-17/
https://www.jpost.com/international/article-891691
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/somali-national-army-takes-control-part-biggest-city-south-west-state-2026-03-30/
https://www.somaliguardian.com/news/somalia-news/somalias-southwest-state-president-resigns-after-federal-troops-take-baidoa/
https://www.somaliguardian.com/news/somalia-news/somalias-southwest-president-re-elected-in-vote-rejected-by-federal-government/
https://www.somaliguardian.com/news/somalia-news/somalias-southwest-state-says-turkish-drones-aid-federal-govt-offensive-toward-baidoa/
https://www.somaliguardian.com/news/somalia-news/somalias-puntland-leader-puts-forces-on-alert-over-fears-of-federal-intervention/
https://www.garoweonline.com/en/news/somalia/somalia-parliament-mandate-expires-as-president-faces-30-day-countdown
https://www.dw.com/en/why-is-egypt-bolstering-ties-with-somalia-now/a-75958140
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/10/somalia-saudi-arabia-sign-agreement-on-military-cooperation
https://www.dw.com/en/whats-behind-somalia-saudi-arabia-military-deal/a-75954838
https://x.com/Abdikarindahirr/status/2045886081325805931
https://www.dw.com/en/why-is-somalia-allowing-turkey-to-tap-its-oil-reserves/a-76790840
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/14/somalia-reports-hit-on-al-shabab-with-international-support
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czrepkppnl1o
https://www.somaliguardian.com/news/somalia-news/somalia-opposition-clan-elders-weigh-national-salvation-plan-as-presidential-term-nears-end/
https://www.somaliguardian.com/news/somalia-news/somali-government-officials-defect-to-opposition-as-presidents-term-nears-end/
https://www.garoweonline.com/en/news/somalia/ousted-southwest-state-leader-reemerges-in-kenya-to-rally-political-allies
https://asiatimes.com/2026/04/in-jab-at-taiwan-china-ramps-up-military-support-for-somalia/
https://www.criticalthreats.org/analysis/turkey-somalia-niger-africa-file-april-16-2026#:~:text=Turkey's%20deployments%20and%20basing%20plans,access%20to%20emerging%20economic%20markets.
https://x.com/GuledWiliq/status/2045563995722228192
https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/2045825098855141717
https://maritime-executive.com/article/somalia-registers-first-ship-in-30-years-with-international-registry-launch
https://www.garoweonline.com/en/news/somalia/somalia-jubaland-president-meets-with-u-s-military-officials-to-bolster-war-on-al-shabaab
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/22/somaliland-minister-says-us-may-access-its-minerals-military-bases-report
https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20260222-somaliland-willing-to-give-us-access-to-minerals-and-military-bases-says-minister
https://www.foxnews.com/world/could-somaliland-base-emerge-us-foothold-against-iran-houthis-key-sea-lanes
https://www.somaliguardian.com/news/somalia-news/somalias-president-anoints-sole-candidate-for-southwest-presidency/
https://www.gisreportsonline.com/r/somalia-mohamud/
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2026/04/02/us-carried-out-nearly-50-strikes-in-somalia-so-far-this-year/
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260420-somalia-mobilises-international-support-against-israeli-diplomatic-move-in-somaliland/
https://www.jpost.com/international/article-893426
https://www.hiiraan.com/news4/2026/Apr/204955/iran_condemns_israels_envoy_to_somaliland_as_violation_of_somalias_sovereignty.aspx

Is Mali about to Collapse?

WarFronts — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 04:51:30 GMT

Mali on the brink? Coordinated nationwide attacks, jihadists and separatists unite, leadership targeted, Russian forces retreat. Is this the beginning of collapse or a brutal turning point?

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Sources

https://www.france24.com/en/live news/20260427 separate goals common enemy for mali s jihadists and separatists
https://www.bbc.com/news/world africa 18814291
https://africacenter.org/spotlight/jnim attacks western mali sahel/
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/26/mali rattled by ongoing armed attacks what to know
https://thesoufancenter.org/intelbrief 2025 december 12/
https://apnews.com/article/mali russia africa corps mauritania refugees abuses 2935dd1b50397242a968f69e1dde61f2
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/27/rival armed groups join forces against the malian state what next
https://www.csis.org/blogs/examining extremism/examining extremism jamaat nasr al islam wal muslimin
https://www.channelstv.com/2026/04/27/mali attacks deepening security crisis/
https://www.npr.org/2026/04/25/nx s1 5799439/mali hit by wave of coordinated attacks from armed groups
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/25/militants and separatists launch coordinated attacks across mali
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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/world/africa/mali jnim violence russia.html
https://x.com/liam_karr/status/2048824273251512334
https://x.com/BrantPhilip_/status/2047946771473502219
https://x.com/BrantPhilip_/status/2047946771473502219

Why is the World Ignoring Sudan's Civil War?

WarFronts — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 05:38:54 GMT

A devastating war killing hundreds of thousands—yet largely ignored. Explore Sudan’s brutal conflict, shocking atrocities, global inaction, and the complex reasons why the world continues to look away.

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The Sahel is F***ed.

WarFronts — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 04:18:59 GMT

Inside the Sahel’s brutal war, civilians face jihadists, military regimes, and foreign mercenaries. This dive exposes atrocities, power struggles, and why one of the world’s worst conflicts keeps getting worse.

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References
https://issafrica.org/iss-today/will-the-aes-unified-force-succeed-where-the-g5-sahel-failed
https://www.gisreportsonline.com/r/reshaping-sahel-alliances/
https://www.dw.com/en/alliance-of-sahel-states-turns-two-unity-or-unequal-partnership/a-74026149
https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/04/02/burkina-faso-crimes-against-humanity-by-all-sides
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/06/sahel-soldiers-rampage-through-villages-killing-people/
https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20260402-burkina-faso-army-jihadists-have-killed-more-than-1-800-civilians-since-2023-hrw-says
https://www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20260403-more-than-1-800-killed-by-army-and-jihadists-in-burkina-faso-since-2023-ngo-reports
https://www.cfr.org/global-conflict-tracker/conflict/violent-extremism-sahel
https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/02/military-strike-that-killed-17-niger-civilians-may-be-war-crime-investigation-finds/
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/2/burkina-faso-military-allies-committing-horrific-civilian-abuses-hrw
https://www.dw.com/en/human-rights-watch-burkina-faso-military-kills-more-civilians-than-jihadists-fulani/a-76648315
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgr639007zo
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgj871wej3lo
https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/09/24/sahel-countries-icc-withdrawal-endangers-civilians
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/12/burkina-faso-army-militias-killed-130-members-of-ethnic-group-hrw-says
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/burkina-mali-troops-kill-more-civilians-than-jihadists-do-data-shows-2026-04-02/
https://x.com/WPReview/status/2041184204331852113
https://x.com/ilariallegro/status/2039637668137419086
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/forget-democracy-burkina-faso-military-leader-traore-says-2026-04-03/
https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2025/country-chapters/burkina-faso
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/al-qaeda-affiliate-has-killed-dozens-civilians-togo-this-year-minister-says-2025-07-29/
https://adf-magazine.com/2025/08/terrorists-killed-150000-across-africa-in-past-decade-study-finds/
https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/11/01/mali-islamist-armed-groups-army-target-civilians
https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/03/07/mali-burkina-faso-fulani-ethnic-killings-by-west-african-armies-are-undermining-regional-security/
https://freedomhouse.org/article/surge-military-coups-africa-threatens-human-rights-and-rule-law
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2025/3/24/callous-are-malian-troops-and-russian-mercenaries-attacking-civilians
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https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/25/africa/russia-africa-corps-wagner-intl-cmd
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-african-law/article/state-responsibility-for-violations-of-international-humanitarian-law-and-human-rights-law-by-private-security-companies-in-africa-the-case-of-the-wagner-group-and-africa-corps/C621A38DFB47268AA92E78E8206602B1
https://www.criticalthreats.org/analysis/africa-file-special-edition-russias-africa-corps-arrives-in-niger-whats-next
https://www.csis.org/podcasts/africa/new-alliance-sahel-states-and-future-africas-legacy-institutions
https://www.rfi.fr/en/international/20260403-leaked-files-reveal-russia-s-blueprint-to-expand-sahel-alliance
https://www.crisisgroup.org/rpt/africa/sahel-west-africa/321-le-jnim-et-le-dilemme-de-lexpansion-au-dela-du-sahel

Ethiopia Has Entered Sudan's War

WarFronts — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 04:27:52 GMT

Ethiopia’s covert role in Sudan’s war exposes a dangerous web of alliances, proxy forces, and regional rivalries that could ignite a catastrophic mega-war across the Horn of Africa and beyond.

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Sources:
Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/investigations/ethiopia-builds-secret-camp-train-sudan-rsf-fighters-sources-say-2026-02-10/
Arab Weekly: https://thearabweekly.com/why-ethiopia-betting-sudans-rsf
New Arab: https://www.newarab.com/analysis/ethiopias-secret-rsf-camp-dangerous-new-phase-sudans-war
New Humanitarian: https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/analysis/2026/03/23/regional-mega-war-renewed-conflict-ethiopia-sudan
Sudan War Monitor: https://sudanwarmonitor.com/p/sudanese-rebels-overrun-army-garrison-ethiopia-border
The Africa Report: https://www.theafricareport.com/412812/sudan-accuses-ethiopia-of-aiding-rsfs-latest-conquest/
Lowy Institute, Interpreter: https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/spillover-sudan
Fronts: https://fronts.co/article/horn-of-africa-meltdown-is-a-terrifying-possibility/
Sudan War Monitor: https://sudanwarmonitor.com/p/sudans-widening-war-the-regional
DW: https://www.dw.com/en/sudan-civil-war-ethiopias-uaes-role-under-scrutiny/a-75913225
Economist: https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2025/11/13/ethiopia-is-perilously-close-to-another-war
The Africa Report: https://www.theafricareport.com/407980/is-ethiopias-abiy-helping-rsf-in-sudans-civil-war/
Al-Jazeera: https://www.aljazeera.com/features/longform/2025/8/19/inside-the-nuba-mountains-and-the-alliance-reshaping-sudans-civil-war
ADF Magazine: https://adf-magazine.com/2026/03/report-cargo-flights-arm-sudanese-paramilitary-group/

600,000 Dead… and They're Doing It Again

WarFronts — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 04:58:24 GMT

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00:00 Introduction
02:54 War Returns
08:43 A Bitter Peace
15:38 Days of Future Wars

Sudan's Military is On A Roll

WarFronts — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 05:02:57 GMT

Sudan’s army is suddenly winning again. Sieges are breaking, alliances are shifting, and a Saudi-UAE rivalry may be reshaping the war—and the entire Red Sea region.

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00:00 Introduction
01:26 Days of Thunder
05:18 Best of Enemies
11:18 Intervention
14:55 Battlefield Dilemmas

Sources:
ECFR: https://ecfr.eu/article/power-struggle-what-the-saudi-uae-rivalry-means-for-the-red-sea-and-europe/
Anadolu Ajansı: https://www.aa.com.tr/en/africa/sudanese-army-regains-momentum-as-regional-backing-shifts-war-dynamics/3818587#
Middle East Eye: https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/egypt-and-saudi-arabia-pressure-libyas-haftar-stop-uae-supplies-sudans-rsf
NYT, Egypt drone campaign: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/world/africa/egypt-sudan-drones.html?smid=tw-share
Sudan War Monitor, X: https://x.com/sudanwarmonitor/status/2019105742809358485
Critical Threats Project: https://www.criticalthreats.org/analysis/red-sea-showdown-brewing-northern-somalia-new-fronts-in-sudan-africa-file-january-29-2026#sudan
Sudan Tribune, breaking of Dilling siege: https://sudantribune.com/article/310059
Clement Molin, X: https://x.com/clement_molin/status/2015868117465899061
Atlantic Council: https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasource/amid-arab-competition-the-war-in-sudan-requires-a-us-balancing-act/
Dabanga: https://www.dabangasudan.org/en/all-news/article/sudan-army-enters-kadugli-as-siege-is-lifted-after-more-than-two-years
ACLED: https://acleddata.com/report/blue-nile-peripheral-front-central-battleground-sudan-conflict
Cameron Hudson, X: https://x.com/_hudsonc/status/2018676048943010051
Cameron Hudson, X: http://x.com/_hudsonc/status/2019133294122791403

Niger Just Dodged a Nuclear Bullet. It Won't Be The Last

WarFronts — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 04:50:03 GMT

Islamic State nearly breached uranium stockpiles in Niger—but the real danger is a collapsing state, rising jihadist power, and how a forgotten coup reshaped the Sahel’s security crisis.

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/30/niger-airport-airbase-attack-islamic-state
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/gun-wielding-is-militants-roamed-freely-airport-tarmac-during-niger-attack-2026-02-02/
https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2026/02/islamic-state-claims-assault-on-airport-in-nigers-capital.php
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/sustained-gunfire-loud-blasts-heard-nigers-capital-2026-01-29/
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/le-monde-africa/article/2026/01/16/how-a-uranium-supply-coveted-by-russia-ended-up-in-limbo-in-niger_6749504_124.html
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https://www.reuters.com/article/world/criminals-con-al-qaeda-with-bogus-nuke-material-idUSTRE63B5IZ/
https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20210402-niger-inaugurates-new-president-in-its-first-democratic-transfer-of-power
https://africacenter.org/spotlight/exploiting-borders-sahel-islamic-state-in-the-greater-sahara-isgs/
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/africa/niger-confirms-29-soldiers-killed-in-terrorist-attack-near-border-with-mali/3006816
https://www.crisisgroup.org/brf/africa/sahel/niger/b200-womens-lives-under-islamic-state-nigers-tillabery
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https://issafrica.org/iss-today/is-nigers-counter-terrorism-approach-an-exception-in-the-sahel
https://www.swp-berlin.org/assets/afrika/publications/policybrief/MTA_PB20_Tschoerner_Niger_Coup.pdf
https://apnews.com/article/niger-france-sahel-coup-troops-security-macron-97c8ccfe880169832965c33e96d7befe
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/niger-president-says-democracy-will-be-saved-following-coup-2023-07-27/
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/soldiers-nigers-presidential-guard-blockade-presidents-office-security-sources-2023-07-26/
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https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/last-french-troops-leave-niger-military-cooperation-officially-ends-2023-12-22/
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https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/09/10/niger-islamist-armed-group-executes-civilians-burns-homes

Uganda's Next Dictator Is About to Be Everyone’s Problem.

WarFronts — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 04:18:25 GMT

Uganda’s dictator-in-waiting is rising fast. Meet Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the erratic general poised to inherit power—and destabilize Africa and beyond—when his father’s rule finally ends, with consequences the world should fear.

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00:00 Introduction
01:42 Becoming Muhoozi
07:39 A Modern Major-General
14:14 A Serious Problem

References
https://www.theafricareport.com/390895/uganda-muhoozi-kainerugaba-the-making-of-an-heir/
https://www.africaintelligence.com/eastern-africa-and-the-horn/2025/09/12/muhoozi-kainerugaba-s-long-game-relies-on-old-friends,110521119-ar2?__cf_chl_rt_tk=ZxHgzhcpuavXYDlltCmE3SvCe_zpFDUm7a2Dv4.gAs0-1767049450-1.0.1.1-hyH32THI3gQ11b0T1vR6A62PhGBIg_ZrJoeLmcrSxxI
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckg0958pydvo
https://www.cfr.org/blog/warning-signs-uganda
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/article/2024/may/08/uk-general-muhoozi-kainerugaba-repressive-human-rights-uganda-military-son-president-yoweri-museveni
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62x4n90gj0o
https://www.theafricareport.com/people/muhoozi-kainerugaba/
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz9ewnlqzy4o
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/ugandas-military-chief-says-missing-opposition-official-is-in-my-basement-2025-05-02/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/03/ugandan-presidents-son-named-in-icc-complaint-over-abductions-and-abuse
https://www.amnesty.org/en/location/africa/east-africa-the-horn-and-great-lakes/uganda/report-uganda/
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/11/world/africa/uganda-president-crimes-against-humanity.html
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/ugandas-military-head-says-he-wants-behead-opposition-leader-2025-01-06/
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/10/5/ugandan-president-apologises-for-sons-tweets-on-annexing-kenya
https://rsf.org/en/we-will-crush-you-ugandan-president-s-son-warns-journalists

Ethiopia and Eritrea Are On The Brink Of War… Again

WarFronts — Sun, 07 Dec 2025 17:06:47 GMT

Ethiopia and Eritrea edge toward conflict as rhetoric escalates, armies mobilize, and proxy wars loom. We break down the dangers, motives, and global stakes behind a crisis the world can’t ignore.

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00:00 Introduction
01:43 Is War Inevitable?
08:28 A Proxy War
13:15 A Way Out

Sources:

https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2025/11/13/ethiopia-is-perilously-close-to-another-war
https://newlinesmag.com/argument/eritrea-ethiopia-and-the-missteps-that-could-lead-to-war/
https://www.dw.com/en/is-ethiopia-aiming-to-intimidate-eritrea-over-access-to-the-sea/a-74625833
https://mfaethiopia.blog/2025/11/14/speech-by-foreign-minister-gedion-timothewos-at-the-foreign-policy-forum-on-developments-in-the-horn-of-africa/
https://www.chathamhouse.org/2025/11/de-escalation-needed-prevent-ethiopia-and-eritrea-going-war
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgwg042vr4o
https://thesoufancenter.org/intelbrief-2025-november-7/
https://www.visionofhumanity.org/ethiopia-and-eritrea-understanding-the-risk-of-renewed-conflict/
https://www.ifa.gov.et/2025/11/29/ethiopias-strategic-survival-economic-drivers-for-sea-access/
https://www.visionofhumanity.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Global-Peace-Index-2025-web.pdf
https://x.com/clashreport/status/1982733793426362663
https://www.ethiopia-insight.com/2025/11/24/musevenis-remark-exposes-the-horns-maritime-anxiety/
https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/21/ethiopia-eritrea-tigray-horn-east-africa/

The World Ignored Sudan's Genocide. Now It's Too Late.

WarFronts — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 04:55:04 GMT

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Sudan’s forgotten genocide—tens of thousands massacred, entire cities erased, and the world looked away. This powerful investigation exposes El-Fasher’s horrors, global complicity, and the cost of silence. Watch before history repeats.

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Al-Jazeera: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/4/rsf-digging-mass-graves-in-sudans-el-fasher-to-clean-up-massacre-expert
Arab News: https://www.arabnews.com/node/2621634/middle-east
Sky News: https://news.sky.com/story/tens-of-thousands-missing-in-killing-fields-around-city-in-hands-of-sudans-paramilitary-group-13463324
UN: https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/11/1166268
BBC: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3vn17r29v9o
Science.org: https://www.science.org/content/article/how-many-have-died-sudan-s-civil-war-satellite-images-and-models-offer-clues
Health Policy Watch: https://healthpolicy-watch.news/disease-hunger-drive-invisible-death-toll-in-sudan-war/
LSHTM: https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/news/2024/invisible-and-severe-death-toll-sudan-conflict-revealed
Holocaust Encyclopedia: https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/darfur
BBC: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwynkdyk14zo
Foreign Affairs: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/sudan/sudans-manmade-famine
Amnesty: https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2025/04/sudan-rapid-support-forces-horrific-and-widespread-use-of-sexual-violence-leaves-lives-in-tatters/
Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/feb/29/sudans-war-leaves-deep-scars-in-geneina-a-city-of-two-massacres
AP News: https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-erasing-mariupol-methodology-f74b28016b8dea4b82811655f14931f2
BBC: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68346027
Financial Times: https://www.ft.com/content/9472414f-0a42-4bdb-8195-f423354ac22e

Nigeria’s Christian Genocide: Explained.

WarFronts — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 05:12:43 GMT

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00:00 Introduction
01:42 The Belligerents
10:22 Compounding Problems
18:29 A Matter of Faith?

References
https://www.dw.com/en/nigeria-christianity-genocide-religion-boko-haram/a-74421780
https://www.cfr.org/nigeria/nigeria-security-tracker/p29483
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyznnl4mddo
https://apnews.com/article/nigeria-christian-genocide-trump-9e09e52e33e7efe2d2d27360d3695ef5
https://www.genocidewatch.com/single-post/conflict-and-persecution-in-nigeria
https://saisreview.sais.jhu.edu/dont-call-it-farmer-herder-conflict/
https://www.un.org/humansecurity/hsprogramme/herders-farmers-conflict/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S092180092400346X
https://africacenter.org/publication/growing-complexity-farmer-herder-conflict-west-central-africa/
https://www.wilsoncenter.org/publication/svnp-research-paper-okibe
https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/what-journalists-should-know-about-farmer-herder-crisis-nigeria
https://pure.northampton.ac.uk/files/47588777/Vanger_etal_ASR_2020_Institutional_parameters_that_condition_farmer_herder_con_icts_in_Tivland_of_Benue_State.pdf
https://academicjournals.org/article/article1379344805_Ofuoku%20and%20Isife.pdf
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/2015-08-21/my-land-not-your-land
https://apnews.com/article/nigeria-attack-village-guma-amnesty-44c89b8dec357711293edc52e2b016a0
https://apnews.com/article/nigeria-christian-killings-claims-ted-cruz-insecurity-e9d2fb7ae02bd3169194fb60872bb3d4
https://apnews.com/article/nigeria-gunmen-katsina-herders-community-6ff4c8eb8feec8dff990eb71af7087a8
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cev18jy21w7o
https://time.com/7330467/nigeria-christians-trump-military-genocide/
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/02/nigeria-rejects-us-military-threat-over-alleged-christian-killings-00632931
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20251103-christian-muslim-nigerians-push-back-on-threatened-us-strikes
https://www.npr.org/2025/07/07/nx-s1-5443682/clashes-over-fertile-land-between-herders-and-farmers-in-nigeria-turn-deadly
https://www.euronews.com/2025/07/16/unknown-gunmen-kill-at-least-20-people-in-an-attack-in-central-nigeria-officials-say
https://apnews.com/article/nigeria-gunmen-katsina-herders-community-6ff4c8eb8feec8dff990eb71af7087a8
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/19/gunmen-kill-at-least-27-in-mosque-attack-in-northern-nigeria-officials-say
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s44282-025-00166-9
https://worldview.stratfor.com/article/nigeria-security-forces-struggle-address-growing-militancy

Mali is Falling to al-Qaeda. Here's What You Need to Know.

WarFronts — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 04:51:28 GMT

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Al-Qaeda affiliate JNIM’s fuel blockade is strangling Mali—empty pumps, dark cities, trapped convoys. Explore the insurgency’s strategy, Bamako’s faltering response, and what collapse could unleash across the Sahel.

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00:00 Introduction
00:53 The Fuel Must Flow
04:45 A Nation Under Siege
12:03 Endgame

References
https://apnews.com/article/mali-fuel-al-qaeda-blockade-jnim-sikasso-8ec3906c16721ee128718d9f2c21c1d4
https://apnews.com/article/mali-fuel-blockade-jnim-al-qaida-shortage-087978063870ee29d5f9bcb7280b2c79
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd071g83101o
https://africacenter.org/spotlight/jnim-attacks-western-mali-sahel/
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/long-queues-form-mali-fuel-stations-militants-block-imports-2025-10-08/
https://issafrica.org/iss-today/terrorist-roadblocks-strangle-the-economies-of-mali-and-its-neighbours
https://theafricainsight.substack.com/p/the-sub-saharan-security-review-284?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=3301792&post_id=176191133&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=1if49o&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
https://theafricainsight.substack.com/p/the-sub-saharan-security-review-168?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=3301792&post_id=175578929&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=1if49o&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
https://www.janes.com/osint-insights/defence-and-national-security-analysis/jnim-attacks-on-fuel-tanker-convoys-in-western-mali-underline-broader-risks-to-government-and-social-stability
https://issafrica.org/iss-today/terrorist-roadblocks-strangle-the-economies-of-mali-and-its-neighbours
https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/desperate-search-fuel-malis-capital-al-qaida-linked-126314210
https://worldview.stratfor.com/situation-report/mali-junta-opens-talks-jihadists-amid-economic-blockade-jnim-sets-conditions
https://thesoufancenter.org/intelbrief-2025-july-15/
https://www.bbc.com/audio/play/p0m8crrs
https://www.crisisgroup.org/africa/mali/understanding-jnims-attacks-towns-and-cities-western-mali
https://www.arabnews.pk/node/2614615/world
https://www.ecofinagency.com/news-industry/0910-49408-mali-fuel-crisis-deepens-as-jihadist-blockade-strangles-supply
https://energynews.pro/en/jihadist-blockade-disrupts-fuel-supply-across-mali/
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/mali-army-holds-back-70-allied-gold-trucks-militants-block-fuel-imports-2025-10-03/
https://www.criticalthreats.org/analysis/africa-file?utm_campaign=22139245-FDP_NLR%20CTP%20Africa%20File&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--5lqkxOx9TVxxlf5k2bl48Hmb24IWPvMBsPSgd0Za89JBV5FWRYzxpr1u3mn_1vc2osbTVQZkPnxS5-StRnQNb2faytA&_hsmi=384509426&utm_content=384509426&utm_source=hs_email

Tanzania's Youth Revolted. The Government Slaughtered Them

WarFronts — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 05:18:12 GMT

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Inside Tanzania’s blackout: protesters defy Samia Hassan’s disputed landslide, deadly crackdowns mount, and a nation fights to be heard. What really happened—and what comes next?

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00:00 Introduction
01:17 Too Bitter to Stomach
08:53 Uprising
15:27 Life Must Continue

References
https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/09/29/tanzania-deepening-repression-threatens-elections
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/tanzania-president-cleared-run-october-election-key-rivals-barred-2025-08-27/
https://www.chathamhouse.org/2025/10/africa-aware-will-elections-tanzania-bring-change
https://www.crisisgroup.org/africa/tanzania/enforced-disappearances-and-crackdown-opposition-darken-outlook-tanzanias-elections
https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/04/15/tanzanian-opposition-leaders-arrest-spells-trouble-elections
https://www.africanews.com/2025/04/15/tanzania-opposition-protests-election-ban//
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/tanzania-2025-election-state-cracks-down-on-opposition-5017716
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10/29/tanzania-elections-whos-standing-and-whats-at-stake
https://acleddata.com/report/last-hegemonic-liberation-parties-tanzanias-ccm-clings-power-elections-loom
https://theconversation.com/tanzanias-samia-hassan-has-ushered-in-a-new-era-of-authoritarianism-heres-how-266598
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cev1drlz0x0o
https://www.cfr.org/blog/tanzanias-election-will-deepen-cynicism-about-democracy
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c04gqnykl64o
https://apnews.com/article/tanzania-election-samia-suluhu-hassan-d897483abe5a34c1b02422e7adc5891a
https://x.com/DavidColtart/status/1983968501607100478?t=6N-5E1a-O06LTnoxyNf_hQ&s=19
https://x.com/MutemiWaKiama/status/1983824288865022114
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20251103-tanzania-president-to-be-inaugurated-as-opposition-says-hundreds-dead
https://www.theafricareport.com/396809/tanzania-releasing-years-of-bottled-up-anger-amnesty/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_campaign=Twitter&utm_medium=Social%20media#=
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/tanzania-tells-civil-servants-students-stay-home-after-chaotic-election-2025-10-30/
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10/30/tanzania-police-fire-shots-tear-gas-at-protesters-after-chaotic-election
https://apnews.com/article/tanzania-election-samia-suluhu-protests-f3727b56c50c256d2d083632594aa5e6
https://www.ft.com/content/82986876-72e3-42d2-84ab-472a2e55310d
https://apnews.com/article/tanzania-election-samia-suluhu-hassan-d897483abe5a34c1b02422e7adc5891a
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/tanzanias-president-samia-suluhu-hassan-sworn-into-office-2025-11-03/
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/tanzania-government-downplays-violent-protests-promises-return-order-2025-10-31/
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/tanzania-government-downplays-violent-protests-promises-return-order-2025-10-31/
https://apnews.com/article/tanzania-cameroon-ivory-coast-elections-protests-democracy-83eb611f706c9568c24a0198055812e5
https://apnews.com/article/tanzania-election-president-hassan-disputed-d4e744139c18c3161aaf5d52d43b5c6b
https://www.africanews.com/2025/11/03/tanzanias-president-hassan-sworn-in-after-disputed-election-protests/
https://apnews.com/article/tanzania-election-samia-suluhu-hassan-44d070fe41edae4bc8bd9e2c19e7e992
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/3/president-hassan-sworn-in-following-deadly-tanzania-election
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpv1ddevk9go
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2025/11/tanzania-unlawful-killings-and-other-human-rights-violations-continue-amid-internet-and-electricity-blackouts/
https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20251103-tanzania-hassan-sworn-in-for-new-term-as-opposition-says-hundreds-killed-in-election-protests

Mozambique Is Burning. Here’s Why.

WarFronts — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 05:23:11 GMT

Inside Mozambique’s hidden war: Cabo Delgado burns as gas riches fuel insurgency. ISIS affiliates spread terror; civilians flee. Unpack causes, failures, and fragile paths to peace in an urgent explainer.

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00:00 Introduction
01:18 The Making Of A Crisis
08:52 From Al-Shabaab To ISIS
16:09 The International Community
21:49 A Path To Peace

Sources
https://x.com/RwandaMoD/status/1961388993985007785
Morier-Genoud, E. (2020). The jihadi insurgency in Mozambique: origins, nature and beginning. Journal of Eastern African Studies
https://issafrica.org/iss-today/is-another-boko-haram-or-al-shabaab-erupting-in-mozambique
https://acleddata.com/update/mozambique-conflict-monitor-update-14-july-3-august-2025
https://acleddata.com/monitor/mozambique-conflict-monitor-cabo-ligado
https://www.fides.org/en/news/76744-AFRICA_MOZAMBIQUE_Eight_districts_in_Cabo_Delgado_have_been_hit_by_jihadist_attacks_in_recent_weeks
https://www.unocha.org/publications/report/mozambique/mozambique-access-snapshot-cabo-delgado-province-31-july-2025-enpt
https://clubofmozambique.com/news/rwanda-mozambique-military-generals-meet-in-cabo-delgado-as-new-agreement-is-inked-in-kigali-290448/
https://www.jstor.org/stable/resrep30196.5?seq=2
https://oe.tradoc.army.mil/product/mozambique-foreign-mercenaries-not-enough-to-beat-terrorism/
https://oxfordpoliticalreview.com/2023/03/06/when-private-military-operations-fail-the-case-of-mozambique/
https://www.msf.org/violence-cabo-delgado-sparks-new-wave-displacement
https://acleddata.com/report/rwanda-mozambique-limits-civilian-protection
https://apnews.com/article/mozambique-displaced-violence-cabo-delgado-militants-180cecc43e76a7a54aa30eb0822beded
https://www.crisisgroup.org/africa/east-and-southern-africa/mozambique
https://www.brookings.edu/events/mozambiques-al-shabab-insurgency-and-local-and-international-responses/
https://www.cmi.no/publications/7891-understanding-extremism-in-northern-mozambique
https://acleddata.com/profile/actor-profile-islamic-state-mozambique-ism
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2017-10-27-iss-today-mozambiques-first-islamist-attacks-shock-the-region/
https://www.iese.ac.mz/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/cadernos_17eng.pdf
https://www.cmi.no/publications/8798-poorly-designed-youth-employment-programmes-will-boost-the-insurgency-in-mozambique
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/377748126_Ethnic_Marginalisation_and_the_Emergence_of_Terror_Groupin_Mozambique_African_Journal_of_Terrorism_and_Insurgency_Research_AJoTIR
https://www.dw.com/pt-002/ataques-em-moc%C3%ADmboa-da-praia-exp%C3%B5em-a-fragilidade-do-estado-mo%C3%A7ambicano/a-41885913
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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0030438721000272
https://www.securitycouncilreport.org/atf/cf/%7B65BFCF9B-6D27-4E9C-8CD3-CF6E4FF96FF9%7D/S_2021_655_E.pdf
https://docs.un.org/en/s/2023/431
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-52005899
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/22/islamist-group-kills-52-in-cruel-and-diabolical-mozambique-massacre
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https://novojornal.co.ao/internacional/detalhe/mocambique-jihadistas-massacram-dezenas-de-pessoas-em-ataque-selvagem-em-cabo-delgado-22978.html
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https://web.archive.org/web/20210428055655/https://ctc.usma.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/CTC-SENTINEL-042021.pdf

Ethiopia May Be Back at War...

WarFronts — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 04:14:34 GMT

Inside Ethiopia’s surging Amhara conflict: Fano’s unification, Operation Arbegna Adem Ali, regional meddling, and a nation edging toward multi-front war. What sparked the spike—and is peace possible?

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00:00 Introduction
02:00 What Caused The Spike?
07:58 Regional Dynamics
11:47 A Path To Peace

Sources:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cyv6r6e6800o
https://reliefweb.int/report/ethiopia/ethiopia-renewed-violence-districts-bordering-oromia-and-somali-regions-1-october-2025
https://apanews.net/over-400-govt-troops-killed-in-latest-fighting-ethiopian-rebels/
https://africa.dailynewsegypt.com/amhara-fano-ethiopia-government-genocide/
https://acleddata.com/update/ethiopia-situation-update-5-february-2025
https://www.icrc.org/en/news-release/ethiopia-icrc-provides-urgent-medical-aid-and-visits-detainees-following-armed-clashes
https://www.icrc.org/en/news-release/ethiopia-icrc-provides-urgent-medical-aid-and-visits-detainees-following-armed-clashes
https://adf-magazine.com/2025/08/tensions-rise-as-ethiopia-eritrea-threaten-war/
https://acleddata.com/update/africa-overview-october-2025
https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/afr25/7782/2024/en/
www.amharaamerica.org/post/war-updates-from-amhara-region-ethiopia-may-5th-to-11th-2025
https://x.com/AmharaWarUpdate/status/1971293271801680070
https://theconversation.com/ethiopias-civil-war-whats-behind-the-amhara-rebellion-252425
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-66496137
AfricaNews: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIJAknYMh3c
https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news-feature/2024/11/12/who-fano-inside-ethiopia-amhara-rebellion
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10246029.2025.2545902?src=
https://reliefweb.int/report/ethiopia/after-agreement-ethiopias-tigray-region-what-stands-way-lasting-peace
https://martinplaut.com/2025/06/04/amharas-skies-of-terror-ethnic-cleansing-and-the-fight-for-justice/
https://peacerep.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/In-a-Widespread-War-of-All-against-All-Can-Ethiopia-Survive-the-Storm-DIGITAL.pdf
https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/first-person/2025/08/04/i-dont-want-fight-again-another-tigray-war

The Congo's OTHER Hidden War

WarFronts — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 06:37:56 GMT

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00:00 Introduction
02:31 The Insurgency in Ituri
09:04 Terror, Metastasized
14:09 Attrition, Chaos, Caliphate

References
https://www.csis.org/blogs/examining-extremism/examining-extremism-allied-democratic-forces#:~:text=The%20Allied%20Democratic%20Forces%20(ADF,ongoing%20conflict%20in%20eastern%20DRC.
https://acleddata.com/report/m23-rebels-take-hold-eastern-congo-islamic-state-capitalizing-chaos
https://thesoufancenter.org/intelbrief-2025-january-28/
https://thesoufancenter.org/intelbrief-2023-june-23/
https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/08/1165586
https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/08/1165586
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/30/is-isil-a-growing-threat-in-the-dr-congo-and-east-africa
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/18/isil-backed-rebels-killed-at-least-52-people-in-eastern-dr-congo-un-says#:~:text=The%20ADF%2C%20an%20armed%20group,take%20refuge%20in%20its%20base.
https://reliefweb.int/report/democratic-republic-congo/m23-rebels-take-hold-eastern-congo-islamic-state-capitalizing-chaos
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/rebels-armed-with-machetes-kill-least-52-eastern-congo-2025-08-18/
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3ezjg34lw4o
https://www.crisisgroup.org/africa/central-africa/democratic-republic-congo/eastern-congo-adf-nalu-s-lost-rebellion
https://www.iiss.org/online-analysis/online-analysis/2019/01/adf-jihadist-group-drc/
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-68603701
https://apnews.com/article/congo-islamic-rebel-attack-adf-kivu-makoko-faae44fe327d54ca619acd7c3fb30104
https://reliefweb.int/report/democratic-republic-congo/drc-monitoring-brief-allied-democratic-forces-adf-data-april-2025
https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/08/06/dr-congo-armed-group-massacres-dozens-in-church
https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/08/1165586
https://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/africa-file-special-edition-uganda-drc%E2%80%99s-m23-conflict%E2%80%94friend-all-enemy-none
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/islamic-state-backed-rebels-killed-52-people-eastern-124756546

South Sudan is Sliding into War

WarFronts — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 06:39:58 GMT

South Sudan edges toward renewed civil war: Kiir vs Machar, ethnic militias mobilize, oil revenues collapse, Sudan’s conflict spills over. How a preventable crisis spirals—fast. Watch, share, subscribe for context.

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00:00 Introduction
01:16 Prelude to Bloodshed
05:26 Backstory
09:40 The Plot Thickens
14:13 Outside Issues

Sources:
Crisis Group: https://www.crisisgroup.org/africa/horn-africa/south-sudan/b207-succession-fever-deepens-south-sudans-malaise
African Arguments: https://africanarguments.org/2025/08/defining-the-crisis-in-south-sudan-the-nasir-conflict-and-the-wider-crisis/
Warfronts, Situation Room segment from March: https://youtu.be/ZsOQfofkO7E?si=D85wNhgApLIDK54m&t=1741
Warfronts, follow up segment: https://youtu.be/YSgSUNbDuh0?si=hJ0ZQtIi8O6sgyTH
Radio Tamazuj, drone attack on oil terminals: https://www.radiotamazuj.org/en/news/article/sudan-orders-oil-shutdown-south-sudan-exports-at-risk
Radio Tamazuj, removal of Machar’s faction from governorships: https://www.radiotamazuj.org/en/news/article/south-sudans-kiir-fires-last-remaining-machar-aligned-governor
Reuters, September clashes: https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/south-sudan-clash-kills-14-renewed-violence-north-2025-09-02/
Sudan Tribune, flow of weapons from Sudan to South Sudan: https://sudantribune.com/article302960/
Guardian, youth gang conscription: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/aug/18/south-sudan-war-gang-culture-youths-conscription
Radio Tamazuj, government declared illegitimate by SPLM-IO: https://www.radiotamazuj.org/en/news/article/splm-io-declares-government-illegitimate-after-machars-suspension
Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/un-report-details-systematic-looting-by-south-sudans-rulers-citizens-went-hungry-2025-09-16/
DW: https://www.dw.com/en/what-you-need-to-know-about-south-sudans-fragile-peace-deal/a-73999460

The Congo War is Restarting Right Now

WarFronts — Mon, 15 Sep 2025 04:37:11 GMT

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00:00 Introduction
00:47 The Ceasefire that Wasn’t
10:06 A Crisis Bubbling Over
15:11 Coming Soon

References
https://www.crisisgroup.org/africa/democratic-republic-congo-rwanda/dr-congo-rwanda-deal-now-comes-hard-part
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cew0vzl7rwjo
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/1/dr-congo-and-rwanda-hold-first-talks-since-signing-of-peace-deal
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgly1yrd9j3o
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/congo-rwanda-peace-deal-2673888064/
https://www.nbcnews.com/world/africa/congo-rwanda-sign-us-mediated-peace-deal-aimed-ending-decades-bloody-c-rcna215702
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/rwanda-congo-hold-first-meeting-joint-oversight-committee-under-peace-deal-2025-08-01/
https://www.csis.org/analysis/critical-minerals-fragile-peace-drc-rwanda-deal-and-cost-ignoring-root-causes
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c80d12xj20ro
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/19/m23-dr-congo-peace-talks-in-doha-stalled-what-next#:~:text=On%20July%2019%2C%20the%20M23,a%20condition%20for%20more%20talks.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c80d12xj20ro
https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/07/1165441
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/congo-m23-rebels-miss-deadline-reach-doha-peace-deal-2025-08-18/
https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20250819-dr-congo-and-m23-rebels-miss-peace-deal-deadline-but-will-continue-talks
https://apnews.com/article/congo-m23-goma-fighting-crisis-rebels-3c0430df47b61f4930df93f1f7543f67
https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/analysis/2025/03/20/after-fall-goma-and-bukavu-where-dr-congos-m23-war-headed
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/27/who-are-m23-rebels-fighting-in-eastern-drc-congo
https://globalinitiative.net/analysis/m23-organized-crime-rwanda-congo-drc-goma-conflict/
https://theconversation.com/m23s-capture-of-goma-is-the-latest-chapter-in-eastern-congos-long-running-war-248833
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/what-is-happening-congo-why-are-m23-rebels-fighting-2025-01-29/
https://www.dw.com/en/dr-congo-little-hope-for-robust-truce-with-m23-rebel-group/a-73395388
https://www.genocidewatch.com/single-post/special-report-conflict-minerals-in-the-drc
https://www.cfr.org/global-conflict-tracker/conflict/violence-democratic-republic-congo
https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/02/1159936
https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2025/09/drc-un-report-raises-spectre-war-crimes-and-crimes-against-humanity-north
https://www.criticalthreats.org/briefs/congo-war-security-review/congo-war-security-review-august-18-2025
https://www.nbcnews.com/world/africa/rwanda-congo-war-hidden-invasion-trump-peace-talks-rcna209051
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/9/at-least-60-people-killed-in-drc-after-isil-linked-attack-on-funeral
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czdj4qgm4d9o
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-10/adf-in-dr-congo-islamist-rebels-kills-89-government-says
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/africa/m23-rebels-recapture-town-in-eastern-congo-as-peace-talks-stall/3680845
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/m23-congolese-forces-may-have-committed-war-crimes-congo-un-rights-report-finds-2025-09-05/
https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250906-dr-congo-un-probe-suggests-war-crimes-by-m23-and-congolese-forces
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/death-toll-2-attacks-islamic-state-affiliated-rebels-125427819
https://x.com/officialrnintel/status/1963710216610132151
https://apnews.com/article/congo-uvira-protesters-killed-m23-ca9a0afa06bccfc2ed4f47c1399228b0
https://theafricainsight.substack.com/p/the-sub-saharan-security-review-85b
https://x.com/7sur7_cd/status/1964436857741332887
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/le-monde-africa/article/2025/08/12/combat-resumes-between-congolese-army-and-m23-rebels-despite-peace-treaty_6744285_124.html

Ethiopia and Eritrea are Preparing for War

WarFronts — Fri, 08 Aug 2025 04:44:39 GMT

As tensions flare once more, Ethiopia and Eritrea may be heading back to war—with shattered Tigray caught in the middle. Here's why another catastrophic conflict could be just around the corner.

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Foreign Affairs: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/ethiopia/ethiopias-tigray-temptation
New Humanitarian: https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/first-person/2025/08/04/i-dont-want-fight-again-another-tigray-war
Africa is a Country: https://africasacountry.com/2025/08/the-enemy-of-my-enemy-is-my-friend
Ethiopia Insights: https://www.ethiopia-insight.com/2025/07/16/red-sea-reckonings-ethiopia-eritrea-and-the-unraveling-of-pretoria/
The Africa Report: https://www.theafricareport.com/388438/summer-of-escalation-are-ethiopia-tigray-and-eritrea-preparing-for-war/
Interpreter: https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/tigray-can-t-afford-another-war-world-can-t-afford-do-nothing
DW: https://www.dw.com/en/a-look-at-eritreas-role-as-new-tigray-war-looms-in-ethiopia/a-73283778
Critical Threats: https://www.criticalthreats.org/analysis/drc-m23-ceasefire-ethiopia-eritrea-tensions-africa-file-july-24-2025#Ethiopia
The Sentry: https://thesentry.org/reports/power-and-plunder/

Sudan is Breaking in Two. Here's What that Means.

WarFronts — Fri, 01 Aug 2025 04:39:31 GMT

A genocide ignored by the world. Ethnic cleansing, mass graves, and a warlord’s parallel government—Sudan’s descent into hell is accelerating. Here’s the story you’re not hearing.

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Sudan War Monitor, the new government: https://sudanwarmonitor.com/p/hemedti-named-president-of-rsf-led
RFI: https://www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20250704-civilians-in-sudanese-city-el-fasher-at-risk-from-mass-killings-and-starvation-medecins-sans-frontieres-msf-report
BBC: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg819yxkp5o
Human Rights Watch, 2024 report: https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/05/09/sudan-ethnic-cleansing-west-darfur
Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/feb/29/sudans-war-leaves-deep-scars-in-geneina-a-city-of-two-massacres
State.gov, US accusation of genocide: https://2021-2025.state.gov/genocide-determination-in-sudan-and-imposing-accountability-measures/
World Peace Foundation: https://worldpeacefoundation.org/blog/sudan-genocide-case/
Guardian, no jurisdiction of ICJ over UAE: https://www.theguardian.com/law/2025/may/05/sudan-fails-in-attempt-to-make-uae-accountable-for-acts-of-genocide
MSF report: https://www.msf.org/besieged-attacked-starved-mass-atrocities-el-fasher
USHMM: https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/darfur
Operation broken silence (charity): https://operationbrokensilence.org/our-work
New Arab: https://www.newarab.com/news/risk-genocide-sudan-very-high-un
NYTimes: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/07/world/africa/sudan-genocide-numbers.html
The Arab Weekly: https://thearabweekly.com/kordofan-becomes-epicentre-intensifying-war-sudans-conflict-escalates
Counter Punch: https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/07/17/sudan-a-war-of-attrition-a-war-on-civilians/
Sudan War Monitor: https://sudanwarmonitor.com/p/rsf-rampages-through-north-kordofan
Dabanga: https://www.dabangasudan.org/en/all-news/article/yale-hrl-report-corroborates-rsf-massacre-in-north-kordofan
DW: https://www.dw.com/en/why-is-the-world-ignoring-the-sudan-civil-war/a-69364378
NY Times Video: https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/africa/100000009893408/sudan-war-crimes-rsf.html?searchResultPosition=1
Sudan Tribune: https://sudantribune.com/article303319/
Al-Jazeera: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/28/why-sudans-rsf-chose-this-parallel-government-ahead-of-peace-talks
UN, worsening famine: https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/07/1165516

Cameroon is Burning. Here's Why.

WarFronts — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 04:28:08 GMT

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00:00 Introduction
01:30 The Spark and the Fire: From Protest to Revolution
06:13 A History Of Marginalization
10:01 Ambazonia and A Nation In Crisis
17:43 The Path To Peace

Sources
https://www.crisisgroup.org/africa/central-africa/cameroon
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/jan/15/the-fight-is-existential-cameroons-anglophone-leaders-lead-a-revolution-from-behind-bars
https://www.africanews.com/2024/10/21/cameroon-separatist-conflict-displaces-thousands-of-students/
https://www.africanews.com/2023/09/07/cameroon-at-least-three-killed-in-attack-blamed-on-separatist-rebels/
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-38895541
https://web.archive.org/web/20170805204207/http://thestandardtribune.com/2017/01/18/a-new-dawn-of-tyranny/
https://web.archive.org/web/20170805204207/http://thestandardtribune.com/2017/01/17/the-government-just-banned-scnc-and-consortium/
https://www.businessincameroon.com/economy/2504-13785-10-million-cameroonians-lived-on-less-than-1-80-per-day-in-2022-survey
https://web.archive.org/web/20170828070150/http://cameroonpostline.com/gorji-dinka-releases-ambazonia-message/
https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2023/country-chapters/cameroon
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/nov/21/what-were-you-expecting-a-bloodless-war-how-cameroon-became-trapped-in-a-forgotten-standoff
https://www.crisisgroup.org/africa/central-africa/cameroon/272-crise-anglophone-au-cameroun-comment-arriver-aux-pourparlers
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c6296pp1p6wo
https://web.archive.org/web/20180505144624/http://unpo.org/article/20701
https://www.dw.com/en/cameroon-anglophones-special-status-too-little-too-late/a-51747683
https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2019/11/07/english-speaking-villages-are-burning-in-cameroon
https://www.africa-confidential.com/article-preview/id/15380/anglophone-separatists%27-campaign-reaches-bloody-stalemate
https://theconversation.com/cameroons-rebels-may-not-achieve-their-goal-of-creating-the-ambazonian-state-but-theyre-still-a-threat-to-stability-223039
https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2023/country-chapters/cameroon
https://www.africanews.com/2023/01/25/cameroon-denies-asking-foreign-mediation-with-separatists-amid-canadas-claim/
https://peacelab.blog/2021/04/cameroons-anglophone-crisis-youths-are-the-key-to-peace
https://www.jstor.org/stable/27159916

Kenya Is Burning. Here’s Why.

WarFronts — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 04:44:03 GMT

Kenya erupts in mass protests as economic despair, police brutality, and a history of broken promises fuel nationwide outrage. Here’s what happened on June 25—and why it might happen again.

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00:00 Introduction
01:30 The Protests
06:59 The Government Reacts
08:43 What’s Next?

Sources
https://nation.africa/kenya/news/politics/maandamano-parliament-coils-as-gen-z-protest-grips-nairobi-5094486
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/25/thousands-rally-in-kenya-to-mark-anniversary-of-antitax-demonstrations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmxxNpVQzOU
https://www.facebook.com/TheStarKenya/posts/police-on-horses-chase-a-crowd-outside-mama-ngina-street-in-nairobi-cyrus-ombati/1177205774448630/
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/kenyans-brace-protests-one-year-after-storming-parliament-2025-06-25/
https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2025-06-23-there-will-be-no-demonstrations-on-june-25-mwaura
https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/bd/economy/gen-z-protests-hit-businesses-in-25-counties-5095308
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c79epzj703eo
https://x.com/NPSOfficial_KE/status/1931708564084551894
https://nation.africa/kenya/news/politics/ruto-walk-moi-footsteps-torture-abductions-playbook-5058390
https://x.com/ntvkenya/status/1937858296897040646
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjwn257j7y2o
https://x.com/MwangiMaina_/status/1938256926460285211

Nigeria: The Failing State that the World is Ignoring.

WarFronts — Mon, 02 Jun 2025 04:45:17 GMT

Nigeria’s silent descent into chaos: overlapping insurgencies, rampant corruption, and collapsing governance push Africa’s most populous nation toward the brink. Why is the world still looking away?

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00:00 Introduction
01:28 Nigeria, Fractured
11:22 An Intensifying Crisis
17:50 The Cavalry Isn’t Coming
24:56 What Can Be Done?

References
https://freedomhouse.org/country/nigeria/freedom-world/2025#PR
https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2024/country-chapters/nigeria
https://www.crisisgroup.org/africa/west-africa/nigeria
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-68402662
https://databankfiles.worldbank.org/public/ddpext_download/poverty/987B9C90-CB9F-4D93-AE8C-750588BF00QA/current/Global_POVEQ_NGA.pdf
https://www.theafricareport.com/365284/more-than-half-of-nigerians-live-in-poverty-says-world-bank/
https://www.transparency.org/en/countries/nigeria
https://www.chathamhouse.org/2025/03/taking-action-against-corruption-nigeria
https://www.unodc.org/conig/uploads/documents/Corruption_Survey_2019.pdf
https://acleddata.com/2024/04/16/a-decade-after-chibok-assessing-nigerias-regional-response-to-boko-haram/
https://www.crisisgroup.org/africa/west-africa/nigeria/fighting-among-boko-haram-splinters-rages
https://www.cfr.org/global-conflict-tracker/conflict/violent-extremism-sahel
https://apnews.com/article/nigeria-boko-haram-borno-conflict-damasak-1eb22e035f0d01cdfe7345f93ea122b6
https://www.crisisgroup.org/africa/west-africa/nigeria/b196-jas-vs-iswap-war-boko-haram-splinters
https://www.crisisgroup.org/africa/west-africa/nigeria/b196-jas-vs-iswap-war-boko-haram-splinters
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5140607
https://issafrica.org/iss-today/boko-haram-factional-violence-worries-islamic-state
https://issafrica.org/iss-today/boko-haram-factional-violence-worries-islamic-state
https://thesoufancenter.org/intelbrief-the-islamic-state-in-west-africa-province-is-growing-in-strength-and-sophistication/
https://www.crisisgroup.org/africa/west-africa/nigeria/nigeria-how-solve-problem-biafra
https://gjia.georgetown.edu/2021/04/07/unfinished-business-biafran-activism-in-nigeria-today/
https://theconversation.com/nigerias-security-problems-deepen-as-anglophone-insurgency-in-cameroon-spills-across-border-223078
https://www.forbes.com/sites/uhenergy/2017/02/13/oil-and-violence-in-the-niger-delta-isnt-talked-about-much-but-it-has-a-global-impact/?sh=532d63f54dc6
https://www.cfr.org/blog/nigerian-government-threatens-use-hammer-south-east
https://unidir.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/UNIDIR_MEAC_Banditry_Brief.pdf
https://africacenter.org/spotlight/spiraling-criminal-gang-violence-in-north-west-nigeria-causing-displacements-and-diminished-government-control/
https://liberties.aljazeera.com/en/northwest-nigeria-a-region-under-siege-by-violence-and-despair/
https://theglobalobservatory.org/2024/05/northwest-nigeria-has-a-banditry-problem-whats-driving-it/
https://www.crisisgroup.org/africa/west-africa/nigeria/halting-deepening-turmoil-nigerias-north-west
https://saisreview.sais.jhu.edu/dont-call-it-farmer-herder-conflict/
https://africacenter.org/publication/growing-complexity-farmer-herder-conflict-west-central-africa/
https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/what-journalists-should-know-about-farmer-herder-crisis-nigeria
https://nigeriaclimate.crisisgroup.org/
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/gunmen-kill-least-52-people-nigerias-plateau-state-2025-04-07/
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/least-51-killed-another-attack-nigerias-plateau-state-2025-04-14/
https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20250512-23-killed-in-multiple-attacks-by-gunmen-in-central-nigeria-says-red-cross
https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20250420-gunmen-kill-at-least-56-people-in-central-nigeria
https://thedefensepost.com/2025/04/15/attackers-central-nigeria/
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2025/04/14/dozens-killed-in-nigeria-attack-as-president-tinubu-vows-crackdown_6740220_4.html
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250416-none-spared-in-nigeria-gun-machete-massacre-survivors

The Siege of Mogadishu has Begun

WarFronts — Thu, 29 May 2025 04:42:17 GMT

Mogadishu is under siege and al-Shabaab is winning. How Somalia got here—and why the world might not be able to stop what comes next. This is the frontline of a collapsing state.

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00:00 Introduction
01:02 The Players and the Field
07:54 A Lightning Offensive
18:06 Mogadishu, Encircled

References
https://acleddata.com/2024/12/13/mapping-al-shabaabs-activity-in-somalia-in-2024/
https://www.crisisgroup.org/africa/horn-africa/somalia/b187-sustaining-gains-somalias-offensive-against-al-shabaab
https://www.csis.org/blogs/examining-extremism/examining-extremism-harakat-al-shabaab-al-mujahideen-al-shabaab
https://www.cfr.org/global-conflict-tracker/conflict/al-shabab-somalia
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/africa-file-may-1-2025-au-turkey-and-united-states-surge-halt-al-shabaab-drc-peace
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/africa-file-may-8-2025-rsf-drone-strikes-port-sudan-iran-exports-regime-security-africa
https://www.criticalthreats.org/analysis/africa-file-february-27-2025-saf-advances-west-toward-darfur-m23-and-drc-reset-as-pressure-grows-rwanda-issp-transnational-threat-al-shabaab-central-somalia-offensive#
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/somalia-says-its-army-allied-militias-repel-al-shabaab-attacks-kill-more-than-2025-02-20/
https://mecouncil.org/publication/engaging-al-shabaab-in-somalia-military-failures-and-the-merits-of-dialogue/
https://www.fdd.org/analysis/op_eds/2025/03/03/shabaab-mounts-coordinated-assault-north-of-mogadishu/
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg8q644g5eo
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/al-shabaab-attacks-strategic-somalia-town-it-presses-offensive-2025-04-16/
https://www.criticalthreats.org/analysis/africa-file-march-20-2025-qatari-ceasefire-in-drc-saf-khartoum-rsf-attacks-south-sudan-al-shabaab-ramadan-offensive-tigray-amhara-escalates-russia-ethiopia-navy-burkina-massacres
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-49908716
https://gjia.georgetown.edu/2024/02/12/peacekeepers-and-political-stability-in-somalia/
https://gjia.georgetown.edu/2024/02/12/peacekeepers-and-political-stability-in-somalia/
https://adf-magazine.com/2025/04/somalia-struggles-to-maintain-stability-in-al-shabaab-fight/
https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/5223813-somalia-is-on-the-verge-of-being-overrun-will-trump-respond/
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Congo is on Fire. Here's Why

WarFronts — Mon, 12 May 2025 04:16:20 GMT

From colonial brutality to rebel takeovers, the Congo’s conflict has killed millions—yet barely made global headlines. Discover the shocking history behind Africa’s most overlooked and devastating war.

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00:00 Introduction
01:23 The Fall of Goma
05:59 A Country of Layers: Historical Context
11:51 Borders and Ethnic Tensions: The Berlin Conference Legacy
15:41 The Rwandan Genocide and The First Congo War
23:50 The Second Congo War
32:39 A Complicated Quagmire
42:27 Birth of a Monster
51:21 Congo’s Current Crisis
1:07:13 An Elusive Peace

The World's Worst War is Reaching its Climax

WarFronts — Wed, 16 Apr 2025 04:58:13 GMT

Sudan’s brutal war may be entering its deadliest phase. As Khartoum falls and Darfur braces for bloodshed, we explore how outside powers turned this into the world’s worst conflict.

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00:00 Introduction
01:04 Firefight
7:04 Counterattack
10:45 Outside Actors
16:25 Battle in Darfur

Why is the UAE Fueling Sudan's Apocalyptic War?

WarFronts — Wed, 12 Feb 2025 04:37:35 GMT

The Sudanese civil war is a humanitarian catastrophe—one fueled by foreign intervention. This video exposes how the UAE has secretly armed the RSF, prolonging conflict, atrocities, and famine. Watch now.

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Ethiopia and the African Horn: A March to Disaster

WarFronts — Wed, 06 Nov 2024 03:27:01 GMT

An unspoken war grips Ethiopia’s Amhara region, revealing the country’s deep fractures. From Tigray to Western Tigray, an undeclared civil war and broken promises fuel an escalating ethnic crisis.

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Armageddon in Africa: How Sudan Became the World's Worst Crisis

WarFronts — Fri, 13 Sep 2024 03:58:13 GMT

Sudan is facing a famine of historic proportions, with millions at risk. Join us as we dive into the dire consequences of the ongoing conflict and its devastating impact on the nation’s food security.

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Isaias Afwerki: Africa's Kim Jong Un?

WarFronts — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 03:24:48 GMT

Explore Eritrea's tumultuous journey to independence, the rise of its long-time leader Isaias Afwerki, and the nation's ongoing struggles with repression and migration in this in-depth historical analysis.

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Sudan: the Proxy War the World is Ignoring

WarFronts — Wed, 17 Apr 2024 04:00:45 GMT

Discover the untold story behind one of the world's biggest crises. Dive deep into the Sudanese civil war, a conflict ravaging lives and dragging in major world powers. This is a crisis the world can't afford to ignore.

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Is Abiy Ahmed the Most Dangerous Man in Africa?

WarFronts — Fri, 15 Dec 2023 04:27:00 GMT

Dive deep into Ethiopia's tumultuous journey from Abiy Ahmed's Nobel Peace Prize victory to overseeing deadly conflicts. Unravel the turning points, historical context, and the complex forces shaping Africa's future.

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Why is Africa Suffering so Many Coups? A Warographics Analysis

WarFronts — Wed, 27 Sep 2023 04:08:44 GMT

Discover the shocking resurgence of military coups in Africa! From economic crises to political unrest, we delve into the complex factors driving this alarming trend. Will democracy survive?

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Niger Coup: Is West Africa About to Go to War?

WarFronts — Thu, 10 Aug 2023 09:46:40 GMT

Unveiling Niger's Military Coup: Global Shockwaves Ahead! Discover how the ECOWAS ultimatum, international sanctions, and power plays by US, France, & Russia could reshape West Africa's fate!

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The Libyan Civil Wars: Quagmire in a Quagmire

WarFronts — Fri, 05 May 2023 04:04:50 GMT

From Gaddafi's brutal downfall in 2011 to the Second Civil War, and the struggle for peace, this video recounts Libya's tumultuous journey through a decade of conflict and international intervention.

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Second Congo War – The African World War

WarFronts — Wed, 31 Aug 2022 14:55:49 GMT

Despite being one of the deadliest conflicts in recent times, the Congo Wars aren’t a topic that’s discussed very often in history class.

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The Nigerian Civil War - Nigeria's Deadly War of Ethnicities

WarFronts — Wed, 31 Aug 2022 14:50:42 GMT

More than 1 million people dead from conflict, ethnic leansing, or because of starvation; the fall of the Republic of Biafra, and the rise and development of Igbo nationalism. Here is the history of the Nigerian Civil War.

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