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Latest Articles about Africa
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South Sudan on the Brink: A Profile of Nuer Opposition Leader Riek Machar Teny
As South Sudan teeters on the brink of another civil war less than two years after gaining independence, most of the focus has been on the young nation’s former vice-president, Riek Machar Teng. The 61-year-old is a veteran rebel who spent years collaborating with the... MORE
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Tripoli Battles Shadowy Qaddafists While Tribal Rivals Fight Over Southern Libya
Despite living in the midst of some of the world’s most open and sparsely populated spaces, Libya’s southern tribes are engaged in a new round of bitter urban warfare, as snipers, gun-battles and mortar fire take a heavy toll on the civilian population. At stake... MORE
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Northern Cameroon Under Threat from Boko Haram and Séléka Militants
The Tenth Parallel North has been described as the “fault line where Islam and Christianity meet and clash.” [1] In Africa, the Tenth Parallel passes west to east through Nigeria, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, South Sudan, Sudan and Somalia. Cameroon is the only one... MORE
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Tunisian Extremists Expand Beyond Their Bases in Jebel Chaambi
2013 marked the return of terrorism to Tunisia. Since the middle of the year, terrorist incidents have occurred with greater frequency and now pose an alarming threat to the safety of Tunisia. During the first half of 2013, the Tunisian security forces were the target... MORE
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Ansar al-Shari’a: Transforming Libya into a Land of Jihad
In the first attack of its kind in Libya, a suicide car bomber drove an explosive-laden truck into a military checkpoint in Bersis (east of Benghazi) on December 22, 2013 that killed 13 people and injured 17 others (Jeune Afrique, December 23, 2013). The investigation... MORE
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Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb Attacks Morocco’s “Kingdom of Corruption and Despotism”
Al-Andalus, the media branch of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), released a rather sophisticated and detailed video on Morocco titled “Le royaume de la corruption et du despotisme" (The kingdom of corruption and despotism) on September 12. [1] The video mixed a series of... MORE
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Oil Exploration and Political Stalemate Threaten to Trigger Renewed Conflict in the Western Sahara
The decades-long unresolved conflict over the Western Sahara threatens to heat up again as Algeria and Morocco dispute the future of the region and young members of the Sahrawi Polisario Front (Frente Popular para la Liberación de Saguia el-Hamra y Río de Oro - Popular... MORE
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Foreign Fighters in Somalia and al-Shabaab’s Internal Purge
The role of foreign fighters in al-Shabaab was brought to public attention once again in October with the release by al-Kata’ib (Shabaab’s media wing) of a video entitled: “It’s an eye for an eye: the Woolwich attacks.” [1] The video featured ten British jihadis who... MORE
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Bringing Jihad to Kenya: A Profile of al-Shabaab’s Ikrima al-Muhajir
When a U.S. Navy SEAL team raided a compound in the Somali port town of Barawe on October 5, there was initial confusion over the target of the raid, with one Somali intelligence official even offering the absurd suggestion that the target of the SEALs... MORE
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In His Own Words: The Untold Story of Boko Haram Founder Muhammad Yusuf
The designation of Boko Haram and its splinter faction Ansaru as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) in November 2013 came just over 50 months after Boko Haram’s transformation into a jihadist group. At the time of its founding in 2002 under Muhammad Yusuf, Boko Haram was... MORE