Africa

December 19, 2025 | Ben Cohen |

Palestine Action’s bid for martyrdom

What members of this violent organization hunger for are extreme measures that make waves against Israel and make headlines worldwide.

December 17, 2025 | Sinan Ciddi, William Doran

How Turkey Props up Venezuela

The government of Recep Tayyip Erdogan has provided an unexpected sanctions evasion lifeline for Nicolas Maduro’s Venezuela.

December 12, 2025 | Caleb Weiss, Ryan O’Farrell

The Islamic State’s war on Christians in Congo

As the Trump Administration touts an ostensible peace agreement between the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda, another deadly, albeit less-talked-about conflict is also raging...

December 10, 2025 | Hussain Abdul-Hussain |

Africa’s Collapse Is a Threat to America and Israel

Regions in Africa are collapsing. Across most of the continent’s 54 countries, governments are tyrannical, Islamist, or both. Many have ceased to function as states, splintering into warring ethnic and...

November 13, 2025 | |

Ukraine Conducts Strikes on Russian Targets Using Domestically Produced Missiles and Drones

Strikes on Several Dozen Targets: Ukraine’s General Staff announced that Ukrainian forces had used the domestically produced Flamingo missile, along with other missiles and drones, in a series of long-range strikes in Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine and Russia on November 13. According to the statement, the strikes used a combination of Flamingo and Bars missiles and Liutyi drones to strike “several dozen” targets to reduce Russia’s “military-economic and offensive potential.” The Flamingo ground-launched subsonic cruise missile, which was unveiled in August, has a claimed range of 1,862 miles. The Bars cruise missile, introduced in April, has a reported range of approximately 500 miles.

November 10, 2025 | Edmund Fitton-Brown |

The Moroccan plan is a path to peace with Algeria

The United Nations Security Council has voted in support of a resolution calling for autonomy in Western Sahara as the best solution possible to Rabat’s longstanding territorial dispute with the separatist Iranian and Algerian-backed Polisario Front.

October 31, 2025 | Caleb Weiss |

Islamic State redoubles call for jihad in Sudan, urges foreign fighters to migrate

As news of more mass atrocities committed by the United Arab Emirates-backed Rapid Support Forces (RSF) circulates, the Islamic State has again called for jihad in Sudan. In this week’s Al...

October 30, 2025 | Ben Cohen, Dmitriy Shapiro

Kidnapping of U.S. Missionary Shines Light on Persecution of Christians in Africa

Concern is growing over the whereabouts of Kevin Rideout, an American missionary abducted on October 21 in the West African state of Niger. The seizure of this 48-year-old pilot, who works for...

October 28, 2025 | Sinan Ciddi, William Doran

How Turkish Arms End Up in African Conflicts

Ankara’s engagement on the continent has generated violence, not stability.

October 24, 2025 | Hussain Abdul-Hussain

Sudan’s Burhan Agrees to Peace Talks, His Hardline Stance Threatens Stalemate

After months of rejecting peace talks with his rivals and insisting that only his victory would end Sudan’s civil war, Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) Commander Abdul-Fattah al-Burhan succumbed to international...

October 16, 2025 | Ben Cohen, David May

50 Years of Anti-Zionist Propaganda: Why the UN’s ‘Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People’ Must Be Dismantled

October 7, 2025 | Daniel Swift |

How Africa Can Shift Supply Chains from China

The United States can make a focused bet on African economies and reduce its dependence on Chinese supply chains.

October 1, 2025 | Clifford D. May |

“What is the purpose of the U.N.?”

President Trump poses an essential question

September 30, 2025 | Daniel Swift, Angela Howard

China Set To Fill Gap From Expiration of Key U.S.-Africa Trade Program

Africa is bracing for crushing new tariffs on goods exported to the United States. On September 30, the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) expired, forcing an end to the duty-free access to U.S....

September 19, 2025 | Daniel Swift |

Africa’s debt collector: China’s shifting role offers US a golden opportunity

For two decades, China’s strategy in Africa was straightforward: shower the continent with opaque and corrupt loans to build roads, ports, and power plants, securing influence and natural...

September 17, 2025 | Clifford D. May |

All wars must end

But 24 years after 9/11, the War on the West is still going strong

September 3, 2025 | Caleb Weiss |

Iraqi intel busts Islamic State financial network in West Africa

The Iraqi National Intelligence Service (INIS) announced yesterday that it rolled up an Islamic State (IS) financial network that spanned three unspecified West African countries. According to Iraqi media...

August 28, 2025 | Natalie Ecanow |

Qatar’s growing footprint in Africa

Qatar has spent the summer of 2025 expanding its financial and political involvement in the African continent. On August 26, Qatari royal Sheikh Mansour bin Jabor bin Jassim al Thani visited Mozambique...

August 25, 2025 | Max Meizlish, Melissa Sacks, David May

Hiding in Plain Sight: A Playbook for Combating Hamas in South Africa

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August 19, 2025 | Dr. Emanuele Ottolenghi  |

Iran’s web of terror and propaganda: The case of Al Mustafa University

Last July, Israel’s ambassador to Argentina gave an interview to Latin America’s leading news platform, Infobae, where he named Edgardo Ruben (aka Suhail) Assad, Abdallah Cerrilla, and Abdul...