With all the talk of the Houthi militia’s advance into southern Yemen along the Red Sea’s eastern coast, it is easy to forget that a civil war in…
Stefano Summo
When the Houthis began striking ships in the Red Sea and the Bab al-Mandab Strait in 2023, it looked to be just another episode of Yemen's war…
In Mali, the militant Islamist organisation Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) is no longer waging a peripheral insurgency but has become…
The presence of thousands of fighters from the Maghreb and sub-Saharan Africa in the Russian army has long been explained away as a form of Russian…
A recurring theme has gained traction in transatlantic analysis and media commentary lately: Russia and China are said to be ‘abandoning their allies…
The recent statement by Lord Darroch—the UK’s former ambassador to the US and adviser to the prime minister—calling for recognition of Somaliland’s…
On 26 November 2025, a day before the result of elections in the small West African state of Guinea-Bissau was due to be announced, incumbent…
On 20 October, US Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff announced that Donald Trump’s administration was working to broker talks between…
Earlier this month, President Vladimir Putin took to the stage at the annual meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club in Sochi, Russia,…
Madagascar is experiencing its most serious political crisis in recent years. What began as a series of peaceful youth-led protests in late September…
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French student protests reach a crescendo
