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The Africa Center for Strategic Studies: Advancing African security by expanding understanding, providing a trusted platform for dialogue, building partnerships, and catalyzing solutions.

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Africa Center23h ago

Community-based conflict mitigation initiatives have been demonstrated to markedly reduce the triggers of societal conflict in Africa. Their wider application could be a game-changer for Africa's local threat landscape.

https://africacenter.org/publication/asb48en-community-mediation-peace/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-EN-day

Integrated Tactics for Combating Militant Groups in West Africa

To combat militants West African militaries require greater tactical mobility, intelligence, and sustainment.

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Show threadAfrica Center2d ago

However, organized criminal gangs, commonly known as bandits, continue to cause the most armed violence in northwestern Nigeria, mimicking the tactics of jihadists: The kidnapping of 253 children from a Catholic school in Niger State was the work of bandits. Bandits also ambushed three military bases in Niger and Kaduna States.

Read more about Nigeria's criminal gangs here:
https://africacenter.org/spotlight/spiraling-criminal-gang-violence-in-north-west-nigeria-causing-displacements-and-diminished-government-control/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-EN-morning

Violent Criminal Gangs Displace and Disrupt North West Nigeria

Criminal gangs in Nigeria’s North West have grown increasingly lethal, routinizing mass abductions and causing massive internal displacement.

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Show threadAfrica Center2d ago
Boko Haram’s Sadiku faction has also been active in northwestern Nigeria, particularly in Niger State, close to Kwara State. Niger and Kwara States, consequently, saw a doubling in fatalities (from 60 to 126) linked to militant Islamist groups over the past year. Groups affiliated with Lakurawa, which are currently operating mostly in Kebbi and Sokoto States, have also been cooperating with the Sadiku faction since 2023.
https://africacenter.org/spotlight/2026a-mig-widening-militant-islamist-threat/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-EN-morning
The Widening Scope of Africa’s Militant Islamist Threat

Militant Islamist groups in the Sahel, Somalia, and the Lake Chad Basin are increasingly capable and continue to expand their reach.

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Africa Center2d ago
Militant Islamist group violence in northwestern Nigeria rose over the past year. Most notable has been the re-emergence of Ansaru, which separated from Boko Haram in 2012 and has since been allied with AQIM and the JNIM coalition. Ansaru’s area of operations has shifted from Kaduna State in 2020 to Kwara and Niger States over the past year, bringing its activities closer to the Benin border.
Africa Center2d ago

The expanded use of drones in the maritime security space is a double-edged sword. While they enable governments to extend their surveillance and monitoring capacity, they simultaneously advance the capacity of malign actors to conduct reconnaissance, coordinate attacks, and directly target vessels.

https://africacenter.org/spotlight/uavs-drones-indian-ocean-maritime-security/

Show threadAfrica Center6d ago

“If I’d known what was coming, I never would’ve let him go to Russia to study,” said the mother of one Egyptian recruit who is seeking intervention from her government.

Here's what we know about Russia's "recruitment" in Africa:
https://africacenter.org/spotlight/russia-deceptive-war-recruitment-ensnares-africans/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-EN-morning

Russia’s Deceptive War Recruitment Scheme Ensnares Thousands of Young Africans

Russia’s conscription of Africans for its war in Ukraine exposes human trafficking, coercion, and foreign interference that is exploiting job seekers.

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Africa Center6d ago

An estimated 300 Egyptians have been deceptively recruited into the Russian conflict—often via the Telegram channel “Friends of Russia.”

The primary motivation revolves around financial gain and the prospect of acquiring citizenship through expedited processes. But enlistees later reported: “We do not receive compensation or citizenship; rather, we face death.”

Africa CenterJun 3

Gulf state actors and Turkey have extensive engagements in East Africa, in critical infrastructure, ports, and the security sector. We mapped out the investments of 5 external actors in 12 African countries in meticulous detail; here are just a few screenshots.

https://africacenter.org/spotlight/gulf-state-actors-east-africa/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-EN-morning

Africa CenterJun 2

Irregular armed groups in West Africa have exploited tactical deficiencies in military force structures.

Enhanced effectiveness against them requires greater integration of mobility, intelligence, and sustainment capabilities within African counterinsurgency operations.

See our Africa Security Brief for all the details:
https://africacenter.org/publication/asb47en-integrated-tactical-units-west-africa/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-EN-day

Africa CenterJun 2

Benin has already made noteworthy reforms to respond to the militant Islamist threat spilling across its northern border. Now read about the additional steps it needs to restore stability, and why they can be effective:

https://africacenter.org/publication/asb46en-benin-battle-militant-groups/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-EN-morning