Run for Djibouti

While a war strangles the Strait of Hormuz, a parallel risky run is underway for the neighboring strait controlling the routes to the Red Sea There’s no better way to grasp how quickly the world is changing than to look at what’s happening in Djibouti, the small state on the Indian Ocean where northern Somalia […]

African Malaise for Europe

Mali is facing a severe escalation of its long-running security and humanitarian crisis. After large-scale, coordinated offensives by Islamist and separatist armed groups, the military junta is struggling to maintain control nationwide. Civilians face dire conditions amid intensified violence, widespread human rights abuses, and blockades. Russian mercenaries, who had backed the junta and expelled French […]

Exploded Sudans

It was the breadbasket of the continent and the world’s mining hub. But wars are tearing the territory apart, dividing it into four parts and spreading instability to the Mediterranean.  Until a few years ago, Sudan still held hope for a future of prosperity that a potential peace agreement might eventually bring about. It was […]