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Drones, disinformation and guns-for-hire are reshaping conflict in Africa: New book tracks the trends
The Conversation  |  Aug 03, 2025

The African continent is flush with abundant natural resources that offer lucrative gains, but is hobbled by weak post-coup states desperate for forei...

Trading Africa’s minerals for security deals is a dangerous gamble, experts warn
The Conversation  |  Jul 27, 2025

As global demand for critical minerals reshapes geopolitics, African states must recognise and assert the strategic leverage their mineral resources p...

Rights group links Mali’s army, Wagner to dozens of killings, forced disappearances
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Jul 24, 2025

According to HRW, the two groups have executed at least 12 Fulani men and forcibly disappeared 81 others while conducting joint military operations ac...

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