Al Qaeda’s Sahelian affiliate JNIM is on the brink of taking over northern Mali and toppling the Malian junta, and while it is unlikely to
Our Non-Resident Fellow Federico Donelli, Ph.D. was interviewed by Harry Clynch on African Business Magazine. Dr. Donelli shared his comments on Turkish involvement in Africa
After two coups in both Burkina Faso and Mali in the past three years and another coup in Guinea in 2021, Niger became the latest
In the summer of 2023, it looked for a moment that West Africa was at risk of a regional inter-state war of the sorts it had not
Orion Policy Institute hosted a live Webinar on Wednesday, October 25, 2023, between 10:00 AM and 11:30 AM (EST) on Security Challenges in Africa: Coups, Terrorism, and External Interventions. The conversation covered counter-terrorism and political instability in the Sahel and beyond; external actors expanding their footprint in African internal conflicts, West African coup contagion, Wagner, and the relation between politics and banditry root causes; current government offensive against al-Shabaab and the role of foreign actors; broader ideological developments of IS/AQ/jihadism in Africa in the continent’s evolving political landscape, and more.
In this episode of OrionTalks, Broderick McDonald and Guy Fiennes join host Suat Cubukcu to discuss the Wagner Group’s expanding relations in the Sahel region
