Op-eds

Nigeria’s schoolchildren targeted again in mass abductions as lines between criminality and terrorism blur

By Feyi Ogunade

Africa

Boko Haram factional violence rattles Islamic State as power struggles mount

By Malik Samuel for ISS TODAY

South Africa

Gift of the Givers waiting to hear when freed SA hostage Gerco van Deventer will return home

By Talia Kincaid

South Africa

JNIM among violent extremist groups using Sahel kidnappings as favoured weapon of war

By Flore Berger

Africa

With the signing of an 'all-for-one' pact, Russia’s new African empire starts to take shape

By Phillip van Niekerk

Africa

Organised crime helped bankroll 9/11 attacks and continues to fuel terror objectives

By Martin Ewi for ISS Today

Op-eds

A key African democracy bites the Sahelian dust as Presidential Guard seizes control in Niger

By Phillip van Niekerk

Africa

Third video of SA hostage Gerco van Deventer released by Malian captors

By Michael Barthelemy

Africa

SA medic Gerco van Deventer, held hostage for over five years in west Africa, hopes Gift of the Givers can negotiate his release

By Michael Barthelemy

South Africa

‘Gold Mafia’ whistle-blower places wanted terrorist Dawood Ibrahim in Gupta, Zuma circles

By Caryn Dolley

Africa

Wagner Group leads Russia's African front in cold war with the West

By Phillip van Niekerk

Africa

Mali women mediators in local dialogue committees gain ground in talks with terrorists

By Fahiraman Rodrigue Koné