Vol 63 No 25 | FRANCEAFRICAMILITARY Can Macron's new Sahel strategy work? 7th December 2022 Rising hostility to Paris embarrasses regional governments as they seek French help to halt the southward spread of jihadist violence It must have been with private relief that President Emmanuel Macron greeted England's 3-0 defeat of Senegal in the FIFA World Cup, thus sparing Les Bleus from a...
Vol 63 No 24 | SÃO TOMÉ & PRÍNCIPEMILITARY A coup and a cover-up 1st December 2022 In the early hours of 25 November, heavy gunfire was heard in the military district in São Tomé when four men, Sãotomean veterans of apartheid South Africa's infamous...
Vol 63 No 22 | MOZAMBIQUEMILITARY Onshore war versus offshore gains 3rd November 2022 Cabo Delgado insurgents have lost key positions but look set for a long war, while Maputo pleads with the operators to get the LNG project restarted Officials applaud operations by the Rwandan Defence Force (RDF) and Southern African Development Community (SADC) troops to clear roads and transport hubs in troubled Cabo Delgado province, but...