NEED TO KNOW  In the Central African Republic, the Hired Guns Wear Out Their Welcome  CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC  Earlier this month, Bangui, […]

NEED TO KNOW  A Perfect Storm: A New Civil War in South Sudan Threatens Entire Region  SOUTH SUDAN  When oil-rich South Sudan […]

NEED TO KNOW The Emperor’s New Clothes: Coup Leader Ahead in Gabon’s Elections GABON In August 2023, Gabon’s rulers were deposed in […]

NEED TO KNOW When the Sky Falls: Lesotho Says US Tariffs Will ‘Kill’ the Country LESOTHO When US President Donald Trump mentioned […]

NEED TO KNOW Friends and Enemies: Guinea-Bissau President Takes the Rocky Road GUINEA-BISSAU The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) aims […]

NEED TO KNOW The Terrors of the North: Jihadists, Bandits and Vigilantes Grow Stronger in Nigeria NIGERIA Last fall, about 50 motorcycles […]

NEED TO KNOW When a Faulty Peace Sows War ETHIOPIA In November 2022, the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) signed a peace deal […]

NEED TO KNOW Naming and Shaming: Liberia Gets Serious About Corruption LIBERIA Eight years ago, Liberia’s long-serving then-president, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, admitted […]

NEED TO KNOW Out of One, Many SUDAN Late last month, Sudan’s army (SAF) entered the central Sudanese city of Wad Medani […]

NEED TO KNOW The Land and the Fury SOUTH AFRICA In 1652, the Dutch arrived on the shores of modern-day South Africa, […]

NEED TO KNOW The Contagion SOMALIA   On Feb. 1, US President Donald Trump ordered airstrikes targeting Islamic State (IS) jihadists in […]

NEED TO KNOW Here, Again DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO For years, the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have set their sights on capturing […]

NEED TO KNOW The Disappearing Acts KENYA Last summer, the so-called Gen-Z protests erupted in Kenya against a controversial finance bill pushed […]

NEED TO KNOW Before the Avalanche MOZAMBIQUE Cyclone Chido blew through Mozambique last month. The storm’s 160-mile winds and the 10 inches […]

NEED TO KNOW The Emperor’s New Clothes CHAD French troops will soon complete their exit from Chad, their last foreign deployment in […]

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NEED TO KNOW The Bulldozer ZAMBIA The Zambian Constitutional Court recently overturned lower court rulings to determine that ex-President Edgar Lungu could […]

NEED TO KNOW Simply Replaceable MALI Mali recently launched drone attacks against ethnic Tuareg rebel leaders in the town of Tin Zaouatine […]

NEED TO KNOW The Power of Disloyalty GHANA More than 15,000 displaced people from Burkina Faso have crossed the porous, 372-mile border […]

NEED TO KNOW Freedom Fighters, Beware NAMIBIA The South West Africa People’s Organization (SWAPO) led the fight against South Africa, then under […]

NEED TO KNOW The Art of Gaslighting GUINEA-BISSAU Speaking at the COP29 climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan recently, Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco […]

NEED TO KNOW The Coup Trap BURKINA FASO When a military junta seized power more than two years ago in Burkina Faso, […]

NEED TO KNOW Chasing the Moment SENEGAL Senegalese Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko recently said that his convoy was attacked while he was […]