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  1. Djibouti's military bases are rewriting Africa's strategic mapThe Red Sea is a narrow, busy throat of water where roughly twelve percent of global seaborne trade squeezes through every year. The two shorelines that form…
  2. Eritrea’s Closed Borders Are Straining a Generation’s MobilityFor many Eritreans, movement is governed by permissions, checkpoints and uncertainty rather than distance. Leaving the country can require an exit visa, proof…
  3. Berbera’s Port Battle and the Wider Horn of AfricaBerbera sits on Somaliland’s Gulf of Aden coastline, between the Red Sea shipping route and the inland markets of the Horn of Africa. Its harbour is smaller…
  4. How Guinea’s Mining Wealth Is Reshaping Its Political TransitionGuinea’s military leader, Mamady Doumbouya, took power in September 2021 after overthrowing President Alpha Condé. The coup followed Condé’s controversial…
  5. Why Mali’s Junta Is Turning to Russian MercenariesMali’s decision to work with Russian mercenaries is rooted in a long-running crisis in the country’s north, not simply in a sudden diplomatic pivot towards…
  6. Niger’s Oil Route to Benin and the Cost of ClosureNiger’s oil pipeline to Benin is a young export corridor with an outsized role in the country’s finances. It links crude fields in Niger’s landlocked interior…
  7. Algeria’s gas boom and the pressure building at homeAlgeria has become one of Europe’s most important energy partners since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine disrupted the continent’s gas supply. Pipelines running…
  8. Why Libya’s Elections Keep Being PostponedLibya’s repeated election delays are rooted in a political system that has never fully agreed on the rules of the contest. Since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi in…
  9. The South Sudanese Refugees Still Waiting to Go HomeFor many people forced from South Sudan, home is a place remembered through stories, family photographs and the names of villages that may no longer look…
  10. How Niger's Uranium Now Sustains a Junta France Once BackedNiger's vast uranium deposits in the desert north have fed French nuclear reactors for half a century, but the relationship that once bound Paris to Niamey has…