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Joseph Kabila’s emergence as head of the Front for the Refoundation of the Nation (FRN), unveiled in Goma, is more revealing for what it says about the conflict’s underlying architecture than for the announcement itself. The former Congolese president now leads a politico-military platform that draws together senior figures fromContinue Reading

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The rationale behind a military uniform production unit The recent groundbreaking of a military uniform manufacturing facility in Niger, with an announced daily capacity of 1,000 uniforms and financed directly by the National Solidarity Fund for the Safeguarding of the Homeland (FSSP), has reignited discussions about the government’s spending priorities.Continue Reading

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Why does a name tied to a twenty-two-year-old bombing keep resurfacing at the exact moment Togo is scrambling to secure its northern border? The answer lies less in any single allegation than in the mechanics of a murky trade: private brokers who move between arms suppliers, political offices and militaryContinue Reading

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The election of the Beninese jurist Inès Hadonou-Toffoun to the Advisory Committee of the United Nations Human Rights Council is far more than a personal accolade. Behind the scenes, it reveals a deliberate strategy by Benin to strengthen its footprint in multilateral human rights bodies and to ensure that AfricanContinue Reading