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Africa Center for Strategic Studies @africacenter.bsky.social · 2h

Japanese finance in Africa is nearly always disbursed, managed, and accounted for on a blended finance basis.

This has allowed African countries to avoid becoming saddled with odious debt—and is one of the reasons Japan is trusted and respected in Africa.

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Africa Center for Strategic Studies @africacenter.bsky.social · 1d

Stabilization strategies linked to overall aims need to focus on realistic tactical objectives within available resources, and address all phases of stabilization (clear and hold, early recovery, and consolidation).

See our Spotlight for more lessons and recommendations:

Practical Lessons to Improve Stabilization Operations in Somalia – Africa Center

Insufficient civilian–military coordination is hindering stabilization and consolidation of gains in the fight against al Shabaab in Somalia.

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Africa Center for Strategic Studies @africacenter.bsky.social · 2d

Islamist violence in the Sahel is not uniform, there are simultaneously areas of expansion, plateau, and modest reduction.

Our Spotlight examines these trends to better understand the varying focal points, actors, and objectives of the groups driving the violence.

The Shifting Front of Militant Islamist Violence in the Sahel – Africa Center

Islamist violence in the Sahel continues to shift south and west, pressuring population centers in Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger and the coast.

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Africa Center for Strategic Studies @africacenter.bsky.social · 3d

L’influence de la Russie dans la sphère de l’information s’appuie sur des années d’investissement dans des opérations médiatiques secrètes et des réseaux d’influence au Sahel qui visent à paraître locaux et crédibles.

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Une divergence croissante de narratifs autour de la sécurité au Burkina Faso – Centre d’Études Stratégiques de l’Afrique

Les conditions sécuritaires du Burkina Faso continuent de se détériorer sous la junte militaire, malgré une campagne d’information de grande envergure.

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Africa Center for Strategic Studies @africacenter.bsky.social · 3d

Les acteurs russes ont joué un rôle de premier plan en alimentant et en amplifiant de faux récits autour de la junte burkinabè. La junte, à son tour, a été l’un des plus ardents défenseurs de la présence sécuritaire croissante de Moscou en Afrique.
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Africa Center for Strategic Studies @africacenter.bsky.social · 4d

Military and civilian stabilization actors often have different ideas of what is "secure". Military tolerance for risk is higher, but civil administration requires reducing insecurity to a level that fosters civilian life and the provision of basic services.

Practical Lessons to Improve Stabilization Operations in Somalia – Africa Center

Insufficient civilian–military coordination is hindering stabilization and consolidation of gains in the fight against al Shabaab in Somalia.

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Africa Center for Strategic Studies @africacenter.bsky.social · 5d

By attacking transportation arteries, fuel tankers, and population centers in western Mali, the JNIM coalition is targeting the economic, security, and political vulnerabilities of the military junta in Bamako.

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Africa Center for Strategic Studies @africacenter.bsky.social · 6d

At present, more than 21 African countries have established space programs and 18 have launched at least one satellite.

The continent has launched a combined total of 65 satellites, with over 120 additional satellites in development and expected to be launched by 2030.

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Africa Center for Strategic Studies @africacenter.bsky.social · 8d

Although the junta has attempted to tell a different story, fatalities linked to militant Islamist groups in Burkina Faso have almost tripled in the past 3 years—reaching 17,775 deaths. This contrasts with the 6,630 deaths in the 3-year period prior to Traoré’s coup.

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A Growing Divergence of Security Narratives in Burkina Faso – Africa Center

Burkina Faso’s security conditions continue to deteriorate under the military junta despite a high-volume information campaign.

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Africa Center for Strategic Studies @africacenter.bsky.social · 8d

3 years ago today, Ibrahim Traoré seized power in Burkina Faso. Since then, insecurity in Burkina Faso has in fact grown more deadly and widespread.
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Africa Center for Strategic Studies @africacenter.bsky.social · 8d

By attacking transportation arteries, fuel tankers, and population centers in western Mali, the JNIM coalition is targeting the economic, security, and political vulnerabilities of the military junta in Bamako.

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Africa Center for Strategic Studies @africacenter.bsky.social · 8d

تستفيد الصين من الأولوية المنخفضة التي تمنحها وسائل الإعلام العالمية والقوى الكبرى لقارة أفريقيا. وقد جعل ذلك من السهل على جيش التحرير الشعبي الصيني تعزيز وجوده العسكري في أفريقيا دون جذب الانتباه.

Africa Center for Strategic Studies @africacenter.bsky.social · 9d

8 of the 11 African countries hosting the most people displaced across borders are themselves experiencing conflict. This reflects the growing regionalization of conflicts in the Greater Horn, the Sahel, and the Lake Chad Basin.
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Africa Center for Strategic Studies @africacenter.bsky.social · 9d

This year saw a 13% increase in refugees and asylum seekers hosted in other African countries—11.44 million—underscoring the intraregional implications of these persistent population flows.
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Africa Center for Strategic Studies @africacenter.bsky.social · 9d

97% of Africans forcibly displaced from their homes are still in Africa—either internally displaced or living in other African countries.

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Africa’s Colliding Conflicts Compound Forced Displacement Crisis – Africa Center

Africa’s forcibly displaced populations increasingly face the predicament of fleeing into neighboring countries also experiencing conflict.

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Africa Center for Strategic Studies @africacenter.bsky.social · 9d

Sudan is the epicenter of an emerging pattern of increasing urbanization in African warfare, with organized armed violence in urban centers accounting for 38% of all such fatalities across the continent.

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Africa Center for Strategic Studies @africacenter.bsky.social · 9d

The siege of El-Fasher in Sudan’s Darfur region has severely escalated, with paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) nearly completing a total encirclement of the city.

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Africa Center for Strategic Studies @africacenter.bsky.social · 9d

African communication satellites are expanding internet access to rural communities, helping bridge the digital divide that continues to separate much of Africa from the global information economy.

African Collaboration in the Space Domain Holds Potential for Continental Benefits – Africa Center

Africa’s ability to realize the national security, communications, and disaster mitigation benefits from space technology relies on collaboration.

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Africa Center for Strategic Studies @africacenter.bsky.social · 10d

Yoweri Museveni is officially seeking to extend his 39-year rule in Uganda’s next presidential election.

Here’s a look at the struggle for the country’s future taking place behind Uganda’s electoral exercises:

The Battle for the Soul of Uganda – Africa Center

A new generation in Uganda demanding more political inclusion is challenging the NRM old-guard’s monopoly on power.

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Africa Center for Strategic Studies @africacenter.bsky.social · 10d

One area of focus to come out of the Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development is a push for improved Africa–Japan coordination on complex threats—including cyber intrusions, maritime threats, trafficking, organized crime, and illicit financial flows.

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Africa Center for Strategic Studies @africacenter.bsky.social · 11d

Une campagne d'information soutenue par la Russie a contribué à cultiver une image de succès fabriquée numériquement.

Hors ligne, la réalité du Burkina Faso est une détérioration constante de la sécurité, de l’économie et des conditions de vie du pays.

Une divergence croissante de narratifs autour de la sécurité au Burkina Faso – Centre d’Études Stratégiques de l’Afrique

Les conditions sécuritaires du Burkina Faso continuent de se détériorer sous la junte militaire, malgré une campagne d’information de grande envergure.

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Africa Center for Strategic Studies @africacenter.bsky.social · 11d

The ADF is one of the least understood militant groups in Africa's Great Lakes region. The group has taken on many faces—from Salafi-Jihadi to secular-nationalist, ethno-nationalist, secessionist—each aimed at different audiences and employed for different purposes.

The Ever-Adaptive Allied Democratic Forces Insurgency – Africa Center

The Allied Defense Forces, one of the least understood militant groups in the Great Lakes, has endured for over 20 years by instrumentalizing Islamist, ethnic, and secessionist ideologies to recruit and forge new alliances.

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Africa Center for Strategic Studies @africacenter.bsky.social · 12d

Governments across Africa are increasingly prioritizing investments in space infrastructure, even as they grapple with the challenges of balancing ambitious national programs with limited budgets and pressing domestic needs.

African Collaboration in the Space Domain Holds Potential for Continental Benefits – Africa Center

Africa’s ability to realize the national security, communications, and disaster mitigation benefits from space technology relies on collaboration.

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Africa Center for Strategic Studies @africacenter.bsky.social · 12d

Sudan, Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger contributed the most to Africa's crisis of forced displacement this past year.

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Africa Center for Strategic Studies @africacenter.bsky.social · 13d

As Africa’s conflicts increasingly spill across borders, forcibly displaced populations increasingly face the predicament of fleeing one conflict into another.

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