NEW | Russia expanded military cooperation with Guinea-Bissau and São Tomé and Príncipe on Africa's Atlantic coast as it continues to expand its influence in West Africa. 1/9

#BurkinaFaso les massacres se poursuivent & les preuves s'accumulent, des charniers, des cadavres d'hommes, de femmes et d'enfants, des militaires & de miliciens totalement désinhibés... nous ne pouvons même pas tout montrer Julien Fanciulli FRANCE 24 Français youtube.com/watch?v=H64-Xa…

Remarkably, defenceWeb managed to obtain combat radio recordings from this weekend's SANDF engagements against ASWJ insurgents in Macomia, Mozambique, as well as a detailed breakdown of how the fighting unfolded.
It's extremely rare for these to leak.
defenceweb.co.za/african-news/t…

I love hearing my USG colleagues talk about SAF and RSF as equally bad: 'Sudan Tribune obtained a video clip depicting professionally constructed gallows set up inside a house in Omdurman. Additionally, a guillotine was discovered installed within the same building.' 🤯

'DC is no longer able to articulate why African states should partner with democracies over dictatorships. Worse, US officials have begun soft pedaling the good governance, human rights, and humanitarian concerns that once anchored their Africa policy.'🎯time.com/6975593/gulf-i…

BREAKING: The Pentagon this week formally ordered all 1,000 U.S. combat troops to withdraw from Niger, a blow to the Biden administration’s effort to counter terrorism and Russian influence in West Africa. politico.com/news/2024/05/1…

Great thread on what we know about today's big IS attack in Mozambique. The geographic scale and severity (size and complexity of attacks) the group has been operating at in 2024 would already be alarming if regional forces weren't actively withdrawing.