Tag: African security
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🇬🇭 Ghana’s Ports Under Pressure as Drug Trafficking Networks Target West African Trade Routes
Ghana’s ports are facing renewed scrutiny over their role in international narcotics trafficking following a series of high-profile drug seizures, highlighting the growing challenge of protecting West Africa’s commercial gateways from transnational criminal networks. As Ghana expands its role as a major maritime and logistics hub, the country’s ports connect West Africa to shipping routes…
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🇸🇩 RSF Captures Strategic Army Position in Sudan’s Blue Nile as Fighting Intensifies Along Ethiopian Border
BLUE NILE, SUDAN — Sudan’s war is opening another dangerous front along the country’s southeastern border, where the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied fighters have captured a strategic Sudanese army position near Kurmuk following days of heavy fighting. RSF forces said they seized Jabal Kadam, in the Bakori area east of Kurmuk, on Wednesday…
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🇲🇱 Mali’s information war is increasingly being shaped by AI
A 2026 study by the Timbuktu Institute identifies Mali as an “open-air laboratory” for information warfare driven by generative AI, with various conflict actors utilizing the technology to differing extents to amplify existing societal faultlines. While the Al-Qaeda-affiliated JNIM has shown limited usage, the Tuareg separatist FLA actively employs AI-generated characters on social media to…
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🇱🇾 Maritime Drones: The Emerging Terrorism Threat on Africa’s Seas
By Panafrican.email News Desk The rapid development of maritime drones is creating a new security challenge for governments, shipping companies and coastal communities around the world, with Africa potentially among the regions most exposed to the emerging threat. A recent attack involving the Russian-flagged LNG tanker MV Arctic Metagaz in the Mediterranean has renewed international…
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🇹🇩 Inside ISWAP’s Online Propaganda Machine: How Al-Buhaira Outlet is Waging a War of Words Across the Lake Chad Basin
The Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) has developed one of the most sophisticated propaganda operations among armed extremist groups operating in the Lake Chad Basin. Since its emergence from the factional split within Boko Haram in 2016, the organization has increasingly used media to communicate with communities, promote its ideological message and portray itself…