Hassan Alnaser and Mada Masr coming with another extraordinary analysis on Sudan and RSF
How the Dagalos’ ever tightening hold on power destabilized the RSF project
The Rapid Support Forces secured territorial gains but suffered political losses
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As I’m wrapping my trip in Tibesti, the pastoralists of these mountains seem like they’re seriously considering to start an insurgency against Kaka due to their exhaustion with environmental degradation from mining of gold and antimony by the Chadian elites and their Libyan friends in the region
My first trip of 2026 to Tibesti after the non-existent rainy season. This year’s draught in Chad is worrisome that its effect already visible. The Chadian government taking some measures by stockpiling grains of course with support of UAE
According to il foglio yesterday Saddam Haftar held secret meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu in Abu Dhabi. It shouldn’t be surprising, but it’s interesting
Netanyahu, Vance, Guilfoyle. The network Haftar wants to forge
The Libyan leader met the Israeli Prime Minister in secret in Abu Dhabi, is planning a summit with the U.S. Vice-President and hopes to hold another with the ambassador loyal to Trump. All to prove to...
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This’s gotta be bravest investigative reporting ever!! Fisayo Soyombo spent 47 days as undercover reporter while journeying as migrant from Kano to Tripoli, surviving notorious transit houses of Agadez, Sabha and others
UNDERCOVER: Europe Through the Sahara Desert and the Mediterranean Sea (I)
“Make sure you don’t sleep,” one trafficker belted out. “If you sleep, you fall off. And if you fall off, you die!” Nearly every day in...
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Just found this 2004 Al-Jazeera gem by Mohammed Al-Shanqiti, published after Gaddafi dismantled Libya's mass destruction weapons. Must read if you’re interested in bankruptcy and subjugation of power by Trump and Israel in Middle East
الحرب الوقائية والاستسلام الوقائي
يتهكم الكاتب بمرارة على قرار الزعيم الليبي معمر القذافي بالتخلي عن برامجه التسلحية في ظل الأحداث الراهنة، ويرى أن بوش والقذافي لم يبتدعا نظريتي الإخضاع والخضوع الموجودتين منذ عقود في الجانبين العربي و...
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Yesterday General Ahmat Kogri was appointed as the new Chadian foreign minister. He assumed his mother’s surname, a common practice among the “Métis” of northern Chad, where thousands of women were either raped or abandoned with their children by French colonial officers.
The parallel government in Benghazi sacked 12 elected mayors from southern Libya, because they met with the national electricity company in Tripoli
بعد لقاءات طرابلس.. حكومة حماد توقف عمداء بلديات الجنوب
أوقفت وزارة الحكم المحلي بحكومة حماد 12 عميد بلدية من مناطق الجنوب عن العمل، وأخضعتهم للتحقيق بسبب إجرائهم لقاءات واتصالات في طرابلس وفق بيان صادر عن عمداء البلديات المنتخبين…
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Shiekh of influential Zwaya tribe arrested after his implicit threats against Haftars that the Zway can wage war and accused the government in Benghazi for aiding the Toubou black slaves in Kufrah against them. The situation is pretty tense in southeastern Libya right now
Libya: Tribal leader arrested for calling Toubou "slaves from Chad"
Libya: Tribal leader arrested for calling the Toubou "slaves from Chad." Read more on Agenzia Nova.
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Fascinating insights on the longue durée of checkpoints politics in South Sudan by Joshua Craze and Ferenc Dávid Markó www.diis.dk/en/research/...
The checkpoint is the state
How checkpoints drive marketisation, state predation and resistance in South Sudan
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UNSC panel of experts named six RSF commanders as directly responsible responsible for al-Fasher’s atrocities: - Abdel Rahim Dagalo - Al-Nour Al-Qubba (now SAF) - Jido Hamdan Abu Shouk - Ali Rizqallah, "Al-Safana" (now SAF) - Tajani Ibrahim Musa, “Al-Zeir Salem" - Al-Fateh Abdullah, "Abu Lulu"
UN experts say Sudan's RSF commanders ordered rape, killings in El Fasher
A leaked UN Panel of Experts report reveals RSF commanders ordered rape and killings during the takeover of El Fasher in North Darfur, western Sudan.
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“Ronen Bergman reported from Tel Aviv” Shameful piece from NYT ahead of UN vote on Sudanese arms control
Secret Dossier Adds to Evidence of Chemical Weapons in Sudan (Gift Article)
The documents bolster allegations that the Sudanese military developed and used toxic bombs to gain an edge in the country’s devastating civil war.
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“The Trump administration has shown a proclivity for announcing flashy peace deals and an utter lack of interest in implementing them. There is no reason to expect that Libya…will be any different.” —Wolfram Lacher
Libya: The Dangerous Gamble | Wolfram Lacher
On my last visit to Tripoli, this past June, the city often felt as if it had left the protracted conflicts of Libya’s post-Qaddafi era behind. At night,
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Israel says it is opening an investigation into Hind Rajab's murder. I wrote a detailed account of her last hours. There's no doubt that the IDF knew they were targeting an injured child. Israel is merely trying to use complementarity principles to AVOID justice. newlinesmag.com/review/hind-...
Hind Rajab and the Dying Light
Kaouther Ben Hania’s film retells the story of the 5-year-old’s final hours and amplifies her voice to indict the world’s silence over Gaza’s children
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Tchad: «La question du partage du pouvoir ou d'union nationale n'est pas du tout à l'ordre du jour»
Tchad: «La question du partage du pouvoir ou d'union nationale n'est pas du tout à l'ordre du jour»
Au Tchad, le pouvoir veut tourner la page des tensions politiques. Succès Masra, l’ancien Premier ministre et principal opposant au président Mahamat Idriss Déby, vient d’être gracié après plusieurs mois de prison. À peine libéré, il propose un gouvernement d’union nationale, mais cette proposition « n’est pas du tout à l’ordre du jour » pour les autorités, répond le porte-parole du gouvernement et ministre de la Communication, Gassim Cherif Mahamat.
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UAE defence ministry says Iran fired two ballistic missiles at territory - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/uae-defence-ministry-says-iran-fired-two-ballistic-missiles-territory
UAE says Iran fired two ballistic missiles at territory
<article data-history-node-id="446195" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/uae-defence-ministry-says-iran-fired-two-ballistic-missiles-territory" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/uae-defence-ministry-says-iran-fired-two-ballistic-missiles-territory" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">UAE defence ministry says Iran fired two ballistic missiles at territory</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>The UAE's defence ministry said on Tuesday that Iran targeted its terrority with two ballistic missiles, after reports that the country issued a missile threat alert earlier.</p> <p>In a post to X, the ministry said that air defences “detected two ballistic missiles launched from Iran toward the country, with the first falling outside the country’s territorial waters, while the second fell within the territorial waters”.</p> <p>The statement added that the country is on high alert and ready to deal with any threats.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="rtl" lang="ar">أعلنت وزارة الدفاع أن الدفاعات الجوية الإماراتية رصدت عدد 2 صواريخ باليستية قادمة من إيران باتجاه الدولة، حيث سقط الأول خارج المياه الإقليمية للدولة، فيما سقط الثاني في المياه الإقليمية.<br> <br> وتؤكد وزارة الدفاع أنها على أهبة الاستعداد والجاهزية للتعامل مع أي تهديدات، والتصدي بحزم لكل… <a href="https://t.co/GiMuKTjhvK">pic.twitter.com/GiMuKTjhvK</a></p> — وزارة الدفاع |MOD UAE (@modgovae) <a href="https://x.com/modgovae/status/2089752546915365325?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 18, 2026</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.x.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div> </div> </article>
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Sometimes I wonder if someone in Kaka’s court is intentionally giving him malicious advice
As indicated before, latest attack in Niger was perpetrated by Kounai
Yvan Guichaoua@yguichaoua.bsky.social · 2mo agoJeune Afrique mentioned it. I'm told it's Moussa Kounai guys who did it (needs to be verified)
It seems like UFPR started a major assault on Nigerien army posts in northern Niger this morning. UFPR’s leader’s Mahmoud Sallah have been released and armed by Libya’s LAAF last June. According to RFI, Macron urged Haftar to release Mahmoud Sallah during their meeting in February 2025
While his own men are forgotten captives in the middle of Nigerien desert
EXCLUSIVE: Libya's Haftar played key role in release of US hostage held by Islamic State, sources say
Authorities in eastern Libya under military commander Khalifa Haftar helped secure the release of an American missionary held hostage held by an Islamic State affiliate in West Africa's Sahel region, ...
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La libération du chef rebelle Mahmoud Salah par Benghazi marque une rupture nette entre le clan Haftar et le #Niger du général Tiani. Elle illustre comment le #Sahel devient le théâtre d’une guerre d’influence libyenne par groupes armés interposés. #Libye www.jeuneafrique.com/1831130/poli...
Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso : 5 questions pour comprendre le rôle de la Libye dans la guerre au Sahel
La libération du chef rebelle nigérien Mahmoud Salah par Benghazi marque une rupture nette entre le clan Haftar et la junte de Niamey. Elle illustre comment le Sahel devient le théâtre d’une guerre d’...
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"As both sides build up their arsenals and collude in defrauding the state, they are inexorably pushing Libya toward crisis. Boulos, seeking to cement the status quo by entrenching the rule of the two families, may turn out to be the harbinger of its collapse." My latest, in @nybooks.com
Libya: The Dangerous Gamble | Wolfram Lacher
On my last visit to Tripoli, this past June, the city often felt as if it had left the protracted conflicts of Libya’s post-Qaddafi era behind. At night,
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See my latest on US intelligence collection in Africa in the 1970s, and the limits of HUMINT. nathanielkpowell.substack.com/p/on-the-lim...
On the Limits of HUMINT and Political Intelligence
In an earlier post, I noted that by the mid-1980s, the CIA only had a dedicated staff of some 30 analysts to cover all of Sub-Saharan Africa, located in its Office of African and Latin American Analys...
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The Sudan Solidarity Collective is continuing to support mutual aid work in North Darfur and Kordofan and has recently started supported the tea vendors union as they rebuild their livelihoods. To support go to: www.sudansolidarity.com.
#caturday How a YouTube video accidentally proved the existence of Libya’s ‘desert ghosts’ edition.cnn.com/science/sand...
How a YouTube video accidentally proved the existence of Libya’s ‘desert ghosts’ | CNN
When photographer Mohammed Almuntasir uploaded a YouTube video showing a sand cat in Libya, it kickstarted a quest to scientifically document the feline in the country for the first time.
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Few days ago my working paper with @diis.dk was published, I argued that authority in the central Sahara stems from ability to govern movement, rather holding over productive assets or territory.
Rule without territory
How the Sahara’s checkpoints make states
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This is such a great paper by @yodoumi.bsky.social for @diis.dk. Unique insight into the governance of movement in Libya's far southeast. Must-read.
Rule without territory
How the Sahara’s checkpoints make states
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