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Saturday's failed coup in Niamey was staged by soldiers from Niger's jihadist-plagued frontlines — and only Russia's Africa Corps saved the junta that sent them there.
Paweł Wójcik · September 3, 2026 · 10 min read
Micky Braeger · September 1, 2026 · 12 min read
Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces are arguably the most well-funded and armed insurgency in decades. With billions of dollars in funding and near-daily weapon deliveries from the UAE, winning the civil war should in theory have been easy. But the opposite is true. The RSF is losing.
Thomas van Linge · August 31, 2026 · 11 min read
Paweł Wójcik · August 27, 2026 · 11 min read
Brant Philip · August 26, 2026 · 13 min read
Henrik Hannes Herkel · August 24, 2026 · 13 min read
Casus Belli · August 20, 2026 · 15 min read
Mykhailo Fedorov’s dismissal was officially presented as part of a government reshuffle. The real explanation lies in his growing popularity, his confrontation with Ukraine’s military establishment, and the powerful interests threatened by his defence reforms.
Illya Sekirin · August 18, 2026 · 12 min read
Jakub Janovsky · August 17, 2026 · 13 min read
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