Ancient state structures in Africa included Empires, which carried with them all the complexity, inequalities, and political baggage inherent in such systems.

Federal forces have seized Tigray’s capital and southern corridor, but TPLF and Eritrean soldiers may turn this advance into a costly highland campaign

Since inviting Russian mercenaries into Mali in 2021, the country’s ruling junta has focused its attention on subduing northern Tuareg rebels. Analysts believe the decision has let terror groups Jama’...

Russia’s Africa Corps is shifting fighters out of Mali’s northern regions to protect the capital and the ruling junta while providing air support and intelligence to Malian soldiers in the field. “By ...

The devastating coordinated attacks by al-Qaeda’s Sahelian affiliate, Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), and the Tuareg-dominated separatists, the Azawad Liberation Front (FLA), that began o...

Drone warfare is increasing in Ethiopia and across Africa. These foreign-supplied weapons risk prolonging wars and can help drive governments further away from

Ukraine isn’t the only battlefield shaping autonomous warfare.

By Dr John Ringquist  The Iranian HESA Saheed 136 suicide drone (unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)) entered the war between Ukraine and Russia with undeniable effects. The influence of the same Iranian…

Published in Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines (Ahead of Print, 2026)

Addis Ababa and Asmara are edging closer to a direct conflict, which would cause further mayhem in the troubled Horn of Africa and the Red Sea basin. It is not too late to avert disaster.

Iron and iron weapons have long been associated with power and divinity across many ancient societies.

For three years and 750 miles, Steffen Skjottelvik lived a life of adventure. Until the adventure took his life.

Transsion, the Chinese producer of more than half of Africa’s phone sales, is seeking a listing in Hong Kong and aiming to raise $428 million in its share offering this week. The company is already…