The African shoreline is now much more valuable to outsiders who want to monitor, contain or outflank the waterway opposite them.
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Targeted killings can disrupt an adversary, but they rarely lead to collapse — especially when the target is a nation-state like Iran.
Nnamdi Kanu’s life sentence is more likely to escalate than de-escalate the Biafra agitation.
The RED-Tabara armed group operates out of the DRC’s volatile eastern region, which shares a porous 243km border with Burundi.
Funding climate adaptation in conflict areas may require engaging local communities and armed groups where national governments are absent.
Trans-border collaboration is required to recover protected areas that transverse Niger, Burkina Faso and Benin Republic from armed groups.
Central to the DRC’s politics is a broken relationship between the seat of government in Kinshasa and underrepresented groups in the eastern region.
A comprehensive strategy does not seem to be an immediate priority for Congolese authorities with an eye on elections.
Destructive mining in Congo’s protected areas is rampant because it generates money for citizens, officials and armed groups.
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