On September 23, 2024, an attempted coup aimed at returning ousted President Paul-Henri Sandago Damiba to power was foiled in Burkina Faso. According to authorities, the country’s former special forces commander, Ahmad Kinda, confessed to organizing the plot, which was financed from abroad. Kinda said that 150 mercenaries from the Central African Republic were brought in to carry out the ...
With each step back in history, we find many similarities in the events, and most of them are remarkably the same as those taking place today. For example, Mali is facing a war against the separatists of Azawad, who are seeking to take a part of Mali, declare secession, and create their own state. This situation threatens the security and ...
Mali authorities are trying to initiate new peace talks with Tuareg separatists after the end of a 2015 UN-brokered peace deal. Bamako believes that the previous agreement did not cope with its task to save the country from instability and the threat of jihadists. The head of Mali, Assimi Goïta, said that he would not discuss the territorial integrity, unity ...
The Turkish government has articulated two policies at once recently: efforts to pursue another ground operation in the north of Syria and the proposal to start a political dialogue with the Syrian government. Under what conditions can reconciliation between Türkiye and Syria take place? What is the Syrian perspective on the regional autonomous entity in its north and how does ...
While the world’s attention has been focused on the riots in Iran, in the recent weeks, as a result of the propaganda tsunami of the major global media outlets, the Iranian military forces conducted a major missile operation in the western region of the country. Since the last week of September, the IRGC carried out a series of missile attack ...
Myanmar has not come to peace since the military took power on February 1st, 2021. Protests in the country continue, partly turning into an armed rebellion with ethnical background, while international actors are divided in their approach to the new established military government. Domestic protests turn into armed rebellion Domestic protests continued in the country against the military take over, ...