... IFRI report, February 2016
A commentary on “L’endiguement renforcé: les politiques de sécurité de la France et des États-Unis en Afrique” IFRI
report
, February 2016.
One of the most recent trends in African affairs has been the growing security cooperation between France and the United States, termed by IFRI as “
reinforced containment
”. A logical response to the many security challenges on the continent, the French-US approach may be ...
On April 25, 2016, was held by the UN Security Council an open debate on the theme “Peace consolidation in West Africa: piracy and armed robbery at sea in the Gulf of Guinea.” During the debate, the China’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Liu Jieyi stated that the Gulf of Guinea has fallen victim to frequent incidents of piracy and armed ...
Going South?
While Russia and the Middle East have remained champions in gas and oil production for decades, the USA is looking for new greenfield projects and partnerships with countries not facing existing political constraints: it is the African market that lies within closer geographical proximity to American consumers what makes imports from that region less costly and time-consuming. It is also important to note that both Russia and the Middle East have marginal trade relations with ...
... since the early 1990s. In 2006, the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat took an oath of allegiance to al-Qaeda, using its brand to carry out terrorist activities.
The Arab Spring served as an additional catalyst for terrorist activities in North Africa. The most tragic part of the Arab Spring was probably the civil war in Libya, which even after the Western-backed toppling of Muammar Gaddafi is still unable to find political equilibrium within the country, and which is mired in local conflict ...
A small East African nation of
876,000
people, of negligible resource wealth, and little to no political drama, Djibouti is rare to grab headlines. On November 26th 2015, however, when the People’s Republic of China (PRC) announced that its first oversees military ...
During Barack Obama’s first presidential term, Africa was not among the U.S. foreign policy priorities. In spite of his African roots, America’s first black president, contrary to expectations, focused attention not on Africa but on tackling such problems as the U.S. economy, Iraq, Afghanistan ...
... Countries
BRICS has become widely known across the world. The abbreviation signifies a group of leading regional states seeking to work together to put an end to the monopoly of the West in institutions of global governance. The addition of South Africa has made the bloc even more representative of the union of non-Western powers. However, the role of Africa for BRICS – and the role of BRICS for Africa – is undervalued.
Africa as a Focus of Attention for BRICS
The value of Africa for ...
... genocidal wars, with a death toll of over 110,000 in the 1972 clashes alone. The civil wars of 1993-2003 were very dramatic, and it was only the intensive intervention by the international community that defused the situation. In 1996-2000, Central and East African states held as many as ten summits on Burundi, with the key peacemaking role performed through vigorous and effective mediation by two African leaders, i.e. Tanzanian President Julius Nyerere who led the process since 1996 until his death in 1999,...
Africa was affected by both world wars. The African continent, which seemed so far away from the European political conflicts, was compelled to take a very active role in both wars. However, the contribution made by Africans to the victory over fascism ...
... Interior Ministry, the Islamic State has already taken control of ports and maritime assets in key Libyan territories, prompting real concerns that such actions could lead to a boom in piracy and maritime crime. Imitating pirates around the Horn of Africa, the Islamic State could launch its own piracy operations in the Mediterranean.
Piracy around the Horn of Africa, which affected container ships, fishing vessels and cruise ships traversing the strategically important location, has been brought ...
