by Scott Morgan There has been some interest in recent moves by Hungary to solidify a defense relationship with the Central African Country of Chad. There are several interesting questions regarding why this is happening. Let’s start with some simple data points. The basic question to be asked first is whether or not if there […]
by Scott Morgan The situation in the Sahel doesn’t appear to be showing any sign of stabliizing in the near future. Events that have occurred over recent weeks indicate that the stability of the region is not improving but deteriorating. Over the last few years we have seen Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso have […]
by Scott Morgan The visit on May 1st to Nigeria by Jennifer Zakriski the Assistant Secretary of Defense for African Affairs yielded a very interesting result from the Nigerian Ministry of Defense. During the meeting the host the State Minister of Defense Dr. Bello Muhammed Matawalle made an inquiry about how the two […]
by Scott Morgan On March 19, 2024 Nalendi Pandor the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation for South Africa was in Washington in a visit that designed to mend fences that have been tarnished over the last few years over policy matters. During one of her discussions the minister made some interesting statements regarding the […]
by John Rossomando Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi’s government has not shifted its antipathy toward the Muslim Brotherhood despite its realpolitik outreach to the Sudanese dictatorship of General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan. The Egyptian leadership is making an strategic mistake by supporting the Muslim brotherhood wing in Sudan. This fanatic sect is an international organization which […]
by Scott Morgan The situation in the Great Lakes region of Africa is one of the major Geopolitical Risks that will continue into 2024. We saw evidence of that on December 23, 2023 with another attack taking place. On that date the Burundian Militant Group Red Tabara launched an attack upon the village of […]
by Scott Morgan The reports that the American Private Military Company Bancroft was having conversations with President Toudene of the Central African Republic regarding a potential move into the country. There are several interesting and tantalizing questions that deserve to be asked. The first question is why now? There are two trains of thought […]
by Scott Morgan The announcement made on New Year’s Day that Ethiopia has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Somaliland covering several areas may have created the first major geopolitical risk of the year 2024. There is a copious amount of information to glean through to determine what is fact from fiction however there […]
by Scott Morgan One of the best ways to describe events that took place in the Sahel was that the region slouched from crisis to crisis in 2023. What shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone was the interconnectivity of the events that took place in the region. For the year three events dominated what […]
by Scott Morgan The Security Challenges in the Sahel are continuing the trajectory of moving southwards towards the Gulf of Guinea. And it appears that a new flashpoint may be arising as well. Attention has been focused on the Northern part of Ghana. This should not come as no surprise. In December 2022 Ghanaian President […]