Link to article: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cglk038p1d3o Egypt and Somalia are in a growing military alliance and Egypt has just shipped over a second ship of weapons for Somalia within a month. Somalia has been really strong allies with Ethiopia but Somalia has now shifted towards becoming stronger allies with Egypt. Egypt and Ethiopia’s continued rivalry over the GERD has caused a lot… Read more »
Link to the article: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c98ynejg4l5o Just recently, after more than a hundred years, the UK has declared it is giving up sovereignty to the Chagos Islands located in the Indian Ocean. The UK has decided to give possession of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius after years of back and forth negotiations. The UK and a joint statement together and this… Read more »
Link to the article: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2kr40nlkpo Chad and France have had a strong alliance for the past few decades. Recently, Chad has started a dialogue with Russia, visiting Vladimir Putin last year and Russia’s foreign minister visiting Chad’s capital this past summer. Officials from Chad have discussed entering a military alliance with Russia because of Russia’s strong presence in their media… Read more »
Link to Article: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c77x45y130lo Since 2016, Burkina Faso has been victim to constant gruesome attacks by Islamic groups like Jihadists and the Islamic State (IS) that operate all over western Africa in Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso and more. In just this past year, there have been over 1,000 people killed by Islamic terrorism and the numbers are growing rapidly. Burkina… Read more »
Link to Article: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp3dgx36gn5o For the past many years, Ethiopia and Egypt have had increasing tensions over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (Gerd). The Dam is located on the Nile River which flows through Egypt and Ethiopia, as well as neighboring countries like Sudan. Last week, Egypt sent a letter to the UN Security Council because they believe Ethiopia is… Read more »
Link to Article: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg415vex37o In August of 2024, Egypt and Somalia signed off on a military alliance with each other. By the end of August, Egypt had landed aeroplanes in Somalia’s capital and Egypt has planned to have 5,000 of their soldiers join the African Union force by the end of this year. With the conflict between Egypt and Ethiopia… Read more »