Authorities in Mauritania are once again under growing criticism over slavery, with activists accusing the government of failing to tackle the problem while using the courts and security forces to target campaigners fighting for emancipation.

“Israel’s” technologies in surveillance, defense, and agriculture are expanding across Africa, boosting its influence while raising privacy and political control concerns.

French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez’s visit to Algiers and the agreement it produced signal a tentative reset in Franco-Algerian ties, pointing to a transitional phase aimed at containing a crisis that has lingered since the summer of 2024.

The Israeli cyberweapons and surveillance industry is closely linked to Tel Aviv’s diplomacy and normalization program in Africa, from Togo to Morocco.

The West, in both its American and European forms, has not completely withdrawn from the African continent, but has restructured its security presence to become more pervasive and less visible.