Open Dialogue Research Journal
They’re not the same thing, unlike what many might think, and the difference is important. Reports indicate that Russia has withdrawn from three bases in Northeastern Mali, which the local Tuareg call Azawad, after the offensive by “Azawad Liberation Front” (FLA) Tuareg separatists and al-Qaeda-affiliated “Jamaat Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin” (JNIM) radical […]
The common denominator connecting these five questions is the ultimate one about how Russia’s top brass really assesses the conflict’s overall military-strategic dynamics. The latest Malian insurgency took a twist after the terrorist-designated groups, the Tuareg “Azawad Liberation Front” (FLA) and the al-Qaeda-affiliated “Jamaat Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin” (JNIM), reached out to Russia. Their messages […]
Late April 2026 became a defining moment for Mali, when a series of coordinated attacks evolved into a large-scale challenge to the country’s political and military stability. What initially appeared to be another episode in a long-running insurgency quickly revealed a far more ambitious design. Armed groups launched near-simultaneous strikes […]
Russia has claimed that its Africa Corps, the Kremlin-backed force that replaced Wagner across much of the continent, helped prevent a coup in Mali over the weekend after rebel fighters seized towns and mounted attacks near the capital, Bamako. In a statement, Russia’s defence ministry said its troops in Kidal, […]
If it wasn’t for the Africa Corps’ valiant defense of their positions throughout the country, Mali probably would have already fallen, but it now has a fighting chance to survive and foil this Western power play. Russia’s Africa Corps played an indispensable role in helping Mali thwart last weekend’s terrorist […]
The solutions are difficult to implement during the crisis, however, but hopefully that’ll happen after (if?) it passes. Saturday’s coordinated attacks across Mali by terrorist-designated Tuareg rebels in the rural north and Islamic terrorists in the urban areas, which were described as “unprecedented” by Al Jazeera and Le Monde, caught the government by surprise. This […]
In a move that could significantly reshape the future of mental health treatment in the United States, President Donald Trump signed an executive order designed to accelerate access to psychedelic-based therapies. The order focuses particularly on ibogaine, a psychoactive substance derived from an African shrub that some researchers and veterans’ […]
Pope Leo XIV has entered a new and more assertive phase of his papacy, using a high-profile tour of Africa to speak forcefully on war, inequality, and global injustice. As he traveled Saturday to Luanda, the capital of Angola, for the third stop of a four-nation African visit, the pontiff […]
The recent state visit of Bola Tinubu to the United Kingdom marked far more than a ceremonial diplomatic engagement. It signaled a turning point in how Nigeria positions itself in the global order – no longer merely as a post-colonial economy grappling with structural challenges, but as an ambitious state seeking to define its […]
Recent statements by Muhoozi Kainerugaba, Uganda’s top military commander, have triggered international debate and concern. In a series of posts on social media, the general declared that Uganda would intervene militarily on the side of Israel if the country faced defeat in its escalating conflict with Iran. Although such statements may at first glance appear rhetorical […]
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