Sub-Saharan Africa

Geopolitical Briefing: Sub-Saharan Africa 4 May 2025(MDPI) Mali’s national conference proposes extending junta leader Assimi Goita’s rule for five years…

Geopolitical Briefing: Sub-Saharan Africa 11 May 2025 M23 rebels advance into South Kivu’s mining zones, prompting South Africa’s troop withdrawal

Geopolitical Briefing: Sub-Saharan Africa 19 May 2025 Chad’s former Prime Minister Succès Masra arrested amid allegations of inciting deadly ethnic

Geopolitical Briefing: Sub-Saharan Africa 1 June 2025 Burkina Faso accelerates gold mine nationalization and partners with Russian firms amid Western investor

Geopolitical Briefing: Sub‑Saharan Africa 20 June 2025 Niger nationalises the Somair uranium venture, expelling France’s Orano amidst military-government tensions. Mali

Geopolitical Briefing: Sub‑Saharan Africa 5 August 2025 South Africa declares 30 % U.S. tariff punitive, pledges to pivot toward African and Asian markets.

Geopolitical Briefing: Sub‑Saharan Africa 14 August 2025 South Africa submits revised trade offer to the U.S. amid persistent tariff pressure.

Geopolitical Briefing: Sub‑Saharan Africa – 24 August 2025 • South Africa opens its freight rail to private operators, selecting 11

Geopolitical Briefing: Sub-Saharan Africa – 31 Aug 2025 Sudan: RSF’s Hemedti sworn in as head of a parallel “government”; El-Fasher

Geopolitical Briefing: Sub-Saharan Africa – 21 September 2025 • Guinea votes on a new constitution widely seen as enabling junta leader