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Collateral circuits
The impact of the Sudan's war on arms markets and mercenary networks in Chad and Libya
Dec 2025 by Emadeddin Badi - GI-TOC
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Soft power: missing element in the Chad-Cameroon border defence pact?

25 Nov 2025 by Mugah Michael Sitawa - ISS

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Contested corridors

The illicit transnational supply chains sustaining Sudan’s conflict

20 Nov 2025 by Ruben De Koning - GI-TOC

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Sudan's storm of Typhon

RSF's rise and the chaos economy

Nov 2025 by J.R. Mailey - GI-TOC

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DRC conflict drives arms smuggling in the Lake Tanganyika Basin

The abundance of illegal weapons circulating in and out of the country is entrenching insecurity across the region.

05 Aug 2025 by Mugah Michael Sitawa - ISS

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