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A US infantryman releases a Neros Archer small unmanned aircraft system for a test flight at Fort Irwin in California on October 25, 2025. (US Army)
Africa
Africa
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General Abdourahmane Tchiani, the head of Nigeia's presidential guard who declared himself the new leader of the country after a coup, in Niamey, Niger, on July 28, 2023. (Balima Boureima/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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Smoke rises after coup supporters set fire to the headquarters of President Mohamed Bazoum's party, the Party for Democracy and Socialism in Niger in Niamey, Niger, on July 27, 2023. (Balima Boureima/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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Nigerian Catholic worshipper pray during morning mass April 12, 2005, in Kano, Nigeria.(Chris Hondros via Getty Images)
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Members of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Catholic Church hold Stations of the Cross procession to reenact Good Friday in Ogba, Lagos, Nigeria, on April 7, 2023. (Adekunle Ajayi via Getty Images)
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Xi Jinping holds a welcome ceremony for Isaias Afwerki at the square outside the east entrance of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 15, 2023. (Wang Ye via Getty Images)
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Smoke plumes billow from a fire at a lumber warehouse in southern Khartoum amidst ongoing fighting on June 7, 2023. (AFP via Getty Images)
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A police officer stops a car at a check point ahead of the February 25 presidential election at Awka in Anambra State, southeast Nigeria, on February 16, 2023. (Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images)
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Black smoke rises above the Khartoum International Airport amid ongoing battles on April 20, 2023. (AFP via Getty Images)
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Crowds of protestors on the run at Luis Edet house in Abuja, Nigeria. (Photo via Wikimedia Commons)
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Smoke billows in the distance in Khartoum amid ongoing fighting between the forces of two rival generals on May 15, 2023. (AFP via Getty Images)
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Smoke rises during clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in Khartoum, Sudan, on April 19, 2023. (Ahmed Satti/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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James Barnett
Research Fellow
Garrett Exner
Adjunct Fellow
Zineb Riboua
Research Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
