An unprecedented explosion of conflicts has carved a trail of death and destruction across the breadth of Africaâfrom Mali near the continentâs western edge all the way to Somalia on its eastern Horn.
Older wars, such as the Islamist uprisings in northern Nigeria and Somalia and the militia warfare in eastern Congo, have intensified dramatically. New power contests between militarized elites in Ethiopia and Sudan are convulsing two of Africaâs largest and most populous nations. The countries of the western Sahel are now the heart of global jihadism, where regional offshoots of al Qaeda and Islamic State are battling both each other and a group of wobbly military governments.
https://www.wsj.com/world/africa/africa-has-entered-a-new-era-of-war-c6171d8e
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