[ICSS 20250330] Africa Confederation Strengthens Sahel States; Balkanization in Congo-Ann Garrison

Heightened ethnic and international tensions threaten balkanization in the Horn while Rwanda’s Paul Kagame continues his brutal push to slice off a mineral-rich piece of Eastern Congo. Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger confederate and expel French and US troops, mining corporations, and media. Ann Garrison is a Black Agenda Report Contributing Editor and a Grayzone contributor based in the San Francisco Bay Area. In 2014, she received the Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza Democracy and Peace Prize for promoting peace through her reporting on conflict in the African Great Lakes Region. She can be reached on Twitter @AnnGarrison and at ann(at)anngarrison(dot)com.