After Hormuz: How Iran’s War Is Destabilizing North Africa and the Sahel
The shock does not stop at the Gulf. Tunis, April 2026 North Africa and the Sahel are not formally inside the war around Iran, yet…
Samira El-Khalil
Samira El-Khalil, North Africa correspondent at Phoenix24. Expert in political violence, disinformation, and post-colonial governance in the Sahel and Maghreb
The War Without Uniforms: Mercenaries, Minerals, and Disinformation in the Sahel
In the Sahel, war no longer needs flags to occupy territory, nor uniforms to impose obedience. Bamako, August 2025 — I have walked through villages that…
Jihadists, Mercenaries, and Algorithms: The Anatomy of an Invisible Postwar in the Maghreb
n the symbolic ruins of post-colonialism, a new war unfolds without trenches or uniforms. Its primary weapon is not the rifle—but manipulated memory. Tunis, August…