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​US President Donald Trump (centre L) walks with Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim (centre R) next to Air Force One upon arrival at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang on October 26, 2025

Global Intelligence Report for Monday, October 27, 2025

07:21 America/New_York Monday, October 27 [...] More

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Expert Q&A: The Major African Terror Group You’ve Probably Never Heard Of

EXPERT Q&A — The major news headlines of the day often focus on Ukraine, the Middle East and China, rarely mentioning Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam [...] More

Experts Warn of Insurgents' Paradise in West Africa

Experts Warn of Insurgents' Paradise in West Africa

CIPHER BRIEF REPORTING– A terrorist group with links to Al Qaeda now controls a swath of territory five times the size of Texas, threatens the [...] More

As U.S. Retreats on the Global Stage, Is China Winning?

As U.S. Retreats on the Global Stage, Is China Winning?

EXPERT INTERVIEWS – As the U.S. retreats on several global fronts -- foreign aid, global health, global alliances and others -- is China taking [...] More

Expert Q&A: What the M23 Rebels Want in the Congo Conflict

EXPERT Q&A — The Rwanda-backed M23 rebels, who stunned the world with their seizure of the major city of Goma in the east of the Democratic Republic [...] More

Whatever Happened to Russia's Wagner Group?

DEEP DIVE — More than a year after the death of Yevgeny Prigozhin, the infamous leader of the shadowy Russian mercenary outfit known as the Wagner [...] More

Russia v. Ukraine – in an African Desert 

EXCLUSIVE REPORTING — The column of Malian government soldiers and Russian mercenaries from the former Wagner Group was advancing through a shallow [...] More

South Africa Reminder: Freedom Fighters Don't Always Make Good Rulers

OPINION — In Cold War Angola in the early 1980s, all the liberation movements were located in the Rua da Liberdade on the eastern outskirts of the [...] More

After Saying "Never Again," Will the World Respond to Genocide in Darfur?

After Saying "Never Again," Will the World Respond to Genocide in Darfur?

SUBSCRIBER+ EXCLUSIVE REPORTING - Afraid to show his face and wedged into an overstuffed refugee camp on Sudan’s border with Chad, a middle-aged man [...] More

UN Peacekeepers on the way out as Terrorists gain ground in Mali

UN Peacekeepers on the way out as Terrorists gain ground in Mali

CIPHER BRIEF REPORTING — As the Mali government grapples with political turmoil, a splinter faction of the militant group ISIS, known as ISIS-GS or [...] More

Africa's 'Coup Belt' is a Problem for the West

Africa's 'Coup Belt' is a Problem for the West

EXCLUSIVE SUBSCRIBER+ INTERVIEW – The former head of Gabon’s presidential guard has been sworn in as the country’s new president, just days after a [...] More

What's Happening in Niger Should be on Everyone's Radar

OPINION — In late July 2023, the democratically elected President of the West African nation of Niger, Mohamed Bazoum, was overthrown by members of [...] More

Fighting in Sudan has Far-Reaching Implications

Fighting in Sudan has Far-Reaching Implications

SUBSCRIBER+EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW – Hundreds of Americans fled Sudan over the weekend in two convoys headed for port cities. The U.S. government led [...] More