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An Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III ICBM launches during an operation test on February 23, 2021, at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. (US Space Force)
Africa
Africa
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Catholics gather for a mass at the Church of the Assumption in Lagos on April 21, 2025. (Getty Images)
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A US Air Force B-52H Stratofortress prepares to land at Morón Air Base in Spain on November 8, 2025, as part of Bomber Task Force 26-1. (US Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa)
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Pedestrians walk past the National Christian Church in the central business district of Abuja, Nigeria, on May 21, 2025. (Getty Images)
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A Nigerian soldier loads his machine gun during training in Monguno, Nigeria, on July 5, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Algerian border guards patrol the border with Morocco on November 4, 2021. (Getty Images)
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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi meets with Tanzanian Minister of Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation Mahmoud Thabit Kombo in Hunan, China on June 10, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Saint Ignatius Cathedral in Shanghai is seen on April 22, 2025. (Getty Images)
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A worshipper prays as she attends a mass at Church of the Assumption in Lagos on April 21, 2025.
Experts
James Barnett
Research Fellow
Garrett Exner
Adjunct Fellow
Joshua Meservey
Senior Fellow
Zineb Riboua
Research Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
