Charlotte Florance writes on foreign policy for The Daily Signal. She previously was a policy analyst at The Heritage Foundation studying U.S. policy toward Africa and the Middle East. Read her research.
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These terrorists might not be kidnapping girls and garnering international outrage, like their Nigerian cousins, Boko Haram, but they are violently disrupting regional stability in… Read More
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Libya remains in perpetual crisis. Internal strife is wreaking havoc on the nearly non-existent state. Fiefdoms under militia rule have been created around the major… Read More
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It has been more than six weeks since nearly 300 Nigerian girls were kidnapped by the terrorist group, Boko Haram. Over the weekend, some media… Read More
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A Twitter hashtag, #BringBackOurGirls, has forced the world to pay attention to a terrorist group and conflict that have been threatening the stability of northern… Read More
Hillary Clinton’s State Department refused to give Boko Haram the legal designation as an official terrorist organization, denying U.S. authorities one of the key tools… Read More
Heritage’s Africa Expert, Charlotte Florance, sat down with us to explain the situation in Northern Nigeria and the tragic abduction of more than 250 high… Read More
Terrorism is on the rise across Africa as global terror groups, including al-Qaeda affiliates, continue to overtake local insurgent organizations and transform them into regional… Read More
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The United Nations Security Council on April 10 authorized a U.N. peacekeeping operation for the Central African Republic (CAR) of 10,000 troops and 1,800 police… Read More
Libya is enduring almost daily attacks at the hands of nongovernment militias and Islamist militants. These undermining activities include stolen oil shipments, terrorist attacks, unlawful… Read More
In the most recent episode of insecurity in Libya, a rebel militia hijacked a Libyan oil vessel and transferred it to an unauthorized oil tanker…. Read More
