Narcisse Jean Alcide Nana

Military glory never abstains from whetting its appetite for the tastes of wars. Throughout centuries and at polls as well, wars on distant frontiers have been the very ambrosia on which political careerists sup at their own risks and perils.

The international system has long become inured to the relentless hiccup of African insecurity malaise. Major clichés and few strong allegories conjure up the spasms of this ongoing malaise to the point of oversimplifying the field of African security.

On 6 February, 2014, Ursula von der Leyen, the German Defense Minister, stepped into the Sahel’s crisis with a more assertive German ambition in world security hotspots.

With his five-day African tour, Japan’s leader Shinzo Abe has landed on the continent as “Japan’s top salesman.” Cladded with a business delegation, Shinzo Abe is pledging more than $14 billion in aid and trade for Africa.