The United States conducts counterterrorism operations and training alongside numerous allied governments in Africa. At the same time, Iran is funding wars and terrorist organizations across the continent. Photo courtesy of the Secretary of the Air Force for International Affairs. The April 2026 arrest of Shamim Mafi at Los Angeles International Airport, charged with brokering a $72.5 million Iranian arms deal to Sudan, exposed more than a single transaction. It opened a window onto a continental network the IRGC has been building for four decades, one that now spans North Africa, the Horn, the Sahel, and southern Africa. In North Africa, the IRGC has applied its proxy model to the Western Sahara conflict. The Polisario Front, formally the Popular Front for the Liberation of Saguia…
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