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Vulnerability Index Tool

Monitoring Media Narratives Across Africa

Last updated: March 2026
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Media Outlets
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Narratives
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Foreign Actors
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Narrative Volume Over Time
Top Strategic Intents
  • Sovereignty (France → Senegal) 1721
  • Electioninfluence (France → Senegal) 1031
  • Sovereignty (France → Côte d'Ivoire) 488
  • Electioninfluence (France → Côte d'Ivoire) 445
  • Economic (UAE → South Africa) 421

Recent Articles

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Immigration and Customs Enforcement has highlighted the detention …
Tone: Sensationalist Intent: Socialfragility

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Immigration and Customs Enforcement has highlighted the detention of people whom it called some of Maine’s most dangerous criminals during operations this past week, but court records paint a more complicated picture. Federal officials say more than 100 people have been …

bostonglobe.com • Jan 24, 2026 Read Full Article →
OAN Staff Cory Hawkins and Brooke Mallory 3:12 PM – Friday, January …
Tone: Sensationalist Intent: Socialfragility

OAN Staff Cory Hawkins and Brooke Mallory 3:12 PM – Friday, January 23, 2026 President Donald Trump renewed his call for a comprehensive criminal investigation into Minnesota Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar in a series of posts on Truth Social on Thursday. On Truth Social, Trump …

oann.com • Jan 23, 2026 Read Full Article →
OAN Staff Cory Hawkins and Brooke Mallory 3:12 PM – Friday, January …
Tone: Sensationalist Intent: Socialfragility

OAN Staff Cory Hawkins and Brooke Mallory 3:12 PM – Friday, January 23, 2026 President Donald Trump renewed his call for a comprehensive criminal investigation into Minnesota Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar in a series of posts on Truth Social on Thursday. On Truth Social, Trump …

oann.com • Jan 23, 2026 Read Full Article →
JOHANNESBURG, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Chinese lending to Africa nearly halved to …
Tone: Cynical Intent: Economic

JOHANNESBURG, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Chinese lending to Africa nearly halved to $2.1 billion in 2024, the first annual decline since the COVID-19 pandemic, as the country shifts to selective, strategic projects, according to data released on Wednesday by Boston University. The lending, which is …

reuters.com • Jan 21, 2026 Read Full Article →
ICE launches latest immigration arrest operation, sending deportation agents to Maine Federal …
Tone: Sensationalist Intent: Socialfragility

ICE launches latest immigration arrest operation, sending deportation agents to Maine Federal agents this week launched a new immigration enforcement operation in Maine, the latest front of the Trump administration's widening mass deportation campaign, Department of Homeland Security officials said Wednesday. The Immigration and Customs …

cbsnews.com • Jan 21, 2026 Read Full Article →
In Year 1 of his second term, President Donald J. Trump hasn’t …
Tone: Sensationalist Intent: Socialfragility

In Year 1 of his second term, President Donald J. Trump hasn’t wasted a second in putting America First. The laudable result: We are witnessing the greatest and most successful turnaround of foreign policy in American history. The president has now ended eight major conflicts …

nypost.com • Jan 21, 2026 Read Full Article →
LEWISTON — It’s a familiar sense of fear for Fowsia Musse. After …
Tone: Alarmist Intent: Socialfragility

LEWISTON — It’s a familiar sense of fear for Fowsia Musse. After fleeing abuse and instability in her homeland decades ago, the Somali immigrant settled in central Maine, where she founded a nonprofit organization that supports immigrant youth and families. With local officials now warning …

bostonglobe.com • Jan 20, 2026 Read Full Article →
ADDIS ABABA, Jan 15 (Reuters) - Ethiopian police said they had seized …
Tone: Alarmist Intent: Socialfragility

ADDIS ABABA, Jan 15 (Reuters) - Ethiopian police said they had seized thousands of rounds of ammunition sent by Eritrea to rebels in Ethiopia's Amhara region, an allegation Eritrea dismissed as a falsehood intended to justify starting a war. The charge by Ethiopia's federal police …

reuters.com • Jan 15, 2026 Read Full Article →
At some point, the internet broke our ability to trust anything, including …
Tone: Sensationalist Intent: Socialfragility

At some point, the internet broke our ability to trust anything, including landscapes. If a place looks too strange, too dramatic, or too perfectly wrong, the instinct is to assume it’s AI. Then you realize it’s real, it has a name, and people are standing …

vice.com • Jan 14, 2026 Read Full Article →
A Leimert Park institution reopens with a new design and evening speakeasy …
Tone: Sensationalist Intent: Socialfragility

A Leimert Park institution reopens with a new design and evening speakeasy - Click here to listen to this article - Share via A line spilled out of Harun Coffee at its grand reopening in Leimert Park last week, with customers passing the time by …

latimes.com • Jan 14, 2026 Read Full Article →
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