# asifah-africa-backend
**Backend Africa Files for Asifah Analytics**
The Africa theatre backend for Asifah Analytics — a real-time open-source intelligence platform tracking geopolitical pressure, conflict escalation, and humanitarian crisis signals across global theatres.
This backend serves the Africa AOR / AFRICOM theatre. Sister backends cover the Middle East & North Africa, Europe, Asia & The Pacific, and the Western Hemisphere.
> 🚨 **Not for operational use.** Asifah Analytics is built for analytical and research purposes only. See `LICENSE`.
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## 🌍 Coverage
### Tier 1 Countries (launch — May 2026)
Fourteen sub-Saharan and Sahel countries selected to cover:
| # | Country | Primary analytical driver |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇨🇩 DRC | Ebola Bundibugyo PHEIC epicenter (Ituri, Nord-Kivu, Sud-Kivu); cobalt convergence |
| 2 | 🇺🇬 Uganda | Ebola spread; East African Community anchor |
| 3 | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | Ebola response; M23 / DRC backing |
| 4 | 🇸🇸 South Sudan | Ebola at-risk; 2026 peace process |
| 5 | 🇰🇪 Kenya | Ebola response; East African anchor; Haiti deployment |
| 6 | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | Ebola response; East African anchor |
| 7 | 🇸🇩 Sudan | Active war; IPC Phase 5 famine; RSF / SAF / UAE / Russia axis |
| 8 | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | Horn of Africa anchor; GERD; Tigray aftershocks |
| 9 | 🇸🇴 Somalia | Al-Shabaab; AMISOM successor; Indian Ocean |
| 10 | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | West Africa anchor; Boko Haram; oil |
| 11 | 🇲🇱 Mali | Wagner stronghold; Sahel coup belt |
| 12 | 🇳🇪 Niger | Wagner; uranium (France/EU exposure); Sahel coup |
| 13 | 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso | Wagner; Sahel coup; cotton/gold |
| 14 | 🇿🇦 South Africa | Diamond convergence; BRICS+ anchor |
### Out of scope (canonical placement elsewhere)
| Country | Lives in |
|---|---|
| 🇲🇦 Morocco | MENA backend (Maghreb / Western Sahara) |
| 🇱🇾 Libya | MENA backend (Mediterranean / Maghreb), mirrored on Africa dashboard via Redis fingerprint linkage |
| 🇪🇬 Egypt | MENA backend (Arab world / Nile basin) |
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## 🏗 Architecture …