West Africa and Sahel
A new humanitarian tragedy in northern Niger has exposed the often-overlooked dangers facing travelers, seasonal workers and migrants crossing the Sahara, after 49 people...
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The spark was an assault by the Movement for the Salvation of Azawad, backed by elements believed to belong to Russia’s Africa Corps, on...
Niger’s Minister of Commerce and Industry, Abdoulaye Sidou, has issued an order banning the export of premium gasoline and diesel, a move meant to...
Burkina Faso has announced direct revenues of 2.5 trillion CFA francs, about 3.8 billion euros, from its mining sector between 2022 and 2025. Energy,...
Niger’s government has formed a technical committee to manage the petroleum products crisis and restructure the cross-debts among the sector’s institutions, amid supply difficulties,...
A new humanitarian tragedy in northern Niger has exposed the often-overlooked dangers facing travelers, seasonal workers and migrants crossing the Sahara, after 49 people...
Mali’s authorities have announced substantial financial rewards for information leading to the location and capture of several of the country’s most prominent armed group...
Sources close to the Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM) have denied reports claiming that senior commander Sidna Ag Hitta was...
Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State in northeastern Nigeria, is facing one of its most complex crises in recent years as a rapidly expanding...
Niger is preparing to inaugurate a new 40-megawatt power plant in the capital, Niamey, in what is being described as one of the most...
Senegal is experiencing one of its most sensitive political moments since the PASTEF party came to power in March 2024, as divisions within the...
The visit of newly elected African Union Commission Chairperson Mahmoud Ali Youssouf of Djibouti to Algeria carries significance that goes far beyond routine diplomatic...
The transformations unfolding across the African Sahel are no longer merely the result of a series of military coups or deteriorating security conditions. They...
The arrest of prominent preacher Mohamed Issaq Kindo, president of the Council of Sunni Scholars in Burkina Faso, and the subsequent closure of the...
Demonstrators gathered in the northern Malian town of Tinzaouaten on Tuesday, accusing the Malian army and its Russian allies of using internationally banned cluster...