West Africa and Sahel
The Azawad Liberation Front has claimed responsibility for a suicide drone attack targeting a Malian army camp in the northern city of Kidal. In...
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The African Sahel is undergoing profound geopolitical transformations as new actors compete for influence across one of the world’s most volatile regions. While international...
A court in Ouagadougou has sentenced Captain Abdel Kader Zanri, the former head of presidential security under former transitional leader Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, to...
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...
The Azawad Liberation Front has claimed responsibility for a suicide drone attack targeting a Malian army camp in the northern city of Kidal. In...
The Malian government has announced a reciprocal visa program for U.S. citizens, in response to Washington’s unilateral decision to impose a financial guarantee requirement...
Burkina Faso’s Foreign Minister, Karamoko Jean Marie Traoré, has firmly rejected a U.S. proposal for his country to receive deported migrants, describing it as...
Chadian President Marshal Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno has signed a decree enacting the amended Constitution after it was overwhelmingly approved by Parliament. The constitutional...
Mali’s armed forces announced a series of successful military operations that resulted in the killing of dozens of militants in the regions of Ménaka...
Nigerian President Bola Tinubu declared that “the worst is over” for the national economy, in an Independence Day address where he defended his government’s...
The Israeli navy attacked the “Global Resilience” humanitarian flotilla on Wednesday evening in international waters, ordering it to head to the port of Ashdod,...
Mauritania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that its candidate, Judge Moulaye Abdallah Ould Moulaye Abdallah, has been elected to the United Nations Committee Against...
During a visit to Bamako, Niger’s President Abdourahmane Tchiani and Mali’s transitional leader Assimi Goïta announced the completion of preparations to establish a unified...
Senegal’s Ministry of Health has announced that the country is currently facing “two simultaneous epidemics” — monkeypox and Rift Valley fever. According to the...