West Africa and Sahel
Human Rights Watch has reported a sharp increase in attacks by the Islamic State’s Sahel Province in western Niger, resulting in the deaths of...
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Two Russian fighters held by Azawad movements since the July 2024 battle of Tinzaouaten have been released following a lengthy negotiation process involving figures...
A senior commander in the Islamic State Sahel Province, known as “Abou Zeid al-Burkinabe,” has been killed in clashes with fighters from Jama’at Nusrat...
At the police academy in Baple, just outside Ouagadougou, 44 journalists spent six days, from August 9 to 14, on a training programme with...
Mali’s government announced on Thursday that it had granted a presidential pardon to French national Yann Christian Bernard Vezilier, who was serving a 20-year...
Human Rights Watch has reported a sharp increase in attacks by the Islamic State’s Sahel Province in western Niger, resulting in the deaths of...
According to Reuters, citing an official from Mali’s truck drivers’ union, several Malian transport companies have suspended operations along the Bamako–Dakar route following armed...
An independent coalition of activists and journalists in Niger has announced the formation of the “Group of 25”, urging a return to constitutional order...
The Nigerian army announced on Thursday that it carried out two separate operations in Borno State, northeast Nigeria, killing dozens of Boko Haram fighters....
Four soldiers and at least ten fighters were killed in clashes between the army and an armed group in South Sudan’s Upper Nile State....
The Mauritanian community in Mali has voiced strong concern over the sudden closure of a number of its businesses in the capital Bamako and...
The Democratic Republic of Congo has granted seven lithium exploration licenses to the U.S. mining firm KoBold Metals, which is backed by billionaires Jeff...
According to media reports, Mauritania is planning to deploy new military brigades in Hodh El Gharbi province in 2026, near the Malian regions of...
Guinea has officially launched the campaign for its constitutional referendum scheduled for September 21, against a backdrop of political tensions and the absence of...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced that it will take “several more weeks” before deciding on Senegal’s request for debt relief, after the country’s...