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Sahel: Russia pledges continued support to Mali as UN ends MINUSMA mandateF

Russia has renewed its "unstinting support" for Mali after the end of the UN peacekeeping mission in the desert state, Bamako's foreign ministry said Friday. Moscow's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov "renewed his country's unstinting support towards Mali in the...
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Sahel: UN Mission to leave Mali, but no timetable set yetF

By Amélie Bottlier-Depois: With the imminent end of the UN's Mali peacekeeping mission seemingly no longer in doubt, negotiations at the UN are still foundering over the timetable for their departure, which Bamako wants "without delay", according to diplomatic...
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Sahel: Nearly 80 troops and insurgents die in clash in northcentral Burkina FasoF

At least 31 Burkinabe soldiers and three allied volunteer militiamen (VDP) have been killed in an attack by suspected jihadists in the country's north, security sources said Tuesday. Dozens were also killed in a separate attack on Monday, the latest in one of the...
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Migrations: EU on overdrive to get deal with Tunisia to prevent migrationsF

By Marc Burleigh: EU leaders meeting in Brussels on Thursday are to look at ways to press aid on Tunisia in a bid to stem migrant boat departures for Europe. The discussion will come two weeks after a boat believed to have been carrying hundreds of migrants capsized...
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