Mali Bound

The Nigeria Precedent: Why Degrading One Group Won’t Secure Mali✓

Seven months into an air campaign against ISWAP and Boko Haram, Nigeria’s broader insecurity crisis remains largely untouched. As Washington weighs a similar strike option against JNIM in Mali, the Nigeria case raises hard questions about what airpower can actually buy.

Sahel: How Gold and Jihadist Violence Are Redrawing the Guinea-Mali Border$

Along the Guinea-Mali border, jihadist violence and a fast-moving gold economy are colliding to reshape security, trade and governance. In the Siguiri-Kourémalé corridor, formal border controls, informal crossings and illicit mining networks are all pulling the region in different directions.

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Mali Bound

The Nigeria Precedent: Why Degrading One Group Won’t Secure Mali✓

Sahel: How Gold and Jihadist Violence Are Redrawing the Guinea-Mali Border$

Behind the Algeria-Mali Rapprochement: Security, Trade and a Sahel Reorder$

Mali’s Jihadist-Separatist Alliance Pushes Toward Anéfis as Fighting Enters Its Sixth Day$

Sahel: How Gold and Jihadist Violence Are Redrawing the Guinea-Mali Border$

Behind the Algeria-Mali Rapprochement: Security, Trade and a Sahel Reorder$

Mali’s Jihadist-Separatist Alliance Pushes Toward Anéfis as Fighting Enters Its Sixth Day$

Mali: Bamako Under Siege$

Mali: After Kidal, The War Comes to Bamako$

Mali: Russian-linked Forces Under Drone Pressure in Northern Mali$

Mali Army, Russian Allies Accused of Executing Civilians Near Mauritania Border$

Mali: Gold Mining Site in Sikasso Region Hit by Armed Group$

Sahel: Rising Attacks on Military and Economic Targets Deepen Mali’s Instability$

Sahel: Violence in Northern Mali Drives New Wave of Displacement Into Mauritania$

Sahel: Foreign Workers Targeted in New Mali Kidnappings$

French Nationals Urged to Leave Mali as Insurgent Attacks Intensify in the Sahel$

Mali: Bamako Strikes Back as JNIM Expands Its Rule$

Sahel: Three Sahel States Join Forces in Northern Mali Offensive$

Sahel: Surging Jihadist Violence Batters the Sahel, Exposing Government Weakness$

Mali: Ongoing Attacks Prompt Longer Curfew in Western Mali$

Mali: Diplomatic Rift Widens as France Expels Malian Envoys, Halts Counterterrorism Ties$

Sahel: Drone Incident Escalates Diplomatic Rift on Algeria–Mali Border$

Extraction Without Value: Mali’s Role in the Global Lithium Rush$

Turkey: Erdogan’s Winning Strategy in Africa$

Jihadist Expansion Threatens Coastal West AfricaF

Mali’s Airports Are Battling a Flow of CocaineF

Sahel: Russia Replaces Wagner in Mali Under Pressure from Algeria, Touaregs BraceF

Sahel: Russia Reorganizes in Mali: Wagner Withdraws, Africa Corps Moves InF

Mali in Turmoil: Junta Suspends Political Parties Amid Mounting OppositionF

Sahel: Terror Groups Gain Ground as Armies Struggle to Contain ThemF

Mali Keeps Pressuring Algeria, Accusing it of InterferenceF

French energy firm TotalEnergies Exits Mali, Sells Operations to Bénin Petro-Backed FirmF

While the Sahel Faces Worsening Security Climate, Juntas Leverage Regional Integration to Consolidate PowerF

Mining Standoffs in the Sahel: Two Companies in the Midst of a Foreign Investor CrisisF

Sahel: Foreign Mining Firms Face Growing Risks as Juntas Assert Control Over ResourcesF

Mali: Wagner and Junta leaders in tough spot with series of embarrassing defeats and decisions to makeF

Mali: JNIM raids Bamako in direct threat to military juntaF

Mali: The Failing Campaign of Wagner in Mali Presages Trouble for the Junta in BamakoF

Sahel: Wagner Lost Men in Tinzouatin, but Russia Sees Real ROI in the Sahel. It May Now Make a Move on NigeriaF