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A diplomatic crisis between Algeria and the United Arab Emirates has been brewing for some time, and it has now taken on a new dimension. While disagreements on how to deal with Mali’s multifaceted crises may have been the latest catalyst to this crisis, Algeria is...

By Nicolas Beau |  MondAfrique: The specter of an unprecedented political crisis looms over Senegal with President Macky Sall’s decision to suspend the presidential election scheduled February 25. The latter’s desire to impose his protege Amadou Ba at all costs as his...

Transcript: The Sahel is now clearly the next big event in Africa's geopolitics. After the complete destruction of Libya, the same foreign powers that paid for the killing of a nation are now shifting their attention to the Sahel, establishing the bases of another...

In a significant development, Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger have decided to withdraw from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS, following a prolonged disagreement over ECOWAS's rejection of military rule in West Africa. The Sahel nations, Burkina...