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The US Africa Policy: Don’t Expect Anything New

Africa has been a low priority for virtually all US administrations, be they republicans or democrats. It is true that Donald Trump has been more belligerent and vocal about his positions on Africa, but even Democrats have shown no interest in playing a more effective...

Sahel: A Primer on the Northern Mali Crisis

Northern Mali has always been a region of turmoil, and the responsibility for the misery there starts with the central government in Bamako. Violence, social, economic and environmental turmoil has hit the people of the Azawad region hard, deeply affecting the Tuareg,...

Mali: JNIM raids Bamako in direct threat to military junta

On Tuesday, 17 September 2024, Bamako, the capital of Mali, was the target of coordinated attacks claimed by the JNIM. At least two military sites, including a gendarmerie training facility, were raided as early as 5 a.m. The targeted sites were the Faladié...

Nigeria: New president starts job on shaky ground after nearly tripling fuel prices

By Alexandre Martins Lopes with Louise Dewast in Abuja and Aminu Abubakar in Kano: Commuting to work in Lagos, Nigeria's megacity of some 20 million people, has long been a hellish affair, but a surge in petrol prices is making it even worse. Fuel prices have almost...

Sahel: Burkina Faso junta issues decree to requisition gold from mining companies ($)

Burkina Faso is drowning in economic and financial hardship and the ongoing security environment mean that the country is looking for every possible avenue to find money. A country ruled by a junta that forced itself into power through a coup, without too many friends...

Niger has a non-existent economy despite uranium wealth

By Boureima Hama with Pierre Donadieu in Abidjan Prospects for the world's nuclear industry have been boosted by the war in Ukraine and mounting hostility towards climate-wrecking fossil fuels -- but Niger, one of the world's biggest sources of uranium, has yet to...

Environment: Severe floods wreck havoc on West African agriculture

By Aminu Abubakar Nigeria rice farmer Adamu Garba squelched barefoot through his paddy fields, surveying damage from devastating floods that have destroyed farmland across the north of the country. Parts of West and central Africa have been battered by floods ravaging...

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