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Sahel: Ukraine invites itself in the Sahel crisisF

Ukraine has a good reason to sabotage Russia’s operations around the world. They are at war. And so it is no surprise that they both undermine each other wherever they are around the world. While the Ukrainians have been battling a Russian onslaught on their own...

Sahel: Tension over unfulfilled Niger fuel delivery to MaliF

Niger is the new energy producing hub in the Sahel and as such, it is providing hope for other nations in the region that their energy problems would be reduced given Niger's hydrocarbon reserves. Niger already has a deal to supply Mali. But there has been a...

Brief: Sahel Juntas Confirm their Rejection of ECOWASF

Niger just hosted a summit of the leaders of three Sahel nations, an event that was used to confirm their rejection of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The West African grouping has sided against the coups that brought to power the military...

Africa’s Defense Shifting from Western to Russian InfluenceF

By Arezki Daooud: A lot of military-related events are taking place in the Sahel and other parts of Africa. First, a quick update on US troop withdrawal from Niger. US defense officials are saying the pullout is happening as scheduled and apparently without any...

Burkina Faso: As regime in Ouagadougou collapsed last week, terror attack claimed 37 lives up northF

A total of 27 troops and 10 civilians were killed in a suspected jihadist attack in northern Burkina Faso last week, the military said on Wednesday. Military search operations carried out since the attack on September 26 "have made it possible to establish the death...

Sahel: Russia courting nation of Mali with free fertilizerF

Russian President Vladimir Putin told Malian junta leader Assimi Goita Tuesday that he wanted to donate to Mali Russian fertiliser blocked by Western sanctions since Moscow's offensive began in Ukraine. "The importance of carrying out Russia's initiative to transfer...

Sahel: Anti-France protestors brandish Russian flags in OuagadougouF

By Armel Baily and Amaury Hauchard: Several dozen protestors waving Russian flags rallied in Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou on Tuesday as West African delegates arrived on a fact-finding mission following the country's second coup in less than nine months....

Sahel: Russian plane to be delivered to Mali crashes near Gao, pilot killedF

A Russian pilot died Tuesday when a plane that Russia had recently delivered to Mali's armed forces crashed near the northern city of Gao, a military official told AFP. The source, speaking on condition of anonymity, gave no details about the crash other than to say...

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