Backlash against France continues in Niger, with several local media reporting that security and intelligence services in Niamey discovered this past week "a significant arsenal of war weapons" in a villa and in the premises of the European Union civilian crisis...
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Senegal’s outgoing president prepares for disgraced exit
By Francis Sahel, Mondafrique: In the absence of any other alternative, Senegalese President Mack Sall announced last Friday his intention to comply with the Constitutional Council’s decision to hold the presidential election and leave power by April 2. The Council’s...
Africa’s 2024 Elections Off to a Bad Start
By Arezki Daoud: It’s an election year in Africa and it already started badly. The East African island of Comoros in the Indian Ocean opened the election cycle on 14 January, with autocratic figure Azali Assoumani “re-elected” for a third term, presumably winning 63%...
Sahel: Wagner Group closes in on Mali’s N’Tillit gold mine
Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso share a common border. GPS coordinates [14.9143, 0.2424] are where the three countries meet, and this is an area where terrorism and instability reign supreme. Insurgent groups have proliferated, attacking on one side of the border(s),...
Sahel: Jihadists abduct dozens of women in north Burkina Faso
By Hugues Richard Sama: Suspected jihadists have abducted roughly 50 women in insurgency-wracked northern Burkina...
Mali: Security agents remain targets of attacks in Mali, four killed in Segou
Four gendarmes were killed and three others injured on Sunday after being ambushed in western Mali, a region prone to...
Mali: Tear gas fired as influential Malian imam returns
Followers of an influential Malian imam on Sunday called for the country's ruling junta to explain the use of tear gas...
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