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Terrorism: Insurgents raid bus in SW Niger, kill 21 passengersF

Suspected jihadists attacked a bus and a truck in southwest Niger, killing 21 people in the troubled Tillaberi region near Burkina Faso, local and security sources said on Thursday.  Niger, the world's poorest country according to the UN's Human Development Index, is...

Media: Mali bans French state-owned news agencies France24 and RFIF

Mali's ruling junta has ordered French broadcasters RFI and France 24 off the air, complaining they had falsely accused the army of committing abuses, it said in a statement issued on Thursday. The government in Bamako "categorically rejects these false accusations...

Sahel: Peace talks between Chad regime and rebels get off to a bad startF

Chad's military government and dozens of opposition groups started peace talks on Sunday in Qatar as a first step towards ending a rebellion and holding elections. But after opening speeches, in which the country's prime minister and the head of the African Union...

Sahel: Mauritania accuses Mali army of crimes against its citizensF

The foreign ministry in Nouakchott on Tuesday accused Mali's army of crimes against Mauritanians after protesters in the capital charged they had been killed "in cold blood". Mali's ambassador Mohamed Dibassy had been called in to hear a "strong protest against the...

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