Algeria and Niger have formally reset strained bilateral relations and announced the operational relaunch of the long-delayed Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline project, signaling a significant geopolitical and energy shift across North and West Africa. During an official...
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Niger: Roadside Bomb Kills Civilians Near Baroua in Diffa Region
An improvised explosive device struck a mixed transport vehicle near Baroua in Niger’s Diffa region at around 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, February 10, killing at least eight people at the scene and injuring others, according to local accounts. The blast destroyed the...
Flashpoints: In Southern Chad, A Local Clash Reveals Deeper Fragility
Clashes in southern Chad between government forces and a little‑known rebel movement offer a window into how local conflicts feed into the continent’s broader instability, far from the headlines that dominate global coverage. On January 13, 2026, at least six people...
Local Conflicts: State-Imposed Land Pact Struggles to Calm Tensions in Brakna, Mauritania
Authorities in Mauritania’s Brakna region have brokered a fragile peace deal aimed at ending a violent land dispute between neighboring farming communities, but deep political mistrust and unresolved questions about land rights suggest the crisis is far from over. The...
Niger Airport Attack Deepens Sahel’s Security and Diplomatic Strains
An overnight assault on Niger’s main international airport has prompted a partial drawdown of U.S. diplomatic staff from Niamey and renewed scrutiny of the country’s security trajectory and external partnerships. Shortly before midnight on January 29, 2026, armed...
Defense: Mauritania and Spain Use Naval Exercises to Bolster Atlantic Maritime Security
Mauritanian and Spanish naval forces have conducted joint exercises off the coast of Nouadhibou, underscoring a growing security partnership in a stretch of Atlantic waters that has become central to migration control and maritime surveillance. The drills show how...
Sahel: Community Mourns Mariam Cissé, Killed by Militants in Northern Mali
Mariam Cissé, a well-known content creator from the town of Tonka in northern Mali, was abducted on November 6, 2025,...
Sahel: Foreign Workers Targeted in New Mali Kidnappings
A series of recent kidnappings in western and northern Mali have reinforced growing concerns for foreign workers and...
Spain Faces Scrutiny Over Migrant Centers in Mauritania
Debate in Spain has increased over government funding for migrant centers in Mauritania, with some critics arguing...
Sahel: Chad Strongman Deby prepares to rule for another term
Chad's Idriss Deby Itno, combining hardline tactics with political savvy, has sidelined his most viable challengers,...
Sahel: UN says French air strike killed civilians in Mali, France rejects findings
A French air strike killed 19 civilians in central Mali in January, according to a UN report, seen Tuesday by AFP,...
Sahel: Attacks on Niger targets continue
Eleven people were killed on Wednesday in western Niger, a flashpoint for jihadist attacks, when armed men on...
Mali: French military accused of killing six people in raid on Talataye, France denies
Six people were killed in northeastern Mali on Thursday in disputed circumstances, with French forces saying a strike...
Mauritania: Intruder tries to seize plane at Nouakchott airport
An intruder tried to seize a plane at the airport in Mauritania's capital Nouakchott Thursday before being arrested, a...
Sahel: Niger’s Tahoua region targeted by terror groups, dozens killed in fresh raids
Scores of people have died in the deadliest suspected jihadist massacre ever to hit Niger, the government said Monday,...
Sahel: Chad ups violence against opposition, less than a month to presidential election
Police broke up demonstrations by opposition movements and civil society groups in Chad's capital N'Djamena Saturday,...
Sahel: Mass killings continue, another deadly week in Mali and Niger
Mali: Raids on army post near Ansongo claim lives of 33 soldiers By Serge Daniel - At least 33 soldiers were killed in...
Sahel: Burkina Faso’s Goudebou Camp reopens for Malian refugees
By Armel Baily - "I'm happy -- it's like coming back home," said Malian refugee Ousmane Wanaher, 34, returning to the...
Mauritania: Ex-President Ould Abdel Aziz facing tough corruption charges
By Hademine Ould Sadi - A Mauritanian state prosecutor on Thursday requested corruption charges against former...
Sahel: Unfolding humanitarian crisis in Niger with growing masses of refugees from Nigeria and from within
The United Nations warned Tuesday that bloodshed in northwestern Nigeria was fuelling an exodus into neighbouring...
Chad: Opposition leader Saleh Kebzabo withdraws from presidential elections as dictator Deby ups intimidation against opposition
[Photo: Saleh Kebzabo] - Chad's main opposition figure, Saleh Kebzabo, on Monday announced he was withdrawing from the...
Senegal braces for Jihadist spillover from the Sahel
Senegal's President Macky Sall said Tuesday that his native country and neighbouring West African states must "prepare...
Sahel: Profile of Niger’s new president, Mohamed Bazoum
By Boureima Hama - Mohamed Bazoum, named the winner of Niger's presidential election, worked for years as the...
Niger: Former interior minister wins presidential elections, violence ensues
By Amaury Hauchard - Former interior minister Mohamed Bazoum won Niger's presidential elections, according to...
Sahel: People of Niger vote for a new president
By Boureima Hama and Amaury Hauchard - Niger voted Sunday in a presidential run-off between two political heavyweights...
Sahel: No French troop drawdown from the Sahel, Macron announces escalation ahead
Macron says France to “decapitate” Al-Qaeda in the Sahel France will intensify its efforts to help "decapitate"...
Sahel: UN peacekeepers from Togo wounded in attack near Kerena in Mali
Around 20 United Nations peacekeepers were wounded in an attack on their base in central Mali on Wednesday, a UN...
Sahel: Political life in Chad heats up ahead of October presidential election
Fifteen parties in Chad's fragmented opposition said on Tuesday that they had named a single candidate to contest...
Burkina Faso Prime Minister proposing to negotiate with insurgents
Burkina Faso Prime Minister Christophe Dabire on Thursday floated the idea of negotiations with jihadist groups, an...
Sahel: Chad opposition parties coalesce against autocratic ruler Deby in upcoming election
Twelve opposition parties in Chad say they will field a joint candidate against Idriss Deby Itno, who has been in...
Mali: Insurgents in armored vehicles kill ten Mali soldiers in Boni
Ten troops were killed in Mali's troubled central region early Wednesday when their camp came under attack from...
Chad regime bans protest before announcing candidacy of autocrat Idriss Deby
Chad's government has barred the opposition from staging protests ahead of an expected announcement by President...
Sahel: Flying to Timbuktu, anyone?
A commercial flight landed in Timbuktu on Monday for the first time since jihadists captured the fabled Malian city in...
Sahel: Month-long French military campaign in Mali leads to 100 insurgents dead, says France
A hundred jihadists were killed this month in a joint Franco-Malian offensive in the West African country's lawless...
Sahel: Feuding herders and farmers in central Mali endorse peace
Representatives from herder and farmer communities that have become ensnarled in violence sparked by jihadist attacks...
Sahel: Complaint against Glencore over Chad spill clears UK hurdle
A complaint by rights groups over a toxic spill at an oil site in Chad linked to the British subsidiary of mining...
Sahel: Mali claims it ended military junta rule
Mali has officially disbanded its military junta, according to a government decree seen by AFP on Tuesday, more than...
Sahel: More unrest in Mali with the killing of six soldiers in Boulkessy and Mondoro
Twin attacks on the army in central Mali killed six soldiers, while some 30 suspected jihadists were also left dead in...
Burkina Faso: Abbot Rodrigue Sanon found dead in the Cascades region
A priest missing since Tuesday in Burkina Faso's jihadist-plagued southwest has been found dead, security and local...
Sahel: Bad governance, terrorism and foreign meddling cause displacement of two million people in the Sahel
More than two million people have been forced to flee their homes within their own countries' borders owing to...
Sahel: Armed confrontations escalate in Niger and Mali
More troops killed by roadside bomb in central Mali Three Malian troops were killed and five wounded by a roadside...
Sahel: Mali police and army repress anti-French army protest
Malian security forces fired tear gas at dozens of demonstrators in the capital Bamako on Wednesday during an...
Sahel: Regime in Bamako bans the people of Mali from protesting foreign military presence
Mali's capital Bamako has banned a demonstration against France's military role in the West African country, the...
Sahel: Catholic priest missing in jihadist-hit Burkina Faso
A priest has gone missing in southeastern Burkina Faso, triggering fears of a kidnapping in the Sahel state, which is...
Sahel: Roadside bomb kills soldiers in south Niger
Four soldiers were killed and eight others seriously injured by a roadside bomb in southeastern Niger, a region hit by...
Sahel: Violence intensifies in Mali as France announces the killing of 15 insurgents
France's armed forces said Friday they had killed around 15 jihadists near Mali's border with Burkina Faso, where an...
Sahel: Foreign forces unable to bring stability to Mali, four UN peacekeepers killed in Bambara Maoude
The death toll from an attack on UN peacekeepers in Mali has risen to four after another soldier died from his wounds,...
Sahel: Reports of 20 villagers killed in Mali region of Bounti
France said on Tuesday it had killed dozens of jihadists in a weekend air strike in central Mali, while several...
Chad: Deadly communal clashes in Salamat
At least 11 people have been killed in the latest fighting between farmers and nomadic herders in the southeast of...