Tensions between Mali and France have escalated after Paris expelled two Malian diplomats and suspended joint counterterrorism activities, responding to last month’s arrest of a French national whom the Malian government accuses of conspiring with local officials to...
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Niger Dissolves Hundreds of Private Security Firms in Major Industry Overhaul
Niger’s government has shuttered 400 private security companies by ministerial decree, implementing a sweeping sector-wide reset in an effort to impose tighter conditions and oversight on an industry previously marked by legal ambiguity and fragmented operations....
Niger: Arbitration Tribunal Sides With Orano on Uranium Stock, Escalating Niger Dispute
An international arbitration panel has ordered Niger to halt any sale or transfer of uranium currently at the center of a high-stakes dispute with French mining group Orano, following the country's recent nationalization of the Somaïr mine. The provisional measure...
Niger: Heavy Rains Force Back-to-School Delay
For the second year in a row, Niger’s public education system is adjusting its calendar in response to extended rainfall. The government has announced that the start of the 2025-26 school year, originally set for October 1, will be postponed by two weeks. Nearly three...
Senegal Battles Dual Epidemics: Monkeypox and Rift Valley Fever
Senegalese health authorities have announced two concurrent epidemics: monkeypox (Mpox) and Rift Valley fever. So far, no deaths have been reported among monkeypox cases, but eight fatalities have been attributed to Rift Valley fever. Five monkeypox cases have been...
Mauritania and Senegal Report Rift Valley Fever Deaths Amid Regional Outbreak
Health authorities in Mauritania and Senegal are grappling with a new outbreak of Rift Valley Fever (RVF), a mosquito-borne viral disease that primarily affects livestock but can also infect humans. On September 29, Mauritania’s Ministry of Health confirmed three...
Sahel: French forces are leaving Niger this week
France said Thursday that it would start withdrawing its troops from Niger this week after a falling-out with the...
Sahel: 29 Niger soldiers killed by suspected jihadists
Twenty-nine soldiers were killed in western Niger in an attack by suspected jihadists, the defence ministry said on...
Sahel: Niger considering Algeria’s mediation offer and a transition period
Niger began three days of national mourning Tuesday after 29 soldiers were killed in a suspected jihadist attack, the...
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