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Niger: Armed Attacks Target Military Bases in Tahoua$

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Sahel: Qatar helps dissipate diplomatic tensions between Mali and AlgeriaF

The North Africa Journal - Qatar has demonstrated its diplomatic skills in the Middle East crisis but it has also been quietly active in other regions, such as helping reduce tensions between Mali and Algeria. To recall, the Malian government expressed its anger at...
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Rising Storms: The Pact Uniting Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger Against Jihadists and IsolationF

The military rulers of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have banded together in a joint defence pact to fight jihadists and present a united political front in their declared aim to restore sovereignty. Against a backdrop of a bloody jihadist insurgency in West Africa's...
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Sahel: Mauritania sends ex-president Ould Abdelaziz to prison for corruptionF

A court in Mauritania's capital Nouakchott on Monday sentenced former president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz to five years in prison for having abused his position to amass an ill-gotten fortune.  Aziz, who ruled the pivotal country between North Africa and sub-Saharan...
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Niger ditches security arrangements with EU, engages more with RussiaF

Niger's military leaders said Monday that they were ending two European Union security and defence missions in the country, after earlier in the day agreeing to strengthen military cooperation with Russia.  The Nigerien foreign ministry said that it was ending the...
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