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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 these sites operate more like detention centers than shelters. The controversy is drawing attention to broader questions about European border security,...

Crisis in Sudan: Meet the Ruthless Warlord Hemedti$

Libya has Khalifa Haftar, Sudan has its own ruthless warlord, Mohamed Hamdan Dagolo—better known as Hemedti. Like Haftar, Hemedti rose to power through brutal tactics, commanding paramilitary forces responsible for atrocities and exerting fierce control over...

Mauritanian Police Detain Anti-Slavery Activist After Advocacy Event$

Warda Ahmed Souleymane, a prominent member of Mauritania’s abolitionist movement, was detained by police in Nouakchott on October 31, 2025, soon after her return from a regional human rights forum in The Gambia. Her public advocacy for nonviolent civic engagement drew...

Sahel: Fuel Blockade in Mali Brings Daily Life to a Standstill$

By MondAfrique:  Mali is in the grip of an unprecedented fuel crisis—a crisis now spilling into Senegal. The vital Dakar-Bamako supply route is paralyzed, bringing freight and passenger traffic to a halt. The economic fallout is hitting Senegal hard, not only...

Burkina Faso announces new governmentF

Burkina Faso's new government on Wednesday declared its top priority would be to secure the nation's territory, after the latest coup to rock the jihadist-torn Sahel state.  "It's a government on a war footing that has been formed. It's not a gala dinners government,"...

Sahel: 50 civilians killed in anti-junta protests in ChadF

Djimet Wiche: Tensions eased in Chad on Friday following a day of unprecedented violence at protests that left around 50 people dead across the country. Chad's government had on Thursday announced an overnight curfew after the deadly clashes  between police and...

Burkina Faso coup leader Ibrahim Traore crows himself country’s presidentF

Captain Ibrahim Traore was appointed as president of Burkina Faso on Wednesday, according to an official statement, after the West African country's second coup in less than nine months. Traore has been appointed as "Head of State, Supreme Head of the Armed Forces",...

Sahel: Anti-France protestors brandish Russian flags in OuagadougouF

By Armel Baily and Amaury Hauchard: Several dozen protestors waving Russian flags rallied in Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou on Tuesday as West African delegates arrived on a fact-finding mission following the country's second coup in less than nine months....

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