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Sahel: Drone Incident Escalates Diplomatic Rift on Algeria–Mali Border$

The diplomatic crisis between Algeria and Mali, long simmering over border security and regional influence, escalated further this week following new confrontations at the United Nations and the formal breakdown of attempted legal mediation. The dispute centers on the...

Extraction Without Value: Mali’s Role in the Global Lithium Rush$

By Mohamed AG Ahmedou, via MondAfrique: Mali’s strategic resources are a formidable source of enrichment for Beijing, while leaving Bamako drained. On September 10, the African Union unveiled a draft declaration aimed at bringing together countries that produce...

Turkey: Erdogan’s Winning Strategy in Africa$

Despite the wave of coups d'état in West Africa, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who had close ties to the ousted regimes of Guinea, Mali, and Niger, has successfully protected his country's interests in the region. He has done so through a strategy that...

The Human Cost of the EU-Mauritania Migration Partnership$

Since early 2024, the Mauritanian government has intensified its enforcement operations against undocumented sub-Saharan migrants in Nouakchott, Nouadhibou, and other urban centers. This campaign, which includes increased checkpoints and arrests, is a direct...

Geopolitics: Religion, Oil, and Minerals are Now Washington’s Africa Strategy$

Under Donald Trump, US Africa policy is zeroing in on oil and mineral wealth while using evangelical networks as a back channel into Central Africa — offering political cover to leaders and countering Chinese and Russian influence where Catholic voices are more...

Protests Erupt as Water Shortage Grips Mauritania$

Opposition lawmakers in Mauritania staged a sit-in at the Ministry of Water to protest a two-week-long water shortage in the capital. The demonstration, which included a demand for the immediate resignation of the Water Minister, comes amid growing public frustration...

Beyond the Sahel: Togo extends state of emergency in the Jihadist-torn northF

Togo on Tuesday extended a state of emergency for six months in its northern Savanes region, officials said, citing the need for a "return of peace" in an area where several jihadist attacks have taken place. The country has recorded at least five attacks since...

Sahel: German soldiers resume reconnaissance patrols in MaliF

Germany has resumed reconnaissance patrols in eastern Mali as part of a UN peacekeeping mission, the military said Wednesday, after suspending the operations last month when the Malian government denied flyover rights. "Reconnaissance operations outside the city of...

Sahel: Region of Talataye in Mali falls in the hands of Islamic State affiliate after bitter fight with Al QaedaF

Jihadists affiliated to the Islamic State group have seized a town in northern Mali after bitter fighting with local rebels and rival militants linked to Al-Qaeda, several sources said Wednesday. The insurgents on Tuesday took Talataye, a town 150 kilometres (90...

Sahel: Insurgency in northern Burkina Faso worsensF

By Armel Baily At least 35 civilians were killed and 37 wounded Monday when an IED blast struck a convoy carrying supplies in Burkina Faso's jihadist-hit north, the governor of the Sahel region said. The landlocked African state is in the grip of a seven-year-old...

Sahel: Intense fight in northern Burkina Faso claims dozens of livesF

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