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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: 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...

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...

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