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Europe’s New Migration Rules Shift Pressure South to North Africa$

The European Union’s revised migration framework, set to take effect in mid-2026, is already reshaping how migration is managed across the Mediterranean. Recent coordination meetings between North African states and Italy are part of the ongoing shift taking place in...

Burkina Faso Faces New Security Tensions Amid Coup Allegations$

Burkina Faso experienced a sudden spike in political and security tension overnight in early January, with coordinated public mobilizations in Ouagadougou and Bobo-Dioulasso following warnings of a possible attempt to destabilize the country’s transitional...

The UAE’s Growing Role in African Conflict Zones$

Saudi–Emirati tensions over Yemen open a wider question: to what extent is the UAE using proxy actors, media leverage, and selective alliances to reshape crisis zones from Libya and Sudan to the Western Sahara file, often in ways that cut across Algerian and broader...

Sahel: Jihadists abduct dozens of women in north Burkina FasoF

By Hugues Richard Sama: Suspected jihadists have abducted roughly 50 women in insurgency-wracked northern Burkina Faso, local officials and residents told AFP on Sunday. Roughly 40 were seized about a dozen kilometres (seven miles) southeast of Arbinda on Thursday and...
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Mali: Tear gas fired as influential Malian imam returnsF

Followers of an influential Malian imam on Sunday called for the country's ruling junta to explain the use of tear gas at a rally marking his return from abroad. The clash has drawn interest over signs of possible tensions as the miliary oves to monopolise its power....
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Migration: Tragedy at sea with dead-by-drowning of 13 Moroccan migrants in failed sea crossingF

The bodies of 13 Moroccans have been recovered after their boat sank off the country's southern coast while attempting to reach Spain's Canary Islands, Moroccan media reported. Spain is one of the main gateways for migrants to reach Europe. Tens of thousands also try...
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Sahel: Three dead in Niger military helicopter crashF

Three people died on Monday when a Nigerien military helicopter crashed on return from a routine training flight, the defence ministry said. The accident happened when the Russian-built Mi-17 crashed as it was landing at a military base at Niamey airport....
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