Security & Defense Bound

Sahel: Cocaine trafficking surges in the Sahel, as armed groups seek to profit from illicit tradeF

Annual cocaine seizures in the Sahel surged from 13 kilograms (28 pounds) in 2020 to 863 kilos just two years later as armed groups sought to profit from the illicit trade, the United Nations' drug agency said in its 2023 report. The largest seizures of the drug in...
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UN peacekeeping missions in Africa at a crossroadsF

By Amélie Bottollier-Depois: When Mali recently called for a UN peacekeeping force to depart the country "without delay," it was the latest sign of unease in parts of Africa over the role of the so-called Blue Helmet operations. Mali Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop...
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Sahel: More trouble in Mali as Touareg groups in north are up in arms over recent junta actionsF

Armed groups that signed a landmark peace accord in insurgency-hit Mali have alleged widespread fraud during voting in a weekend referendum for a new constitution. The Permanent Strategic Framework (CSP), gathering political and military movements in northern Mali,...
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Sahel: Burkina Faso endorses Mali’s call for the withdrawal of UN missionF

Burkina Faso on Sunday hailed the "courageous decision" by Mali's military regime to call on the UN to withdraw its Minusma peacekeeping force, as both countries fight a jihadist insurgency. Mali's Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop on Friday had called for the immediate...
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