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Africa: Competition between France and Russia over Africa is getting more violentF

By Barbara Debou: On a night in early March, arsonists attacked a brewery owned by the French drinks giant Castel in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic. Hurling petrol bombs, they set fire to beer crates stacked inside the MOCAF brewery's fortified...

Sahel: Secretary Blinken visits Niger as US worries about Russia’s expanding influence in the SahelF

By Shaun Tandon: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Niger on Thursday for a rare visit to a country seen as a bastion of support for Western military operations in a region where Russia is making inroads. Blinken is the first US official at this level to...

Moroccan police announce arrest of three suspected militantsF

Moroccan police on Wednesday arrested three suspected members of the Islamic State group over the killing of an officer whose charred body was found this month, the authorities said. The two main suspects were detained following "security operations" in Casablanca and...

Sahel: Niger reports major offensive against Boko Haram near border with NigeriaF

Jihadist-hit Niger last week killed about 30 members of the Boko Haram group and detained 960 followers, most of them women and children, who had fled neighbouring Nigeria, official sources said. State TV channel Tele Sahel said late Tuesday that on March 7 aerial...

Mali: Ethnic Tuaregs brace for attacks from army and Russian mercenaries ($)F

Mali: Ethnic Tuaregs brace for attacks from army and Russian mercenaries ($)F

Jul 19, 2023

By Arezki Daoud: The departure of the French forces and the forthcoming exit from Mali of the UN peacekeeping mission...

The militarization of the Sahel: Governments run by soldiers ($)F

The militarization of the Sahel: Governments run by soldiers ($)F

Jul 19, 2023

By Arezki Daoud: Military regimes now dominate the governments of the Sahel nations. The countries in the region have...

Morocco and Spain arrest two people they say are supporters of Islamic StateF

Jul 19, 2023

Police in Morocco and Spain said on Wednesday two people have been arrested in a joint operation by both countries'...

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