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Could Syria Avoid a Repeat of the Libyan Disaster: Opinion by Arezki Daoud

What is happening in Syria today reflects a nation at a crossroads. The decades-long grip of the Assad family has ended, ushering in both relief and a new wave of challenges.

The US Africa Policy: Don’t Expect Anything New

U.S. administrations, whether Republican or Democrat, have historically shown limited focus on Africa, prioritizing counterterrorism over development. With recent geopolitical shifts, some are calling for a more balanced approach, emphasizing stability and economic growth over military presence.

Algeria boosts defense budget to tackle cross-border threats

Algeria’s draft Finance Law for the year 2025 earmarks record spending for its military and defense. The Ministry of Defense, which oversees the country’s armed forces, will receive more than US$25 billion, an increase of over 10% compared to 2024. The move is...

Libya’s fragmented military and competition for its control

While the world is focused on the crises in the Middle East and Ukraine, a power struggle continues to destabilize Libya, with protagonists competing for the control of the armed forces. Three factions are now at the center of an ongoing struggle over the fate of the...

The US Africa Policy: Don’t Expect Anything New

The US Africa Policy: Don’t Expect Anything New

Nov 5, 2024

Africa has been a low priority for virtually all US administrations, be they republicans or democrats. It is true that...

Algeria boosts defense budget to tackle cross-border threats

Algeria boosts defense budget to tackle cross-border threats

Oct 23, 2024

Algeria’s draft Finance Law for the year 2025 earmarks record spending for its military and defense. The Ministry of...

Libya’s fragmented military and competition for its control

Libya’s fragmented military and competition for its control

Oct 2, 2024

While the world is focused on the crises in the Middle East and Ukraine, a power struggle continues to destabilize...

Mali: Wagner and Junta leaders in tough spot with series of embarrassing defeats and decisions to make

Mali: Wagner and Junta leaders in tough spot with series of embarrassing defeats and decisions to make

Sep 19, 2024

(Photo from unconfirmed video showing an insurgent burning the presidential plane in Bamako. The person filming the...

Mali: The Failing Campaign of Wagner in Mali Presages Trouble for the Junta in Bamako

Mali: The Failing Campaign of Wagner in Mali Presages Trouble for the Junta in Bamako

Sep 11, 2024

There have been more chatter and speculations about the activities of Russia’s mercenaries, formerly known as the...

Sahel: Wagner Lost Men in Tinzouatin, but Russia Sees Real ROI in the Sahel. It May Now Make a Move on Nigeria

Sahel: Wagner Lost Men in Tinzouatin, but Russia Sees Real ROI in the Sahel. It May Now Make a Move on Nigeria

Aug 7, 2024

Russia is seeing a good "return on its investment" in the Sahel. Both Mali and Niger have cut their ties with Ukraine...

Sahel: Ukraine invites itself in the Sahel crisis

Sahel: Ukraine invites itself in the Sahel crisis

Aug 5, 2024

Ukraine has a good reason to sabotage Russia’s operations around the world. They are at war. And so it is no surprise...

Update: Dozens of Russian Militiamen Killed by Tuareg Rebels in Mali

Update: Dozens of Russian Militiamen Killed by Tuareg Rebels in Mali

Jul 29, 2024

Our colleagues of Mondafrique have released the following update. With its unmatched connections in the Sahel and West...

Africa’s Defense Shifting from Western to Russian Influence

Africa’s Defense Shifting from Western to Russian Influence

Jun 25, 2024

By Arezki Daooud: A lot of military-related events are taking place in the Sahel and other parts of Africa. First, a...

North Africa Confronted with New Security Concerns

North Africa Confronted with New Security Concerns

Jun 21, 2024

Security issues in North Africa have been in the news recently. There is news coverage in Spain about Morocco stepping...

Libya’s Abnormal New Normal

Libya’s Abnormal New Normal

May 13, 2024

By Arezki Daoud: Since 2011, Libya has been engulfed in a bloody civil war after the death of Muammar Gaddafi. Over...

Niger: More Russian Weapons and Military Instructors Land in Niamey

Niger: More Russian Weapons and Military Instructors Land in Niamey

May 13, 2024

The departure of the French and American troops from Niger created an opportunity for the Russians to replace them....

Mali: Al Qaeda attacks rebel convoy in the Ouagadou forest

Mali: Al Qaeda attacks rebel convoy in the Ouagadou forest

Apr 6, 2024

By MondAfrique: A column of armed vehicles from the Permanent Strategic Framework (CSP), the Touareg rebel coalition...

US-Niger relations face uncertainty, with Niamey’s pivot to Russia

US-Niger relations face uncertainty, with Niamey’s pivot to Russia

Mar 18, 2024

Audio version: The news: The visit a few days ago of a US government delegation to Niamey, the capital of Niger, did...

Bloody Sunday: The indiscriminate killing of Muslim and Catholic worshipers in Burkina Faso

Bloody Sunday: The indiscriminate killing of Muslim and Catholic worshipers in Burkina Faso

Feb 27, 2024

Sunday, 25 February was a bloody day for religious groups in Burkina Faso. Two attacks against a church and a mosque...

War in Gaza forces former Middle East foes to seek reconciliation

War in Gaza forces former Middle East foes to seek reconciliation

Feb 22, 2024

By Mondafrique: The war in Gaza is forcing feuding States in the Middle East and in the Gulf to seek the path of...

Western Sahara: Escalating Tensions Between Morocco and the SPLA

Western Sahara: Escalating Tensions Between Morocco and the SPLA

Feb 12, 2024

The North Africa Journal: With global attention focused on the Middle East and the Ukrainian crises, the Western...

Russia’s first African military base in a highly unstable nation

Russia’s first African military base in a highly unstable nation

Feb 7, 2024

By Arezki Daoud: Since Russia started its war on Ukraine, we have been told that Moscow was headed towards disaster....

Burkina Faso government says year-end army offensive killed hundreds of “terrorists” ($)

Jan 12, 2024

In a year-end offensive carried out by the Burkina Faso military from December 23, 2023 to January 2, 2024 in the East...

Sahel: Burkina Faso ratchets up war effort with new army units and taxes for voluntary militia

Sahel: Burkina Faso ratchets up war effort with new army units and taxes for voluntary militia

Jan 8, 2024

The North Africa Journal - The new year began in earnest in Burkina Faso, with fresh efforts from the government to...

Egypt intercepts drone of unknown origin in Sinai as region remains destabilized

Egypt intercepts drone of unknown origin in Sinai as region remains destabilized

Dec 16, 2023

@northafricajournal #Egypt downs #drone in #Sinai Peninsula near #Israel ♬ original sound - The North Africa Journal...

Rising Storms: The Pact Uniting Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger Against Jihadists and Isolation

Dec 14, 2023

The military rulers of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have banded together in a joint defence pact to fight jihadists...

Sahel: Burkina Faso and Niger withdraw from regional anti-terror force

Dec 4, 2023

The military leaders of Burkina Faso and Niger said Saturday they would quit the G5 anti-jihadist force in Africa's...

Niger ditches security arrangements with EU, engages more with Russia

Niger ditches security arrangements with EU, engages more with Russia

Dec 4, 2023

Niger's military leaders said Monday that they were ending two European Union security and defence missions in the...

Mali: The taking of Kidal: Why the town in north Mali is so important

Mali: The taking of Kidal: Why the town in north Mali is so important

Nov 15, 2023

Mali's army has retaken the town of Kidal from Tuareg-dominated rebels. Here we look at the significance of the place...

Mali: Southern Malians celebrate army’s taking of northern city of Kidal

Mali: Southern Malians celebrate army’s taking of northern city of Kidal

Nov 15, 2023

Jubilant Malians have taken to the streets and the ruling junta issued triumphant statements saying the military's...

Mali: UN withdraws troops adding more instability to the region

Mali: UN withdraws troops adding more instability to the region

Oct 17, 2023

UN peacekeepers in Mali announced Monday their pullout has started from two camps in the tense Kidal region, opening a...

Egypt: Relief convoys in Egypt head towards Gaza border crossing

Egypt: Relief convoys in Egypt head towards Gaza border crossing

Oct 17, 2023

Relief convoys which have been waiting for days in Egypt were Tuesday headed towards the Rafah border crossing with...

Mali preparing offensive against Tuareg fighters in north of the country

Mali preparing offensive against Tuareg fighters in north of the country

Oct 3, 2023

A Malian army convoy was moving closer towards the northern rebel stronghold Kidal on Tuesday, following a resumption...

Sahel: Full-blown war in central and north Mali

Sahel: Full-blown war in central and north Mali

Sep 30, 2023

Tuareg-dominated separatist groups said on Saturday that they had inflicted heavy losses on the Malian military in an...

Mali: Al-Qaeda offshoot intensifies attacks on Mali army

Mali: Al-Qaeda offshoot intensifies attacks on Mali army

Sep 28, 2023

@northafricajournalMali #Lere: An attack on two #military camps in northern #Mali claimed by #Touaregs killed five...

Sahel: The demise of the ancient city of Timbuktu

Sahel: The demise of the ancient city of Timbuktu

Sep 21, 2023

When jihadists in Mali announced they would blockade the ancient city of Timbuktu, residents thought it was just...

Mali: Touareg group kills five army soldiers in Léré

Mali: Touareg group kills five army soldiers in Léré

Sep 19, 2023

An attack on two military camps in northern Mali claimed by armed rebel groups killed five soldiers, while 11 others...

Sahel: Army-Tuareg war reignites in north Mali

Sahel: Army-Tuareg war reignites in north Mali

Sep 13, 2023

Opinion by Arezki Daoud: The military junta in Mali is now confronted with the realities of war. It is battling on...

Western Sahara: Violence erupts in Western Sahara as drone hits pro-independence militants

Western Sahara: Violence erupts in Western Sahara as drone hits pro-independence militants

Sep 2, 2023

A Polisario Front commander and three Sahrawi fighters were killed Friday in the disputed Western Sahara as a United...

Sahel: Mounting tensions in northern Mali, as army strikes positions of ethnic Tuaregs

Sahel: Mounting tensions in northern Mali, as army strikes positions of ethnic Tuaregs

Aug 29, 2023

Former rebels in northern Mali on Tuesday accused the armed forces of carrying out new strikes on their positions,...

Libyan warlord Haftar invites the Russian military

Libyan warlord Haftar invites the Russian military

Aug 23, 2023

Russian military officials including Moscow's deputy defence minister arrived in Libya on Tuesday after receiving an...

Sahel: Political situation in Niger worsens with African Union suspending membership

Sahel: Political situation in Niger worsens with African Union suspending membership

Aug 22, 2023

By Aymeric Vincenot: The African Union said Tuesday that it had suspended Niger's membership in the wake of a military...

Sahel: Mali government troops and their Wagner allies are now attacking the ethnic Touaregs

Sahel: Mali government troops and their Wagner allies are now attacking the ethnic Touaregs

Aug 13, 2023

By Arezki Daoud: As I have been saying for a while, the Malian junta is leveraging its honeymoon period with Russia's...

Niger: ECOWAS walks away from early threat of using force to restore deposed president

Niger: ECOWAS walks away from early threat of using force to restore deposed president

Aug 10, 2023

West African leaders will make negotiations with the military leaders who have seized control in Niger the "bedrock"...

Nigerian president Tinubu under pressure to avoid war with northern neighbor Niger

Nigerian president Tinubu under pressure to avoid war with northern neighbor Niger

Aug 5, 2023

By Camille Malpat with Aminu Abubakar in Kano, Nigeria: Political leaders in Nigeria are urging President Bola Tinubu...

Sahel: West African states getting stressed over coup in Niger, do not rule out military action

Sahel: West African states getting stressed over coup in Niger, do not rule out military action

Aug 3, 2023

Senegal said Thursday that it will participate if the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) decides to...

Niger military junta accuses France of plotting counter-coup

Niger military junta accuses France of plotting counter-coup

Jul 31, 2023

By Boureima Hama: Niger's new junta on Monday accused France of seeking to "intervene militarily" to reinstate deposed...

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