Mali: Junta chief promotes himself to top army rank
Mali appears to be descending towards a long term military dictatorship and away from being a young democracy, according to...
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Ukraine denies arming Mali rebels following reports
Ukraine has denied late on October 14th that it has been supplying drones to rebels in the North of Mali,...
US announces $424 million in new aid for Sudan at UN meeting
On September 25, the United States unveiled $424 million in new aid for Sudanese displaced by war and facing severe...
Biden calls for talks to end Sudan’s war
On September 17, U.S. President Joe Biden urged Sudan's warring factions to bring an end to the war that has...
Mali: Jihadist attacks in Bamako spark condemnation
West African bloc ECOWAS on September 18 strongly condemned jihadist attacks, which on September 17th hit Bamako, as reported by...
US military says withdrawal from Niger is complete
On September 16th, the United States and Niger announced the completion of the withdrawal of U.S. troops and assets from...
Burkina Faso junta failing to contain Jihadist violence
An attack that killed hundreds of civilians in Burkina Faso on August 24th underscores the ruling military junta's failure to...
West African juntas accuse Ukraine of aiding rebels in UN letter
In a letter addressed to the United Nations Security Council, the juntas of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger denounced Ukraine’s...
Ukraine being isolated from Sahel over Wagner row
Ukraine’s government has angered Niger’s officials in a latest spat which has only succeeded in stirring up hatred against it...
Sudan: RSF seizes El Fula after bloody battle
Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militant group has claimed yet another strategic victory in capturing the city of El Fula....
Internally displaced in Sudan conflict nears 10 million
The ongoing Sudan conflict stands as the world’s greatest humanitarian tragedy with internal displacement, food insecurity, and ethnic violence rising....
Sudan’s army kills top militant commander in north Darfur
As Sudan’s civil war engulfs the north Darfur region, its army continues to count strategic gains against rebel forces amid...
US troops prepare now to leave Niger by September
The West’s hegemony is the Sahel region will soon be nothing more than a faint memory as its last troops...
Mauritania conducts military drills amid rising Mali tensions
Mauritania’s army has conducted a series of military drills on its 2,260km (1,404-mile) south-eastern border with Mali amid rising tensions...
Sudan accuses UK of meddling in Security Council talks
Sudan’s government has complained about an April 29th, closed-door UN Security Council meeting, accusing the UK of altering the agenda...
