Gold miner Barrick Gold threatens to freeze Mali operations
Canadian group Barrick Gold said on January 6th it would freeze operations in Mali if restrictions on gold shipments were...
Burkina Faso
Macron suggests Sahel countries are ungrateful towards France
French president Emmanuel Macron has caused a stir by suggesting that the Sahel countries that France military intervened in have...
Two jailed for life after 2017 Burkina Faso restaurant attack
Two people have been sentenced to life in prison by a court in Burkina Faso over a deadly attack on...
Burkinsa Faso grants amnesty to those involved in failed 2015 coup
Burkina Faso's ruling junta has passed a new amnesty law in what seems like an attempt to move on from...
Ivory Coast becomes latest country to as French troops to leave
The Ivory Coast became the latest African country to ask French troops leave, following the footsteps of other former French...
Sahel juntas reject regional bloc withdrawal delay
It seems the juntas of Sahel states Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso are determined to forge a new path, rejecting...
Niger: BBC banned for reports undermining “troops’ morale”
Niger has banned the BBC for three months over their coverage of a terrorist attack that allegedly killed over a...
Niger: Ten soldiers killed by motorbike mounted insurgents
Ten soldiers have been killed and seven others injured in a terrorist attack in western Niger on December 11th, according...
French army says it has begun withdrawal from Chad
France has begun withdrawing its military from Chad after warplanes based in the capital N'Djamena headed home on December 10th,...
Burkina Faso: Junta names new PM after dissolving government
Burkina Faso’s new prime minister was announced on December 7th by the country’s ruling military junta, just one day after...
Document reveals Mali arrest warrant for Barrick Gold CEO
Mali has issued an arrest warrant for Barrick Gold CEO Mark Bristow, according to a document seen on December 5th...
Newspaper head summoned by Burkina Faso over Mali reporting
Burkina Faso's communications watchdog has summoned the head of the Observateur Paalga newspaper over an article on Mali, according to...
Mali cuts TV station’s signal after it criticises Burkina Faso junta
Mali's ruling junta cut the signal of Jobila TV News after a politician criticised the military junta running Burkina Faso...
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...
