Mali’s ruling junta has imposed a three-month suspension on the French-language channel TV5 Monde, citing a lack of ‘balance’ in a news report. Mali’s media regulator, the High Authority for Communication, announced its decision, criticising
Top US general for Africa says Russia, China spreading misinformation across Sahel
US looking to Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin in pivot to ‘like-minded countries with democratic values’ The United States is grappling with an escalating misinformation campaign in the Sahel as Russia and China intensify efforts to
Islamic State-Somalia: A Growing Global Terror Concern
According to news reports citing several unnamed senior U.S. officials, the leader of the Islamic State’s Somali branch quietly became the global head of the Islamic State last year. This is far from confirmed. But
Exclusive: The identities of Wagner mercenaries lost in a Mali ambush revealed
Among the dozens of Wagner mercenaries presumed dead after a lethal battle with Tuareg rebels during a desert sandstorm in Mali in July were Russian war veterans who survived tours in Ukraine, Libya and Syria,
In the jungles of French policy on Africa. Part II: Sahel – E. Macron’s «French Afghanistan»
Summing up the French failures in Africa, and particularly in Mali, the US The National Interest concluded that «the era of French diplomatic dominance on the continent, which lasted for more than 100 years, has
Mahamat Idriss Déby à Budapest au moment où la Hongrie prend pied au Sahel
Alors que le chef de l’Etat tchadien est en Hongrie pour rencontrer Viktor Orban, ce dernier compte envoyer prochainement deux cents soldats à N’Djamena. Quand les Occidentaux battent en retraite au Sahel, où la Russie
Sudan, Egypt discuss Geneva process and Arab League peace efforts
Sudanese Foreign Minister Hussein Awad and his Egyptian counterpart, Badr Abdel-Aty, discussed efforts to resolve the ongoing crisis in Sudan on Monday. These efforts include the Geneva process as well as initiatives led by the
Mali: un an après l’attaque du bateau «Tombouctou» sur le fleuve Niger, l’enquête se poursuit
Au Mali, un an après l’attaque du bateau de transport de passagers « Tombouctou » survenue le 7 septembre 2023, les auteurs n’ont toujours pas été arrêtés. Le même jour, un camp militaire avait également
Tchad : La vice-secrétaire générale de l’ONU appelle à la résolution du conflit au Soudan et au soutien humanitaire
La vice-secrétaire générale de l’ONU a appelé à une résolution du conflit au Soudan lors de sa visite au poste-frontière d’Adré, situé dans l’est du Tchad, qui constitue une voie essentielle pour l’acheminement d’aide vers
Hundreds stranded at Sudan-Ethiopia border as conflict flares
More than 700 Sudanese people are stranded on both sides of the Gallabat border crossing between Sudan and Ethiopia as fighting intensifies in nearby Ethiopian regions, authorities in eastern Sudan said on Monday. Around 400