Le Mali, le Burkina Faso et le Niger ont annoncé la signature de la Charte Liptako-Gourma instituant l’Alliance des États du Sahel (AES), qui assurera la défense collective aux populations des pays signataires. Le président
UN envoy for Sudan resigns and warns that the conflict could be turning into full-scale civil war
The U.N. special envoy for Sudan who was declared unwelcome by the country’s military rulers resigned Wednesday in a final speech to the U.N. Security Council, warning that the conflict between Sudan’s rival military leaders
Comment les populations de Tombouctou vivent-elles le blocus imposé par les djihadistes ?
Augmentation des prix des premières nécessités et psychose générale, l’impact du blocus sur la ville de Tombouctou, au Mali, commence à se faire sentir. À Tombouctou, on vit dans le stress depuis que les djihadistes
Keeping Jihadists Out of Northern Côte d’Ivoire
What’s new? As jihadist groups in the Sahel move southward, Côte d’Ivoire has beefed up its security deployment in the north and rolled out a range of social projects to alleviate poverty and youth unemployment. Militant
In Major Military Move, U.S. Repositions Some Troops In Niger
A Reuters Exclusive (U.S. military repositions some troops in Niger, pulls non-essential personnel) said on September 7, 2023: The Pentagon is repositioning some troops and equipment within Niger and will withdraw a small number of
La RDC demande le départ de la MONUSCO
La perception publique de la MONUSCO s’est détériorée, en témoignent les manifestations à Goma. Ces manifestations, qui ont malheureusement viré au tragique, reflètent une frustration croissante envers la présence et les actions de la mission
Oversight and Accountability to Improve Security Sector Governance in Africa
Oversight, accountability, and governance of the security sector are essential ingredients to a capable and effective force, mitigating infractions and contributing to a learning environment that improves future practices. Highlights A lack of strong security
Scores Abducted As Terrorists Demand Reopening Of Cow Market In Zamfara
Many local marketers were kidnapped on Saturday, Sept. 9 while in transit to the weekly market in Bagega village, northwestern Nigeria. One of the abductees who escaped said it was in response to the shutdown
Commercial flights halted to Mali’s Timbuktu amid Islamist blockade
Sky Mali, the only commercial airline flying to Timbuktu in Mali’s interior, has cancelled flights there due to insecurity, it said on Monday, deepening the isolation of the northern city which has been under a
Somalia: Regional lawmaker among several killed in Al-Shabaab explosion
One regional lawmaker and city council member were killed on Monday following an Improvised Explosive Device [IED] explosion in central Somalia, officials said, just as the military seized a strategic town, with the war against