The swift collapse of Bashar Al-Assad’s regime in Syria threatens a key Russian airbase in the country that Moscow has depended on to project influence throughout Africa www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Russia’s Africa Strategy at Risk After Syria Regime Collapse

The swift collapse of Bashar Al-Assad’s regime in Syria threatens a key Russian airbase in the country that Moscow has depended on to project influence throughout Africa.

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Chadians mean business (on paper) creating a committee to monitor France’s troop withdrawal

French miner Orano says Niger has taken control of operations at its Somair mine. It comes as Mali’s stripped mining permits from western firms after military power grabs, followed by strengthened relations with Russia and a retreat by former colonial power France www.orano.group/fr/actus/act...

Ousmane Sonko resigns from Senegal’s parliament after the ruling coalition secured 130 seats in the new legislature. Ex-president Macky Sall over the weekend announced his intention to give up his spot after his coalition secured 16 seats x.com/rts1_senegal...

#Mali Diphtheria, Malaria, the aftermath of horrendous flooding, drone strikes by government forces, and control by Tuareg rebels, Tinzaouaten near the Algerian border is in a dire state. www.reuters.com/world/africa...

Mali town at heart of July battle hit by disease and drone strikes

Residents of Mali's northern town of Tinzaouaten, caught in the crossfire of a fierce July battle between Tuareg rebels and the army backed by Russian mercenaries, now face disease outbreaks and drone attacks, prompting many to flee to Algeria.

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Mali's military leader makes a rare reference to elections that would put an end to over four years of military rule. Goita on Wednesday asked his ministers to prepare for “transparent and peaceful” polls without setting a date or timeline.

Interesting to see how #Russia is going to support a severely delegitimised #ECOWAS while also maintaining support for one of the reasons for its falling apart: #AES

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Senegal’s Faye and Vladimir Putin agree to work together to strengthen “peace and stability in the Sahel, including the preservation of Ecowas”. Wondering if Faye’s hoping Putin will help persuade Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso to reconsider their exit from the regional bloc x.com/pr_diomaye/s...

Senegal’s new president follows 12 people on X. True the list doesn’t exactly look well curated and probably reflect his social media team’s interests rather than the president’s

Katarina Höije@katarinah.bsky.social · 2y ago

Senegal’s Faye and Vladimir Putin agree to work together to strengthen “peace and stability in the Sahel, including the preservation of Ecowas”. Wondering if Faye’s hoping Putin will help persuade Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso to reconsider their exit from the regional bloc x.com/pr_diomaye/s...

How the EU systematically underestimates the Sahelian regimes' ability and willingness to make up stories to undermine the EU and any Western org (notably INGOs) operating in the region is killing me

Another beautiful own goal by the EU in Niger, after remaining silent when accused of storing weapons to destabilise Niger a few months ago

Senegal’s Faye and Vladimir Putin agree to work together to strengthen “peace and stability in the Sahel, including the preservation of Ecowas”. Wondering if Faye’s hoping Putin will help persuade Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso to reconsider their exit from the regional bloc x.com/pr_diomaye/s...

someone needs to put this in a development economics lecture

"#Niger ’s military junta has banned the French aid group Acted, from working in the country amid tensions with #France...Acted had been active since 2010, mainly helping people displaced by jihadist violence and natural disasters" #Sahel #military apnews.com/article/nige...

Niger junta bans French aid group amid tensions with France

Niger’s military junta has banned the French aid group Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development, or Acted, from working in the country amid tensions with France.

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Exclusive: President-elect Donald Trump’s team is holding discussions with the digital asset industry about whether to create a new White House post solely dedicated to cryptocurrency policy, according to people familiar with the transition efforts

Trump Team Mulls Creating First-Ever White House Crypto Role

President-elect Donald Trump’s team is holding discussions with the digital asset industry about whether to create a new White House post solely dedicated to cryptocurrency policy, according to people...

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Choguel Maiga is gone as PM of Mali. As with others (notably Ben le Cerveau) the red line for the government seems to be a push for elections, though to be fair people have speculated about Choguel being fired for years.

Mali’s junta leader sacks Prime Minister Choguel Maiga and his cabinet. Maiga last week criticised the country’s military leadership for failing to set a date for elections that should restore civilian rule after military power grabs in 2020 and 2021

Breaking news: Trial Chamber IX of the ICC sentences Al Hassan to 10 years' imprisonment for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Mali in 2012-2013.

Mali’s junta have turned to an old playbook, strong arming a large payment from one of its few remaining investors. Resolute's CEO was detained after traveling there to solve a $160 million tax claim. Barrick was forced into talks after the junta arrested its staff www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

Mali’s Cash-Strapped Junta Puts the Squeeze on Investors

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Senegal's government has set March 24 for the delayed presidential elections ending weeks of uncertainty over whether a first round of votes would be held before Sall's due to step down on April 2 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Senegal Sets March Presidential Vote Before End of Sall’s Term

Senegal’s government backed a new date for the country’s postponed presidential elections set to take place before incumbent President Macky Sall is due to step down next month.

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🇺🇳 Au moins 8.565 personnes sont mortes sur les routes de la migration dans le monde en 2023, ce qui en fait l'année la plus meurtrière de la décennie, selon l'Organisation internationale pour les migrations (OIM).

More people died in violent conflict in the Sahel last year than in any year since jihadist violence began over a decade ago. Burkina Faso accounted for one in four terrorism deaths in 2023 pushing the epicenter of terrorism to Africa www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Straight out of Dips www.dn.se/sverige/bile...

Ghana risks $3.8 billion in financing from the World Bank should the country sign a recent anti-LGBTQ+ bill into law. The lender suspended funding to Uganda last year after the country adopted a harsh anti-LGBTQ bill that the bank concluded violated its values www.bloomberg.com/news/article...