What’s behind the creation of the Alliance of Sahel States? | Politics News
Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have set up their own bloc, after leaving ECOWAS.Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have come together to form the Alliance…
Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have set up their own bloc, after leaving ECOWAS.Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have come together to form the Alliance…
As violence continues to escalate in the Sahel region of Africa, Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimeen (JNIM) has been intensifying its campaign of terror, particularly…
The US built a base in the desert city of Agadez at the cost of $100m for manned and unmanned surveillance flights. The United States…
Drug seizures, mainly of cocaine and cannabis resin, have soared in the region, according to a UN report. Drug seizures have soared in the West…
Mali and Burkina Faso recorded most extreme heat in what scientists called a once-in-a-200-year occurrence. Human-caused climate change contributed to an unusually intense and lethal…
Members of two prominent jihadist groups in Africa’s Sahel region, the Jama’atu Nusratil Islam Wal Muslimin (JNIM) and the Islamic State Greater Sahara (ISGS), have…
The epicentre of terrorism has relocated from the Middle East to Sub-Saharan Africa. According to the Global Terrorism Index report of 2024, the Sahel now…
A soldier from the military junta stands outside a base in Niger's capital Niamey, February 22, 2010. Niger's military rulers said on Monday they would…
On January 28, 2024, the military juntas of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger jointly announced their immediate departure from ECOWAS. The decision of Burkina Faso,…
Given the multidimensional difficulties facing the regional bloc, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the most delicate being forging indivisible regional security which,…
With geopolitical changes intensifying, Russia is steadily broadening influence by making economic investments, creating informal military bases and selling weapons to African countries. Under memorandum…
Biden’s tour of West Africa begins as another top US official is on a similar tour within the region. United States Secretary of State Antony…
On September 17, 2023 the transition leaders of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger signed the Liptako-Gourma Charter, instituting the Alliance of Sahel States. This happened…
Last week, the French embassy in Niger sent a letter to its staff announcing it would be shutting its doors and ending diplomatic services in…
Millions of Chadians voted for a controversial new draft constitution last week, despite resistance from critics of the military government which accuse it of perpetuating…
The Sahel is the semi-arid region of Africa, that separates the Sahara Desert to the north and Savannas to the south and stretches from west…
The exit is the third time in 18 months that French troops have been sent packing from a country in the Sahel. The last French…
France will support West African bloc ECOWAS more as it works to restore democracy in a region hit by recent coups as insecurity in the…
In Bamako, Mali, on Sept. 16, the governments of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger created the Alliance of Sahel States (AES). Colonel Assimi Goïta, the…
The Sahel nations sign pact that will allow them to cooperate against threats of armed rebellion or external aggression. Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have…