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Tag: Mali
West African Sahel sees soaring drug seizures, as UN calls for dismantling trafficking networks
Drug trafficking in Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, and Niger continues to undermine security and economic development in the West African Sahel region, according to ... Read More
Mali relies on Morocco, a friendly country, to pursue its reconstruction & stabilization
Morocco is one of the friendly countries on which Mali relies to pursue its reconstruction and stabilization, Malian Prime Minister, Choguel Kokalla Maïga, said. Maïga ... Read More
Niger to supply Mali with Diesel
In a sign of close cooperation between sanction-hit and military-run Sahel countries, Niger has agreed to supply Mali with cheap diesel to supply power plants. ... Read More
Mali’s ruling junta tightens its grip over politics, media, and lucrative mining sector
Mali’s ruling junta further seeks to tighten its grip over the West African nation, as it has imposed bans on the activities of political parties ... Read More
Mali’s military junta ‘suspends’ political party activities; political parties, civil society groups reject suspension & call for free elections
Mali’s ruling junta has issued a decree banning all political party activities until further notice, citing the need to maintain public order, which comes amid ... Read More
Algeria doubles down on hostile acts against Niger
Algeria’s military-led diplomacy has opted for escalation with Niger, summoning its ambassador to Algiers to say the complaints about a mistreatment of Sub-Saharan migrants were ... Read More
ECOWAS risks losing US$1bn in investments due to withdrawal of its three coup-hit members
Trade between Nigeria and neighboring Niger has bounced back since the West African bloc ECOWAS lifted sanctions on the latter coup-hit country, just as the ... Read More
Chad: dozens of people killed in inter-communal clashes between farmer and herder communities
More than two dozen people were killed during the last week of March in clashes between rival farmer and herder communities in a region of ... Read More
Mali: over 80 parties, civil groups demand elections after junta failed to transfer power on 26 March
More than 80 political parties and civil groups in Mali, repressed by the ruling junta, have united to issue a rare call for an end ... Read More
Geopolitics of Sahel coups: doubts linger about ECOWAS’ quest for reconciliation
Despite the recent decision by the ECOWAS to lift its sanctions imposed on Niger, the stalemate between the regional bloc and the three coup-hit Sahelian ... Read More