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China’s Ganfeng Lithium Group Co. plans to acquire 40% of the Goulamina lithium project in Mali from Australia’s Leo Lithium Ltd, to take full control of the precious mine. Lithium together with Cobalt and other critical minerals for energy transition are at the heart of fierce competition in Africa between Chinese and Western companies. A […]
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 a new report from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) that calls for the dismantling of trafficking networks. In light of the soaring seizures of drugs, especially cocaine, […]
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 made the remarks when receiving the Moroccan delegation which participated in the Week of Malian Expert Surveyors (April 18-20), where the Kingdom was the guest of honor. The Malian PM […]
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. Under the deal, Niger would deliver 150 million liters of diesel to neighboring Mali to curb power outages, the Malian presidency said. Only half the Malian population have access to […]
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 and media coverage of political life, and it may also be reportedly seeking to use Russia’s mercenary Wagner mercenaries to threaten a take-over of Barrick’s Loulo-Gounkoto gold mine. Repression in […]
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 calls on the military-run authorities to organize free elections. Malian political parties and civil society groups jointly rejected on Thursday the ruling junta’s order to suspend political activities and vowed […]
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 “unfounded.” Niger had summoned Algeria’s ambassador to denounce the harsh treatment by Algerian authorities of Niger migrants, who have been violently upheld, robbed by Algerian authorities before being abandoned in […]
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 president of the ECOWAS Commission admits Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso’s withdrawal will cost the regional bloc as much as US$1 billion. In January 2024, the three countries led by military […]
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 southern Chad that frequently sees similar land disputes, the country’s authorities have said. communications minister told AFP on Monday. The fighting was triggered by the “assassination” of a nomadic Arab-speaking […]
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 to the transitional military rule and demanded a presidential election to be held “as soon as possible”. The current junta leadership in Mali, which seized power in a military coup […]