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Tag: Sahel
US to pull out troops from key drone base in Niger amid Russia’s growing footprint in Sahel
The United States has agreed to withdraw its about 1,000 troops from Niger, where it built and operated a major drone base in the desert ... Read More
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: 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
Niger’s junta chief talks ‘security cooperation’ with Russia’s Putin amid Western fears
Russian President Vladimir Putin and the chief of Niger’s military junta, Abdourahmane Tiani, had an important phone call on Tuesday (26 March), the Kremlin has ... Read More
Air France loses €65 million after being chased from Sahel
Air France has lost up to 65 million euros after its business in the Sahel was disrupted by a ban by coup countries: Burkina Faso, ... Read More
Niger: US military bases revoked after Biden officials’ warning about ties to Russia and Iran
Niamey revoked its military cooperation with the United States and ordered US troops to leave the country after senior US diplomatic and military officials recently ... Read More
Niger suspends military cooperation with US over ‘condescending attitude’
Niger has broken off "with immediate effect" its military cooperation agreement with the United States, the West African country’s military government announced on Saturday (16 ... Read More
Germany willing to talk with Sahel’s new juntas in bid to confront extremism in strife-torn region
Germany, which currently chairs the Sahel Alliance, a key development body in the conflict-torn region, makes efforts to boost trust in state structures in countries ... Read More
Algeria Army Chief ignites diplomatic row with Kinshasa following trip to Kigali
The Algerian regime is embroiled in a new diplomatic spat with Kinshasa, sparked by the warmonger army chief Saïd Chengriha following his provocative trip lately ... Read More
Algeria struggles to keep up economically with Morocco in Sahel
Algeria is trying to catch up economically with Morocco in the Sahel. But observers see that Algerian diplomatic blunders are discouraging Sahel countries from engaging ... Read More