The coup leader of Niger, President Abdourahmane Tchiani, has blamed France and Europe this weekend for being behind the recent attacks by jihadist groups, including those recorded recently at the airport of the capital. At the same time, he has expressed his intention to triple the current contingent of the...
The Malian Army has communicated the elimination of five alleged members of the Support Group for Islam and Muslims (JNIM), the Al Qaeda branch in the Sahel region, during a bombing carried out in the center of the country. The action is part of the military campaign against this jihadist...
At least 16 soldiers from Niger have lost their lives and more than 20 have been injured in an assault carried out by unidentified armed men in the vicinity of the Nigerien locality of Doungouro, in the Tillabéri region, very close to the borders with Mali and Burkina Faso.The Ministry...
The authorities of Burkina Faso have communicated the expulsion of two diplomats assigned to the delegation of the European Union (EU) in Ouagadougou, whom they have given a period of three days to leave the territory. The measure comes less than a month after the African country announced the rupture...
The former Prime Minister of Mali, Choguel Maiga, has positively assessed the resumption of diplomatic relations with Algeria, a gesture that, as he indicated, "reflects a common will to harmonize and strengthen security policies," after more than a year of friction following the Algerian Army's downing of a Malian drone...
Mali and Algeria have confirmed the full restoration of their diplomatic relations with the return of their ambassadors and the reciprocal reopening of their airspace, ending more than a year of friction originating from the downing of a Malian drone by the Algerian Army in 2025, in a context of...
The French Executive has confirmed this Tuesday that all its diplomatic staff has left Burkina Faso after Ouagadougou announced the rupture of bilateral relations. Paris has expressed its regret for what it calls "a hostile and unfounded decision" which, in its opinion, "illustrates the worrying drift" of the authorities of...
The former director of the National Security Department, Brigadier General Miguel Ángel Ballesteros, warned this Monday that the terrorist threat remains "contained" since the attacks in Catalonia in 2017, although at the same time it is "closer than ever" due to the consolidation of jihadist organizations in Africa.As head of...
The Africa Corps, heir to the former Russian mercenary group Wagner and current ally of the Malian military junta in its offensive against Tuareg armed formations and jihadist cells, announced this Sunday the death of two important commanders from both factions during intense clashes recorded on Saturday in the center-east...
The Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM), an Al Qaeda terrorist organization branch active in the Sahel, claimed this Friday to be behind an attack in northern Mali in which four members of the Russian Africa Corps contingent allegedly died, with neither the Bamako authorities nor the...
The authorities of Burkina Faso have reported the "neutralization" of "more than 400" alleged terrorists during a broad military offensive launched after a series of attacks against Army positions in the east of the country, without offering details on possible casualties among the military or among the 'volunteers' mobilized to...
The French Executive has expressed this Saturday its regret for what it considers a "hostile and unfounded decision" after the announcement of a total rupture of diplomatic relations made last night by the military junta of Burkina Faso, and has stated that it is analyzing possible reciprocal measures.The African country...
The authorities of Burkina Faso have communicated this Friday the decision to cut their diplomatic ties with France, which they accuse of carrying out "incessant activism against the interests" of the African country and of backing terrorist groups driven by its "neocolonialist ambitions"."The Government of Burkina Faso informs national and...
Niger has officially communicated its decision to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC), almost nine months after making public its intention to take this step, as confirmed by the court itself. With this move, Niamey joins the path taken by Burundi and the Philippines, which completed their withdrawal from...
The Malian Army has reported the death of around 30 alleged terrorists during an operation carried out in the western part of the country, as part of the military response to the large-scale offensive launched on April 25 by the Al Qaeda branch in the Sahel and the Tuareg separatists...
The Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM), considered the branch of the terrorist organization Al Qaeda in the Sahel region, has claimed responsibility for the attack perpetrated on Thursday against the airport of Niamey, the capital of Niger, in which at least thirteen people died, including eleven...
The Malian Army has reported the death of a presumed prominent commander of the jihadist group Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM), considered Al Qaeda's branch in the Sahel strip, in an aerial attack carried out by a drone in the town of Mougnan, located in the...
Mali's Executive has made public a program of "economic rewards" for those who provide data that allows for the "arrest or neutralization" of prominent jihadist leaders. Among the targets identified is Iyad ag Ghali, leader of the Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM), Al Qaeda's franchise operating...
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has warned that more than 24 million inhabitants of the Sahel are in a "critical situation of humanitarian need," according to its latest analysis of this African strip.The head of OCHA for West and Central Africa, Charles Bernimolin, stressed...
The Nigerian Armed Forces announced this Tuesday the death of 175 members of the jihadist group Islamic State during a joint offensive with the United States Army on Nigerian territory.According to military authorities, the combined air strikes, which have been ongoing for several days, have made it possible to destroy...
The authorities of Burkina Faso have ordered the suspension of the activities of nearly 120 civil society organizations, including several focused on the defense of Human Rights, alleging unspecified violations of current regulations.In a statement, the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Mobility of the African country has specified that the...