France will withdraw its military personnel from Burkina Faso within a month. French military mission will terminate a month. After receiving a written demand from Burkinabe government. France will withdraw its military personnel from Burkina Faso within a month, according to the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The French military mission will terminate a month … Read more
An IED blast in Burkina Faso kills at least 35 civilians and injures 37 others. Convoy was serving towns in the unrest-plagued north on a road between Bourzanga and Djibo. The seven-year-old insurgency that has killed over 2,000 people is gripping the landlocked African nation. In the jihadist-affected north of Burkina Faso, an IED blast … Read more
Niger’s President hails progress in fight against Boko Haram. Mohamed Bazoum was speaking during a visit to the southeast Niger. Diffa region is home to 300,000 Nigerian refugees. Niger’s president Mohamed Bazoum hailed progress in the fight against Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province jihadists Sunday, saying: “We are winning this war”. Mohamed … Read more
Islamic State-linked jihadists expanding their reach in the Sahel region. Group reputedly slaughtering 86 civilians in Burkina Faso. President Emmanuel Macron declared that ISGS lost its grip in February 2021. Islamic State-linked jihadists, whose power was once thought to be waning in the Sahel, have expanded their reach recently, marking their presence with an unprecedented … Read more
According to the first official tally of these assaults, the West African state of Benin, which is threatened by the expansion of Islamist violence from the Sahel, has been the target of roughly 20 attacks. The country borders Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso, where a years-long jihadist campaign has claimed thousands of lives and driven … Read more
Chad’s leading union group On Tuesday called for an indefinite strike beginning on Wednesday in order to demand the immediate release of six opposition activists detained following violent anti-France protests. The Union of Unions of Chad (UST), which represents public and private sector workers, announced in a statement that it had “decided to stage an … Read more
Chad’s main rebel groups demanded on Saturday the release of a group of opposition activists detained earlier this month after violent anti-France protests. In a joint statement, the rebel groups demanded their “immediate and unconditional” release. On Monday, five senior members of the main opposition coalition Wakit Tamma were arrested and charged with public order … Read more
A leading opposition figure in Chad was arrested on Tuesday following violent anti-French protests that prompted threats from the country’s ruling junta, according to authorities and his party. The Wakit Tamma opposition coalition’s coordinator, Max Loalngar, “was arrested during the May 14 march, which turned violent,” the police reported on Facebook. “Two vehicles… came to … Read more
Mauritania has made progress in combating slavery, but it still has a long way to go to abolish the practice, according to the UN envoy on the issue on Friday. Slavery has been officially prohibited in the Sahel country since 1981 and is classified as a crime against humanity, but campaigners claim it still exists. … Read more
The ruling junta in Mali has definitively banned French broadcasters RFI and France 24 after complaining of false accusations that the Sahel kingdom’s military carried out abuses, the radio and television channels stated Wednesday. France Medias Monde, the country-owned determine corporation of RFI and France 24, stated it had obtained notification in the course of … Read more
UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) — A Chinese envoy on Monday called for ensuring access to vaccines for countries in West Africa and the Sahel. “Recently, there has been a surge of COVID-19 cases in West African countries. The situation does not allow for optimism. The rapid spread of Omicron highlights the imbalanced vaccine distribution,” … Read more
