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U.N. peacekeepers in Mali withdraw from two bases in the north as fighting intensifies

The United Nations says its peacekeepers have started departing from two bases in northern Mali as part of a forced withdrawal from the country and amid increasing insecurity

The Independent UK

Mali junta upholds UN peacekeepers' departure, sends more troops north

While the UN voiced concern over an escalation of fighting in in Azawad in northern Mali, the Malian foreign minister Abdoulaye Diop said this weekend that the withdrawal of United Nations peacekeepers from the region would go ahead before 31 December.

Radio France Internationale

IMF and World Bank are urged to boost funding for African nations facing conflict and climate change

Most of the population in conflict-affected countries like Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso, Chad and northern Nigeria depends on climate-vulnerable agriculture

The Independent UK

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Mali cancels Air France clearance to resume flights

Mali's ruling junta has just cancelled the authorisation given to Air France to resume flights to the country. Air France was supposed to resume flights to Mali on Friday, just over two months after suspending its service following a coup in neighbouring Niger.

Radio France Internationale

US cuts Niger aid by more than $500 million as France starts troop pullout

France has begun withdrawing troops from Niger after being ordered out by coup leaders as the United States on Tuesday cut off more than $500 million in assistance to the insurgency-hit Sahel nation.

France 24

Deprived of visas, Sahel students caught in crisis with France

France has suspended visas for students from Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali, which leaves many stranded.

Radio France Internationale

Malian army takes stopover town towards rebel stronghold

The Malian army on Saturday said it had taken control of a stopover town on the way to the northern rebel stronghold Kidal amid a resumption of hostilities in the region.

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Latest attack by Tuareg rebels signals northern Mali is back at war

Tuareg rebels this week claimed to have captured a camp belonging to Mali's armed forces in the north of the country, where clashes have been escalating since August. As the Malian army sends a convoy to fight back the rebels, experts are warning of an all-out war.

Radio France Internationale

France's decision to leave Niger was a bad move: three reasons why

After about two months of wrangling between France and the new military regime in Niger, President Emmanuel Macron finally decided, on 24 September, to withdraw the French ambassador and pull out French military forces from Niger.

The Conversation

Niger's junta says jihadis kill 29 soldiers as attacks ramp up

Niger's junta says at least 29 Nigerien soldiers have been killed by jihadis near the country’s border with Mali, the latest of growing attacks that the country’s new junta is struggling to end

The Independent UK

Salif Keïta, the defiant Malian football legend who created history on and off the field

Former Malian footballer Salif “Domingo” Këita, who passed away on 2 September in Bamako, embodied a crucial moment in the history of African football, helping shape its relationship with the world. His influence was also felt in Europe, when he helped shine a light on the rights of French footballers…

The Conversation

France's withdrawal from Niger could jeopardize counterterrorism operations in the Sahel

The French troops who are being forced out of Niger were seen as a key line of defense in efforts led by the West, particularly the U.S. and France, to fight against jihadi violence in Africa’s hard-hit Sahel region

The Independent UK

New report examines host-country consent in UN peacekeeping missions

Just months after the UN security council greenlighted its peacekeepers' exit from Mali, a new report by the Stimson Centre warns of a "crisis of consent" between the body and the countries relying on its help. Meanwhile, France's announcement that it will bring some 1500 counterterrorism troops back from Niger…

France 24

Mali junta to delay 2024 presidential elections

Mali's military government has announced a delay in presidential elections scheduled for February that would return the country to civilian rule.

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Mali junta delays February presidential election for 'technical reasons'

Mali’s ruling junta on Monday announced a delay to a presidential election scheduled for February that was aimed at returning civilian leaders to power in the jihadist-hit West African nation.

Al Jazeera

Mali postpones February presidential election due to ‘technical issues’

Government spokesman cites technical reasons linked to the adoption of a new constitution in a June 18 referendum.

Radio France Internationale

Paris Perspective #40: The collapse of French influence in West Africa - Georja Calvin-Smith

This edition of Paris Perspective looks at the concept of Françafrique and the collapse of French influence in its former colonies. What have been the catalysts for the successive coup d’états in Mali, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Niger and Gabon over the past three years?

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France will end its military presence in Niger and pull its ambassador, Macron says

The change comes after Niger's democratically elected president was deposed in a coup. French troops pulled out of neighboring Mali and Burkina Faso in recent years after coups there.

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Al Jazeera

France to withdraw ambassador, troops from Niger after coup: Macron

The military rulers had been demanding the exit of envoy and troops after Macron refused to recognise the July coup.

France 24

EU-Africa partnership under pressure: Is Europe losing out to Russia and China?

The UN chief has called it an epidemic of coups. In Africa, since 2020, military officers have seized power, or attempted to do so, in numerous sub-Saharan countries. Just in the last two and a half months, soldiers in Gabon announced a takeover of power, while in Niger, members of…

Al Jazeera

Attack kills at least two people in Mali’s besieged city of Timbuktu

City shelled as tens of thousands of people remain almost completely cut off from world and UN peacekeepers withdraw.

The Independent UK

Mali’s junta struggles to fight growing violence in a northern region as UN peacekeepers withdraw

Mali’s military junta is struggling to fight growing violence in the West African nation's hard-hit northern region

Al Jazeera

Africa’s coup epidemic: Has democracy failed the continent?

The support for military takeovers is growing across Africa, and civilian governments are to blame, say analysts.

Radio France Internationale

Tuaregs from Northern Mali call for the 'fall of the junta'

One of the armed groups from northern Mali has called for a full scale war against the junta. This despite attempts at dialogue and fears for the peace deal between the ex-rebels and government forces.

France 24

Notorious Russian general, master spy duo organise in Africa after Prigozhin’s demise

In recent weeks, Russia’s Deputy Defence Minister Yunus-Bek Yevkurov and General Andrei Averyanov from the GRU military intelligence agency have made several trips to Africa. The two are increasingly seen as the main organisers of the post-Prigozhin era of Russian relationships with Africa following the Wagner Group chief’s demise in…

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