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UN peacekeeping in Africa is working better than you might think

Media headlines often make it seem as if peacekeeping is not going well; they tend to highlight violence, displacement and abuse. The quantitative data, however, tell a different story. Peacekeepers are saving lives and helping to keep the peace.

The Conversation

Islamic State group ‘trying to control’ Mali-Niger border with series of attacks

The Islamic State (IS) group appears to be stepping up attacks close to the border between Mali and Niger, with sources suggesting that the jihadists are trying to seize control of the border itself. FRANCE 24’s terrorism expert Wassim Nasr explains.

France 24

Cairo Hosts Int’l Conference on Confronting ‘Emerging Terrorist Organizations’

Egypt’s Interior Ministry, in collaboration with Interpol, is hosting Monday a workshop on confronting emerging terrorist organizations and phenomena in the Middle East and Africa. The workshop is hosted by the Egyptian Police Academy until May 25. The participating countries include Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Saudi Arabia,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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German chancellor Scholz kicks off Africa trip in Senegal

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is kicking off a three-nation trip to Africa that will include stops in Senegal, Niger and South Africa

The Independent UK

Veteran diplomat Catherine Colonna takes the helm at France's troubled foreign ministry

When French President Emmanuel Macron unveiled his new government this week, the list included known heavyweights, newcomers, and personalities from both the left and the right. Among them was career diplomat Catherine Colonna – a former ambassador to the UK and only the second woman to take up the foreign…

France 24

Russia looms large on Scholz's first Africa tour as chancellor

Russia's impact on energy and food prices and security will provide the backdrop to Olaf Scholz's first trip to Africa as German Chancellor, a three-day tour of Senegal, Niger and South Africa kicking off on Sunday.

Reuters

Three Italians kidnapped in southern Mali, church says

Armed men have kidnapped an Italian couple and their son in southern Mali, their church said on Friday.

Reuters

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Chad urges Mali junta to reconsider withdrawal from anti-militant force

Chad's interim president Mahamat Idriss Deby has urged Mali's military junta to reconsider its decision to withdraw from a five-nation military force fighting Islamist militants in the Sahel region.

Reuters

UN: 18 Million Facing Severe Hunger in West Africa's Sahel

The UN is warning that 18 million people in Africa’s Sahel region face severe hunger in the next three months, citing the impacts of Russia's war in Ukraine, the coronavirus pandemic, climate-induced shocks and rising costs. The hunger crisis may press increased numbers of people to migrate out of the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

U.N. says Benin will terminate contribution to peacekeeping mission in Mali

Benin has decided to terminate its military and police unit contributions to a United Nations peacekeeping mission in regional neighbour Mali, the U.N. deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said on Thursday.

Reuters

UN, Niger lament Mali’s withdrawal from G5 Sahel force

The decision to abandon the multinational effort may further isolate Bamako on the regional and global stage.

Al Jazeera

No survivors found in flooded Burkina Faso mine's rescue chamber

In tonight's edition: Hope is all but lost that eight miners trapped in a flooded mine in Burkina Faso for a month may have survived. Also, suspects are arrested in Mali after authorities say they foiled a coup attempt earlier this month. And advocates calling for tax reform on the…

France 24

Mali’s military government says it foiled countercoup attempt

Assimi Goita’s military government accuses an unnamed Western state of supporting the alleged coup attempt.

Al Jazeera

Mali junta says 'Western-backed' military officers attempted coup

Mali's interim government on Monday said "Western-backed" military officers attempted a coup last week, without providing details or evidence.

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Chadians protest as anti-French sentiments hit new highs in Sahel

In recent years, resentment against the presence of France in its former African colonies has been on the increase.

Radio France Internationale

Mali's junta withdraws from G5 Sahel anti-jihadist force

Mali's military junta has announced that it will quit the West African G5 Sahel anti-jihadist force after it was blocked from assuming the presidency of the regional group.

Al Jazeera

Mali government pulls military out of regional G5 Sahel force

Since 2012, armed groups have sought to unseat government in Bamako, which has now been overthrown twice by the military

Reuters

Mali's military junta pulls out of regional G5 Sahel force

Mali is pulling out of a multi-national military force in West Africa's Sahel region combatting an Islamist insurgency, citing a lack of progress, the country's military junta said in a statement on Sunday.

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South Africa may have to close first vaccine plant

In tonight's edition: After struggling through the early years of the pandemic to get enough Covid-19 vaccinations, Africa's first factory to produce the doses says it may have to stop because it hasn't had enough orders. Also, a former Congolese policemen gets a death sentence for murdering human rights activist…

Radio France Internationale

Mali court summons French Foreign Minister over passport concession allegations

French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian has been summoned by a court in Bamako as part of an investigation into an alleged "attack on public property and other offences" dating back to 2015, concerning the manufacture of Malian biometric passports. This comes at a time of tense relations between France…

Al Jazeera

Togo: Eight soldiers killed in attack by suspected ‘terrorists’

Security experts have warned that armed groups across the Sahel could spread operations to coastal states like Togo.

The Guardian - UK

Media polarisation risks press freedom and peace in conflict-hit Mali and Ethiopia

When media rights are curtailed, fake news and posts on social platforms drive tension and violence, as the latest World Press Freedom Index starkly shows

Al Jazeera

Analysis: Can Niger become the main Western ally in the Sahel?

Niamey has consistently presented an image of a friendly and reliable partner to the international community.

Reuters

Lawyers ask ICC not to convict accused Malian Islamist

Lawyers for a Malian Islamist rebel accused of being central to the persecution of residents in Timbuktu and the destruction of the city's holy sites told judges at his war crimes trial he was wrongly targeted.

The Independent UK

Lawyer says alleged Mali extremist was only obeying orders

Lawyers for an alleged extremist accused of involvement in crimes including rape and torture in northern Mali a decade ago say he was simply a police officer carrying out court orders and he could have been killed for disobeying

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