Burkina Faso and Mali ban US nationals in retaliation to Trump’s visa decision Announcements mark latest twist in the frosty relationship between west African military governments and the US The Guardian - AU · Dec 31, 2025
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz hits back as Trump administration freezes state’s child care funds amid fraud claims The Minnesota governor and 2024 Trump campaign rival accused the president of wrongfully ‘demonizing’ the entire Somali community in Minnesota in the wake of fraud investigations The Independent UK · Dec 31, 2025
Mali and Burkina Faso impose retaliatory travel ban on US nationals Mali and Burkina Faso have banned U.S. citizens from entering their countries The Independent UK · Dec 31, 2025
Pressure of coaching Nigeria 'on another level', says Chelle Nigeria's head coach Eric Chelle offered an insight into the pressures of the job, as he pored over his choices for the starting line-up for the final game in Group C on Tuesday night at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations. Radio France Internationale · Dec 30, 2025
Coventry 0-2 Ipswich, Middlesbrough 0-1 Hull and more: Football League – as it happened Impressive away wins for Ipswich and Hull enlivened the Championship promotion race on a busy night The Guardian - UK · Dec 29, 2025
Five things we learned on Day 5: Football, footballers and amnesia It's starting to get slapstick in the exchanges between the Nigeria boss Eric Chelle and the country's hacks. He's trying to escape the past. And they really won't let him. Radio France Internationale · Dec 27, 2025
Morocco boss Regragui warns players to expect Mali reaction at Cup of Nations Morocco coach Walid Regragui urged his players to step up their game during Friday night's Group A clash against Mali at the Stade Prince Moulay Abdellah in Rabat. Radio France Internationale · Dec 26, 2025
Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger call for joint 'large-scale operations' against extremists The head of an alliance of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger says the launch of a joint battalion “must be followed by large-scale operations in the coming days." The Independent UK · Dec 23, 2025
AFCON 2025: Bafana Bafana win, Salah rescues Egypt as AFCON 2025 heats up AFCON 2025 gathered further momentum on Day Two, with three gripping group-stage encounters. Euronews · Dec 23, 2025
Five things we learned on Day 2: Playing it cool and surprises Nigeria coach Eric Chelle stayed super smooth despite coming under fire from a tetchy hack for his team failing to conquer the universe. And there was a shock for fans of Mali and Leicester City. Radio France Internationale · Dec 22, 2025
Patson Daka’s diving header earns Zambia dramatic late Afcon draw with Mali Patson Daka’s injury-time equaliser earned Zambia a 1-1 draw with Mali in Group A at the Africa Cup of Nations The Guardian - UK · Dec 22, 2025
Refugee firefighters in Mauritania battle bushfires to give back to the community that took them in Bushfires are deadly, they can break out in the blink of an eye and last for days in the vast desert of Mauritania The Independent UK · Dec 18, 2025
Trump signs order to further restrict entry of foreign nationals to US US imposes restrictions on Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, South Sudan and Syria, in addition to initial list of 12 countries The Guardian - US · Dec 16, 2025
AFCON 2025 final result as Senegal clinch second title after beating Morocco Africa Cup of Nations final descends into chaos Evening Standard · Dec 16, 2025
Radio France Internationale · Dec 14, 2025 The Fulani women living under the control of JNIM jihadists in the Sahel What is life like for the women living in the central Sahel, in areas controlled by the jihadist JNIM group? British researchers spoke with women from the Fulani ethnic group, which is strategically targeted for recruitment to the JNIM.
The Independent UK · Dec 14, 2025 Takeaways from AP report on sexual violence in Mali Multiple women have told The Associated Press they survived or witnessed alleged rapes and other sexual assaults committed by a new Russian military unit in Mali
The Independent UK · Dec 14, 2025 PHOTO ESSAY: Refugees flee Mali as region is the world's deadliest for extremism A makeshift village in the Mauritanian desert shelters thousands of refugees who have fled Mali in recent weeks as fighting intensifies against militants linked to al-Qaida.
The Independent UK · Dec 14, 2025 Women fleeing Mali's conflict say they were sexually assaulted but silence hides many more Women and girls from Mali are alleging rape and sexual assault by Russian fighters with Africa Corps, a new military unit under Moscow's control
The Conversation · Dec 11, 2025 Kidnapping for ransom in the Sahel: analysis of 24 years of data shows a new trend Kidnapping for ransom has a long history in the west African Sahel. In 1979, a rebel group led by Chad’s future president Hissène Habré kidnapped a French archaeologist and a German medical doctor in the north of the country. The kidnappers asked for the release of political prisoners, among other…
The Conversation · Dec 9, 2025 Coups in Africa: how democratic failings help shape military takeovers – study Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Guinea and Gabon have all suffered regime change in the last five years, led by men in military uniform.
The Independent UK · Dec 7, 2025 Takeaways from AP's investigation into Russia's Africa Corps in Mali Refugees from Mali have told The Associated Press that a new Russian military unit, Africa Corps, is committing abuses like rapes and beheadings
The Independent UK · Dec 7, 2025 As Russia's Africa Corps fights in Mali, witnesses describe atrocities from beheadings to rapes The Associated Press has spoken to over 30 refugees from Mali who say they witnessed beheadings, rapes and other abuses committed by Africa Corps, a new military unit under Russia's direct command
Radio France Internationale · Dec 3, 2025 Hostage video shows abducted Malian journalists asking for help Two journalists from Mali’s state broadcaster ORTM have appeared in a video released by the armed Islamist group JNIM, more than six weeks after they were abducted in the centre of the country. Collgeaues have described the images as shocking.
The Independent UK · Dec 3, 2025 Deadly conflict in the Sahel sends herders fleeing to Africa's coastal cities West Africa's cattle herders are being stripped of their animals by extremist-linked armed groups as the deadly conflict in the Sahel region grows
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