In a significant diplomatic shift, the foreign ministers of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger are visiting Moscow from April 3-4 to strengthen their strategic partnership with Russia. This marks the first AES-Russia consultations since the Confederation of Sahel States (AES) was established in 2024. The visit highlights a growing pivot away from former colonial power […]

A separatist group in Mali has alleged that an airstrike on a market in the country’s northern Timbuktu region resulted in the deaths of at least 18 civilians, with seven others injured. Mali’s army, however, stated that the operation targeted a militant refuge and claimed to have killed 11 “terrorists” in the attack, which took […]

A joint military force of 5,000 soldiers from Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mali will soon be deployed in the central Sahel region, aiming to address the escalating violence caused by extremist groups. Related:Russia: Lavrov Acusses Ukraine for SUpport Terrorist in Sahel Niger’s Minister of Defense, General Salifou Mody, emphasized that the initiative marks a shift […]

The request comes after recent comments by Ukrainian officials suggest that Kiev has played a role in the attacks of the Tuareg separatist rebels.

The Governments of Mali and Niger condemned Ukraine for its support for terrorism and its involvement in a massacre of Malian soldiers and fighters of the Russian paramilitary group Wagner, which took place in Tinzaoutene.

In a statement read on state television by a member of the Niger military junta, he announces this decision in solidarity “with the government and the people of Mali”.·

Ukrainian authorities, demonstrate clear official support by the Ukrainian government for terrorism in Africa, the Sahel and more precisely in Mali”

Traore denounced, “Claim of Independence granted to the African States in the 60s”, followed by the looting of Natural Resources and Terrorism.

The presidents of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso adopted on Saturday the treaty to formalize the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), a coalition they announced last September before their exit en bloc from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). RELATED: UNHCR Reports More Than 3.3 Million Forcibly Displaced in Sahel At the opening […]

The Malian army claims to have killed 42 suspected terrorists after a “complex car bomb ambush” suffered by the military on the road linking the towns of Menaka and Ansongo in the east of the country, leaving five soldiers wounded. RELATED: Africa: Rise in Conflicts and Unconstitutional Changes “The large explosion of the car bomb […]