West Africa Update

  • Mali

EU foreign policy chief warns Mali against Russian mercenary deal – Read article on Reuters

Mali : les discussions avec le groupe russe Wagner sont “un moyen de pression pour prolonger la transition” – Read article on TV5 Monde

Le Mali ne digère pas les critiques du Niger – Read article on DW

Mali must consider its options to “bolster our national defence”, says Prime Minister – Read article on Africa News

Mali: à Niono, la dégradation de la situation sécuritaire inquiète – Read article on Sahelien.com

French defence minister in Sahel amid speculation Mali may hire Russian mercenaries – Read article on RFI

  • Sahel

France In The Sahel Is A Policeman Trying To Escape From Prison – by Michel Goya / Read article on Hoover Institution

The Sahelian Matrix of Political Violence – by Heni Nsaibia, Clionadh Raleigh / Read article on Hoover Institution

  • Niger

Niger, le nouveau « hub militaire » français au Sahel – Read article on aniamey.com

  • Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso : le président Kaboré se félicite de la mort du chef de l’EIGS – Read article on Africanews.com

  • Benin

“No Place to Go”: The Demolition of Benin’s Fishing Settlements – Read article on EA Worldview

West Africa Update

  1. Quels enjeux géopolitiques pour la Guinée d’après Alpha Condé?Youssouf Sylla / WATHI

  2. Mali- Russia: Bamako to sign contract with Wagner GroupThe Africa Report/ Jeune Afrique

  3. EXCLUSIVE Deal allowing Russian mercenaries into Mali is close – sources –   and 

  4. The G5 joint force for the Sahel was set up four years ago: why progress is slow –  Moda Dieng / The Conversation

  5. Guterres réclame “un dialogue” avec les talibans et craint pour le Sahel –  Le Point

  6. The Sahel’s jihadists don’t all govern alike: context mattersNatasja Rupesinghe & Mikael Hiberg Naghizadeh / The Conversation