Update 9 November 2026

What Kidal Portends: JNIM, Islamic State, and the Sahelian Security Landscape, Soufan Center

Régner autrement: Comprendre la stratégie des blocus du JNIM, Clingendael

Sahel: la guerre entre djihadistes s’intensifie, France 24

De l’Afrique à l’Ukraine : enquête auprès de prisonniers de guerre africains, IFRI

Mapping Russian Ghostwriting Operations Across African News Outlets, Graphika

Direction Niamey: Algeria Attempts to Bolster Its Posture in the Sahel, Soufan Center

What the Russia-Africa summit reveals about Africa+1 diplomacy, ECDPM

Russia–Africa Summit: Moscow is engaging more with Africa, but its delivery is limited, Chatham House

Update 26 October 2026

Al-Qaeda and IS rivalry sparks fierce fighting across Sahel, AfricaNews

Burkina Faso. L’héritage de Sankara piétiné par Ibrahim Traoré, Afrique XXI

The Sahel and the UN: a smaller footprint, a different role, Al-Jazeera

Rubio’s Vision of Western Primacy Is Just Empire by Another Name, WPR

Inondations à Dakar : les sinistrés désespérés, la rentrée des classes décalée, BBC Afrique

Paul Barril, le grand oublié du génocide des Tutsis du Rwanda, Afrique XXI

How Algeria’s Rupture with the UAE Could Roil the Region, ICG