Landlocked Sahel states back Morocco’s sea access initiative
The landlocked countries of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have endorsed an initiative by Morocco to give them access to the Atlantic Ocean, the Moroccan...
Category : Sahel
King Mohammed VI Receives Three Sahel States Alliance Foreign Ministers
King Mohammed VI received Monday in Rabat, the foreign ministers of the three countries of the Alliance of Sahel States. Namely Karamoko Jean Marie Traoré,...
A Swiss woman has been kidnapped in Niger’s Agadez, authorities say
A Swiss citizen has been kidnapped by unidentified gunmen in Niger’s city of Agadez, according to local authorities and the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign...
Sahel alliance recalls ambassadors from Algeria after the downing of a Malian drone
A military alliance between Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger withdrew their respective ambassadors from Algeria in response to the downing of a Malian drone last...
Algeria says it downed a drone near its border with Mali as tensions simmer between the 2 countries
(Source : AP) Algeria said Tuesday it shot down a military drone near the country’s border with Mali in the first incident of its kind...
The collapse of a gold mine has killed 42 people and injured several others in Mali
A gold mine collapsed in eastern Mali, killing dozens of people and injuring many more, according to Malian television and officials in the Kéniéba district...
France hands over last military base in Chad
France handed over its last military base in Chad to local authorities on Thursday, two months after the former French colony in central Africa broke...
ECOWAS pledges to ‘keep door open’ after 3 coup-hit West African nations exit regional bloc
The junta-led West African nations of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have formally withdrawn from the regional bloc known as ECOWAS, the body said Wednesday....
A French journalist recounts 711 days of captivity as a hostage of Islamic extremists in Mali
For a foreign correspondent in Mali, the assignment seemed like a dream: as Islamic extremists upended the region , Olivier Dubois, a French journalist, secured...
Moroccan truck drivers kidnapped in Burkina Faso have been released
Four Moroccan truck drivers who were kidnapped in West Africa over the weekend were released in Niger. The drivers were the latest victims of insecurity...