Mali’s military-led government is confronting one of the most serious security escalations in months, as a wave of coordinated attacks by jihadist fighters targets army positions across the country’s vast northern hinterland. The renewed offensive has revived concerns about the stability of the historic city of Timbuktu, a UNESCO World Heritage Site that has long […]
Burkina Faso’s military government announced on Friday that it is severing diplomatic relations with France, accusing Paris of acting against the country’s interests and of supporting armed groups operating across the Sahel region. The decision marks the most dramatic escalation yet in the junta’s confrontation with its former colonial ruler. An end to formal ties
Mali’s ruling military junta is facing the most serious security crisis in over a decade after a sweeping coordinated offensive by Tuareg separatists and al-Qaeda-linked jihadists killed the country’s defence minister, General Sadio Camara, and forced the withdrawal of Russian Africa Corps mercenaries from the historic northern city of Kidal. The attacks, launched on Saturday,
Bamako | April 15, 2026 When Mali’s military junta formally ended its security partnership with France in 2022 and expelled French troops, it set in motion one of the most consequential realignments in modern African security politics. The successor arrangement — a deepening relationship with Russia’s Africa Corps — has transformed the military landscape of
Burkina Faso’s military leader, Captain Ibrahim Traore, has publicly declared that democracy is simply not suited to his country, telling journalists that citizens should abandon expectations of representative governance while his regime focuses on what he calls “security and sovereignty.” The blunt remarks, made during a press conference in Ouagadougou in early April 2026, represent
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