Sahel
Trump courts Sahel juntas with military aid in exchange for mineral rights
Under Donald Trump, America is offering military backing to West African juntas in return for access to gold, lithium and
Niger
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Algeria
Algeria hosts Sahel forum despite tensions with neighbours
Algeria convened a defence forum on the Sahel in Algiers on Sunday, aiming to reaffirm its role as a regional
Morocco
ECOWAS advances plans for regional counter-terror force
Amid surging jihadist violence, ECOWAS is accelerating plans for a regional counter-terrorism force, with troop pledges underway and funding talks
Egypt
Russia expands Sahel influence with strategic humanitarian aid
Russia is deepening ties with military-led governments in the Sahel by ramping up humanitarian aid, Business Insider Africa reports. Moscow
Algeria
Niger plans to take in 4,000 migrants expelled from Algeria
Niger announced plans on Saturday to take in 4,000 migrants expelled from neighboring Algeria for humanitarian reasons, before sending
Morocco
King Mohammed VI meets with Alliance of Sahel States FM’s as they formally endorse Morocco's sea access initiative
King Mohammed VI met on Monday with the foreign ministers of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger at the Royal Palace
Algeria
Algeria expels over 1,800 migrants to Niger border, rights group says
Algeria expelled 1,845 migrants to Niger’s border in a mass operation on April 19, rights group Alarmphone Sahara
Algeria
Over 1,000 migrants expelled from Algeria to Niger in a single day, NGO reports
Alarme Phone Sahara (APS), a humanitarian organization that operates a hotline for migrants in distress, reports that Algeria expelled 1,
Benin
Al-Qaeda affiliate claims deadly attack in Benin as Sahel conflict spills south
An al-Qaeda-linked group has claimed responsibility for killing 70 soldiers in Benin’s northeast, marking the country’s deadliest jihadist
Niger
Jihadists suspected in Swiss woman’s kidnapping in Niger
Armed militants likely linked to the Islamic State group abducted a 67-year-old Swiss woman in the Nigerien city of Agadez
Opinion
Is Algeria becoming more antagonistic across the Maghreb?
Many observers and analysts believe that Morocco and Algeria are closer to actual war that at any time over the
Sahel
Sahel: Niger replaces French with Hausa as national language
Niger’s military-led government has replaced French with Hausa as the national language, accelerating its rupture with its former colonial
Algeria / Mali
Algeria-Mali drone row triggers diplomatic rift
Algeria recalled its ambassador from Bamako Monday and closed its airspace to all flights to and from Mali, escalating a