Mauritania
AfDB grants $30 million facility to Mauritania’s GBM
The African Development Bank Group has approved a $30 million trade finance facility for the Générale de Banque de Mauritanie
Sahel
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Mauritania
MAURITANIA MAIN DEPARTURE POINT FOR MIGRANTS TO SPAIN
New data from the Spanish National Security Department (DSN) has revealed that Mauritania was the main country of departure for
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
Opinion
How did relations between Algeria and France get so bad?
This week, one of the world's experts on French Algerian history, Benjamin Stora, described relations between the two
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
Sahel
Weapons looted from armies fuel jihadist gains in Sahel
Salafi jihadist groups in the Sahel are arming themselves with weapons captured from national militaries, intensifying regional instability, according to
Algeria
Algeria reshuffles leadership of intelligence services
Algeria is overhauling its intelligence services in response to mounting failures and diplomatic setbacks, particularly with France and the Sahel,
Sahel
Aid Agency: Sahel region to face another year of “alarming” food insecurity
For the eighth consecutive year, the region faces a record number of people in need of urgent food and nutrition
Mauritania
How Mauritania has kept jihadists at bay in the Sahel
Mauritania has not experienced a terrorist attack in over 13 years, a stark contrast to neighboring Mali and other Sahel
Algeria
Algeria turns to Sufi soft power to ease Sahel tensions
Algeria is turning to Sufi diplomacy to rebuild strained ties with Sahelian neighbours, deploying spiritual influence where formal diplomacy has
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
Sahel
ECOWAS meet to discuss relocation of institutions amid Sahel States’ withdrawal
The Council of Ministers of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) held an Extraordinary Session in Accra on
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