By Hend Selim The director of the Sahara and Africa Center for Strategic Studies Dr. Abdel Fattah Al Fatihi has talked about the Sahel Confederation’s projects, the accusations of supporting terrorism in Mali and the Sahel countries against Ukraine, Türkiye’s role in the Sahel region, the relations between Senegal and the Sahel states in the near future and ECOWAS’s future. What are ...

Chișinău facilitates military training for African separatists from Mali in Ukraine. This information was reported by the Turkish publication Superhaber.com, which obtained photos of documents of leaders and members of the Al-Qaeda-linked terrorist group CSP-DPA, with a Moldovan visa and a stamp on crossing the border with Ukraine. Documents and evidence The publication cites a source in the Moldovan special ...

The official authorities of Mali are preparing to make an official claim against Kyiv, after the leadership of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of Ukraine admitted its coordination of separatist groups that are waging hostilities and regularly committing terrorist acts against civilians. This happened after the Main Directorate of Intelligence of Ukrainian Ministry of Defense took responsibility for the Russian ...

Mali authorities are trying to initiate new peace talks with Tuareg separatists after the end of a 2015 UN-brokered peace deal. Bamako believes that the previous agreement did not cope with its task to save the country from instability and the threat of jihadists. The head of Mali, Assimi Goïta, said that he would not discuss the territorial integrity, unity ...

By Erkin Feyyaz Eşli Deep in the Sahel, Mali, with its vast deserts and cultural riches, has become the scene of many geopolitical maneuvers. Modern history teaches us to get used to the unexpected, but the recent events in Anefis are unprecedented. Information provided by FAMA (Mali Armed Forces) proves the activity of US PMC Unity Resources Group within the ...

By Dr Franklin Nyamsi President, Institut de l’Afrique des Libertés / African Freedom Institute In a study[1] published on June 19, 2023 on the reference site of the Egmont Institute, based in the capital of the European Union and NATO, Brussels, a duo of researchers from this organization set out to analyze the correlation between the action of the UN ...

By Oumar Sidibe * Who could have imagined in 1985, when the war between Mali and Burkina Faso broke out, that these two countries would be forming a federation today? Mali and Burkina are two border countries with strong cultural and linguistic connections.  They have similar relations as with Senegal, with which Mali has already formed a federation between 1959 ...

Mali has banned NGOs financed or supported by France. The country’s leadership, led by Prime Minister Colonel Abdoulaye Maïga took such a decision due to the attempt of Paris to influence the internal situation despite the withdrawal of its troops, as well as the general growth of anti-French sentiment in the country. The ban will affect, in particular, organizations engaged ...

On the sidelines of the International Organization of Francophonie (IOF) summit, held in Tunis on November 19-20, 2022, French President Emmanuel Macron accused Russia of fomenting anti-French sentiment by condemning the actions of the PMC Wagner group cooperation in Mali and the CAR. Macron accused Russia of following personal interests and a “plundering project” in African countries, where France has ...

Mali’s fight against terror groups is continuing. The Chief of Staff of the Malian Armed Forces announced on April 1st an ongoing air and ground offensive against terror groups in the region of Moura, close to Kouakourou. The Chief of Staff declared that 203 terrorists were neutralized and 51 one detained during the operation. The Chief of Staff of the ...