Morocco’s efforts to secure international backing for its proposed autonomy plan for Western Sahara face a renewed obstacle at the United Nations, where Secretary-General António Guterres has insisted that any future arrangement
In February 2008, beneath the harsh afternoon sun of Accra, US President George W. Bush stood before a small gathering of journalists and dismissed swirling rumors with a chuckle. The United States, he claimed,
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On April 25, 2026, Mali’s Defence Minister, Lieutenant General Sadio Camara, was killed during a coordinated series of attacks by armed groups across the country. A suicide car bomb (vehicle-borne improvised explosive
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A coordinated multi-front assault by jihadist and separatist forces has pushed Mali’s military government into crisis, exposing the limits of Russian intervention and raising fears of a wider regional destabilization A sweeping
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Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, is accelerating an ambitious industrial vision that aims to reshape the continent’s economic model, turning it from a supplier of raw materials into a global manufacturing and
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Today was a very important day for Mali. This country, under the leadership of President General Assimi Goïta, is the most important outpost of the multipolar world in West Africa — and
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A growing illicit pharmaceutical pipeline from India to West Africa has been uncovered through trade data analysis, revealing the export of more than 320 million synthetic opioid tablets over the past three
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In the heart of the European Union, a bold exhibition is forcing an uncomfortable question into public debate: has Europe truly moved beyond its colonial past, or is it still living in
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An international arms broker is on trial in London accused of using a government-linked role to facilitate the alleged illegal trade of military equipment to countries under strict embargoes, according to reporting
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A Nigerian Air Force strike intended to hit suspected jihadist fighters has killed more than 100 civilians after striking a crowded market in northeastern Nigeria, according to reports from Amnesty International and
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A Russian cryptocurrency network under Western sanctions is seeking to establish a presence in Africa, reflecting Moscow’s broader efforts to circumvent international restrictions and extend its influence across the continent, according to
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The Government of Rwanda has achieved a milestone in global education by training and certifying 24000 teachers in less than twelve months, a move designed to staff 22000 newly constructed classrooms. This
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Since October 2025, over 13,000 Malians have crossed into southeastern Mauritania to escape the worsening conflict in central Mali, according to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR). Civilians are caught between the Malian
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The ongoing war in the Middle East has triggered a historic disruption of energy supplies, cutting off roughly 8 million barrels of crude per day and 20% of global liquefied natural gas
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Senegal entered 2026 in the grip of a growing debt crisis that seems insurmountable. After the government of President Bassirou Diomaye Faye took power in April 2024, it became clear that his
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As geopolitical tensions intensify in the Middle East and Russian gas supplies remain unpredictable, European nations are increasingly turning to Africa as a crucial source of liquefied natural gas (LNG). Next month,
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