DISPATCHES Vol 65 No 17 | MALISAHEL Kyiv counts diplomatic costs of ambush boasts 14th August 2024 Bamako has cut ties with Ukraine, accusing it of complicity in an attack that killed Malian soldiers and 50 Russian Wagner operatives The Cold War politics in the Sahel has been given fresh heat after Mali announced it was severing ties with Ukraine, accusing Kyiv of involvement in a deadly... READ FOR FREE
Vol 65 No 3 | SAHEL Juntas in shock split from Ecowas 1st February 2024 Moscow is intent on filling the vacuum as three Sahelian military regimes worry Paris and Washington by cutting regional ties Announcing their withdrawal from the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) 'without delay', the juntas ruling Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali have sent a shockwave through the... READ FOR FREE
Vol 64 No 19 | EUROPEAN UNIONSAHEL Caught cold by the coups 19th September 2023 Von der Leyen calls for a bolder strategy amid the wave of putsches and deepening crisis in the Sahel European Union officials are scrambling to revise their approach to the Sahel and West Africa after being blindsided by the military coups d'état in Niger and Gabon.
Vol 64 No 9 | SAHEL A battle for regional control 27th April 2023 Clashes between jihadist groups are increasing as they seek to strengthen their territorial control Jama'a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin' (JNIM), the Sahel's largest jihadist umbrella alliance, is under pressure from an aggressive fightback by Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS), determined...
Vol 64 No 3 | RUSSIASAHEL Resurrecting the 'Russosphere' 2nd February 2023 The spike in pro-Russian sentiment in the Sahel has been linked to an obscure Belgian activist, Luc Michel. Describing himself as a 'Stalinist', Michel, 65, founded a Belgian...
DISPATCHES Vol 64 No 2 | BURKINA FASOEUROPEAN UNIONSAHEL More European diplomatic dominoes fall as French ambassador is expelled from Ouagadogou 10th January 2023 The military juntas in the Sahel are sidelining Europe's efforts on security in favour of Moscow's forces When Burkina Faso's junta expelled France's ambassador, Luc Hallade, last week it reinforced the sense of failure of Europe's diplomatic and security policy in the region. READ FOR FREE
Vol 63 No 22 | MALIFRANCESAHEL Bamako's wolf warrior diplomacy backfires 28th October 2022 Foreign Minister Diop's attacks on France and peacekeepers meets sceptical silence at UN Security Council After accusing France of supporting Islamist militia groups at a UN Security Council meeting on 18 October, Bamako's foreign minister Abdoulaye Diop dialled down the rhetoric five days...
Vol 63 No 18 | SAHEL Anti-jihad forces try to do without Mali 8th September 2022 Mali has opted out, so other Sahelian states are trying to cooperate militarily to fill a vacuum in which the jihadists are thriving New alliances are being reinforced by states on the front line against jihad to make up for Mali's decision to go it alone and expel France and its...
Vol 63 No 15 | MALISAHEL Goïta plays to his nationalist gallery 21st July 2022 The regime in Bamako raised hopes by promising elections, but then stoked a new crisis with the UN peacekeeping force Hardly had it been announced that West African leaders were lifting sanctions against Mali's military regime, when a new crisis flared, as the authorities arrested 49 Ivorian soldiers...
Vol 63 No 8 | MALISAHELSECURITYG5 Disjointed force 14th April 2022 The demise of the G5 Sahel Joint Force looks imminent, according to authoritative sources. The force always had a slight presence in the anti-jihadist campaign in the Sahel,...