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New York, United States – AFP The European Union’s top diplomat on Monday voiced solidarity with France’s ambassador to Niger, who has faced intense pressure after refusing expulsion orders from military leaders. After sacking the elected government in late July, the military said it was expelling Ambassador Sylvain Itte, but...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger’s military leaders announced a defense pact Saturday committing to cooperate against armed insurgency. The three West African countries in the Sahel region are struggling to fight insurgents linked to the al-Qaeda and ISIS. They have recently stepped up cooperation in the face of heavy s...
ANKARA (AA) – France is not boycotting African artists, the country’s culture minister has said in response to reports of an order to stop cooperation. French broadcaster BFMTV had reported that a government letter sent to the authorities on Thursday asked to stop collaboration with artists from Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali. “I am extrem...
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso – AFP Fifty-three members of the security forces have been killed in an attack by suspected militants in northern Burkina Faso, the army said on Tuesday. Seventeen soldiers and 36 civilian volunteers for the army died on Monday while repelling an “attack,” the army general staff said in a statement. ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Nearly 1 million children in Mali face acute malnutrition by the end of the year without life-saving humanitarian aid as 200,000 face the dire prospect of death by starvation, the UN has warned. About one in four people in Mali are suffering from moderate or acute food insecurity, the UN said following […]
United Nations, United States – AFP Russia on Wednesday vetoed a proposal at the United Nations to extend targeted sanctions in military-run Mali, which has become a close partner of Russia’s Wagner mercenaries. “Despite the fact that we repeatedly urged a constructive approach and a sensible compromise, the texts did not in ...
DAKAR (AA) – Mali and Burkina Faso dispatched warplanes Friday to Niger in a show of solidarity against possible military intervention by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). A report aired on Niger’s state television highlighted joint efforts by Mali and Burkina Faso in support of Niger and the deployment of war...
