Mali

The 2017 World Drug Report reveals that two-thirds of all cocaine smuggled between South America and Europe cross the West African countries.

After weeks of teetering uncertainty in the aftermath of a coup, Mali’s new military leadership installed one of their own as president.

With French and US missions in African struggling to contain a rising insurgency, top generals envision the future of operations in the area.

Top commanders agree that U.S. presence in Africa is crucial to stemming al-Qaeda in the region. But rumors of withdrawal are circulating.

Two French soldiers were killed in an IED attack days after an ambush claimed the lives of ten Malian soldiers near the Mauritania border.

Lebanon’s economy is plummeting, COVID-19 is on the rise, and an unproven prime minister takes the reigns as Beirut is still recovering.

The European Union has suspended its two training missions in Mali after last week’s military takeover that removed President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita from power. E.U. defense ministers met in Berlin on Wednesday and discussed the situation in Mali. It was decided that E.U. military training will continue in neighboring Niger and Burkina Faso, officials said. […]

The United States has suspended all cooperation with Mali’s military following the overthrow of the Malian president by army officers, the U.S. envoy to West Africa’s Sahel region said on Friday. This comes despite thousands of Malians celebrating the overthrow in the streets of the capital of Bamako. U.S. envoy J. Peter Pham told the […]

The military leaders of Mali have conducted a coup, ousting President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita from power. The military had had enough: Government corruption, economic mismanagement, the ongoing coronavirus crisis, and the Islamic jihadists’ insurgency have paralyzed and decimated the country’s outlying areas. The military’s frustration was compounded by the poor bad and bad conditions it […]

The United States released a statement on Thursday addressing the increase of alleged human rights abuses by state security forces in West Africa and the Sahel. According to the statement, the U.S. was “deeply concerned” about these allegations and said that they must be addressed or else assistance from Washington could be at risk. Part […]

Editor’s note: This article was written by Eren Ersozoglu and originally published on Grey Dynamics.  This Grey Dynamics African Intelligence Article analyses the SADAT paramilitary group, and the political de facto implications placed on Turkish-African relations and security amid an increase in cooperation between Turkey and African states. Turkey’s private military contractor, SADAT, has been conducting military […]

Editor’s note: This article was written by Ana Maria Baloi and originally published on Grey Dynamics. This report examines the likelihood of a Russian power projection in West Africa, based on the country’s ambitions, military doctrine and previous and current actions in other parts of the continent Key Judgements KJ-1: Russia’s interest in Africa is […]