Congo rebel leader Nangaa says rebels have entered Bukavu city
Rebels in eastern Congo entered the provincial capital of Bukavu on Friday evening and will continue operations there on ...
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The key factors fueling conflict in eastern DRC
The past three years have been turbulent for the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a region that has experienced ...
The Street Journal1d
How Sahel states ditched Western mining interests
Despite their citizens being among Africa’s poorest, Mali, Niger,and Burkina Faso boast mineral riches beyond the dreams of most nations. All three Sahel countries have sizable gold deposits, and ...
Nigerian Tribune on MSN2d
Sahel conflicts: IPCR to expand scope of Africa’s regional crises
The Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR) is set to broaden its focus beyond Nigeria’s internal conflicts to key regional crises across Africa, including the French withdrawal from the ...
Project Syndicate2dOpinion
Africa’s Year of Warlords and Meddlers
Africa’s prospects for this year are dim, owing to the resurgence of warlordism and the continued weakness of regional ...
allAfrica.com on MSN4d
Power Vacuum in West Africa's Sahel - 3 Ways China Could Fill the Gap As West Exits [analysis]
With France fast losing its influence in west Africa's Sahel region and an unpredictable US president in power, will China fill the vacuum?The Sahel region covers 10 countries: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, ...
Could a rebellion in eastern Congo widen into a regional war?
Analysts say the deadly march by Rwanda-backed rebels across eastern Congo could widen into a regional conflict drawing in ...
Euronews14d
France's military forced out of Sahel region as it closes base in Chad
Kosseï camp in the capital N'Djamena was also the last of its bases in the Sahel, which were themselves a legacy of France's domination of the region as ... director of the Africa programme ...
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Implications of conflict on vaccination in the Sahel region
The Sahel region is a geographical belt in Africa that stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea, between the Sahara Desert in the north and the Savannah in the south. It is characterised by ...
Courthouse News Service14d
France turns over final Sahel military base amid forced withdrawal from Chad
(Ian Langsdon, Pool via AP) MARSEILLE, France (CN) — France’s decades-long military presence in the Sahel is officially over ... This was France's last foothold in the region, West Africa's vast ...
Yahoo News UK15d
France's military forced out of Sahel region as it closes base in Chad
Kosseï camp in the capital N'Djamena was also the last of its bases in the Sahel, which were themselves a legacy of France's domination of the region as the main colonial ... director of the Africa ...
The Washington Post15d
A French journalist recounts 711 days of captivity as a hostage of Islamic extremists in Mali
as Islamic extremists upended the region, Olivier Dubois, a French journalist, secured a rare interview with a leader of JNIM, an al-Qaida’s affiliate in the Sahel. Or so he thought. En route to ...