West Africa

German soldiers from the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (Minusma) resumed reconnaissance operations outside Gao on Tuesday. German troops are present in Gao, where they help protect the airport, and conduct reconnaissance flights to ensure the safety of their patrols. But in recent weeks, relations between Mali …

Burkina Faso’s transitional president, Lt. Col. Damiba, met with former leader Blaise Compaoré in Abidjan, the Ivorian economic capital, as part of his visit to the country led by Alassane Ouattara. After being received by the Ivorian head of state Alassane Ouattara on Monday, September 5, Colonel Damiba took advantage …

After releasing three of the 49 Ivorian soldiers, Malian authorities said the only way to release the other 46 was for “Abidjan to officially apologize” to the people of Mali. Arrested on July 10 in Bamako and accused of being “mercenaries,” these 49 soldiers would normally be tried for “attempting …

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has indicated that her country may end its military support to Mali if the country does not provide for the security needs of its troops. This is a warning to Malian transitional authorities. The head of German diplomacy, Annalena Baerbock, addressed authorities in Bamako directly …

At least 35 civilians were killed and 37 injured in northern Burkina Faso on Monday when a vehicle in a convoy hit an improvised explosive device (IED), the interim government said in a statement. The escorted supply convoy heading to the capital, Ouagadougou, hit the IED between the northern towns …

Two people died in the Nigerian commercial capital Lagos after a seven storey building under construction collapsed, Reuters reported, citing Lagos State Emergency Management Agency. The incident happened in the early hours of Sunday and rescue efforts were underway to find survivors, the agency said. The building was being constructed …

State and private actors in the energy sector from Mauritania, Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Guinea Conakry and Senegal met on September 1 in Diamniadio in Senegal to discuss on “the future of natural gas”. Since the start of the war in Ukraine, gas has become a rare commodity and African countries …

A popular Nigerian singer has been arrested for allegedly assaulting and abducting a police officer who had detained him. Ice Prince, whose real name is Henry Zamani, was arrested at 03:00 on Friday for driving without car licence plates, said Lagos Police Command spokesman Benjamin Hundeyin. “He, thereafter, abducted the …

Nearly 682 security incidents were recorded from April 1 to June 2022 in Mali, according to the quarterly note of the United Nations Mission in Mali (Minusma) on human rights violations published on Wednesday. In three months, 317 civilians were killed and 73 others abducted or disappeared. In its report, …

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced his plan to appoint a former Senegalese minister to lead U.N. efforts to broker peace in Libya, Reuters agency reported on Thursday. The 15-member U.N. Security Council needs to agree by consensus to the appointment of Abdoulaye Bathily as the U.N. special envoy for Libya. …