Learning the lessons of France’s Sahel mission
HAFED AL-GHWELL January 07, 2024 As the dust settles on France’s decade-long military engagement in the Sahel, with the last French troops withdrawing from Niger last month, a sobering reflection […]
How the Sahel region’s mineral and energy wealth is being stolen
Despite being the poorest region in the world, the Sahelian zone’s mineral-rich subsurface makes it a prized catch for Western foreign companies. MAHAMAN LAOUAN GAYA The current crisis of Western […]
The growing Sahel crisis
Aug 17,2023 – JORDAN TIMES / Carl Bildt STOCKHOLM — In recent years, domestic developments in Niger, indeed, across North Africa’s Sahel region, scarcely attracted attention from the wider world, […]
France seeks ‘Sahelization’ of African conflict
Author KHALED ABOU ZAHR February 25, 2021 French soldiers set up camp in Ndaki, Mali, as part of Operation Barkhane. (Reuters) Short Url https://arab.news/pu27f In a dull and simple way, […]
Trump announces Morocco and Israel will normalize relations
US President Donald Trump announced on December 10 that Morocco is now the fourth Arab state this year to recognize Israel. (AFP/File Photos) Trump said Israel and Morocco would restore […]
Isis and al-Qaeda set to profit from Covid-19 as lockdowns and aid shortages makes Sahel communities ‘an easy target’
Violent instability in the Sahel means millions need international aid – but lockdowns are stifling the efforts of aid workers. And an economic standstill creates opportunities for jihadis, as Borzou […]
EU and partners hope to bring peace and stability to the Sahel
DR. THEODORE KARASIK March 19, 2019 Soldiers from Burkina Faso take part in a training with Austrian army instructors at the Kamboinse – General Bila Zagre military camp near Ouagadougo […]
Saudi Arabia, UAE pledge $130m towards G5 Sahel force
with Agencies 12 hours ago France *Saudi Arabia has pledged $100 million towards the five-nation anti-terror force in the Sahel region of West Africa. The pledge was confirmed by French […]
The ‘good Muslim’ and the ‘bad Muslim’ in the African Sahara
by Micah Roshan Reddy, Egypt Independent. Mungo Park, the famous 18th century Scottish explorer, had few good things to say about the Muslims he encountered on his journeys through the Sahara. He spoke of the Moors as “a people who study mischief as a science and exult in the miseries […]