Tag Archives: Sahel
For many people, Timbuktu has long represented the essence of remoteness: a mythical, faraway place located on the boundaries of our collective consciousness. But like many of the myths associated with colonialism, the reality is very different. Medieval texts show … read more »
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Tagged Ali Farka Touré, António Guterres, Burkina Faso, IndepthAfrica, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Sahel, Timbuktu
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Analysis Addis Abeba — Mali has until recently been regarded as one of the most politically stable countries in West Africa. However, since the fall of the former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi last year and the coup d’état on 22 … read more »
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As the Boko Haram conflict escalates in some parts of the North, Regional Editor (News), Olawale Rasheed, assesses the new international dimension to the insurgency, concluding that Nigeria has finally entered the global jihadist map. THE unrelenting terrorist challenges facing … read more »
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By Ahmedou ould Abdallah, Centre4s Over the last few years a crisis has been brewing in the whole of the Sahel, not only in Mali. All the ingredients for an explosion where there: poorly or ungoverned vast territories, lack of … read more »
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By Michael Keating Listening to Niger’s President Mahamadou Issofou’s recent interview on Al Jazeera one comes away with the impression that everything in Niger is fine except for the terrible things that are going on across its borders: gun drunk … read more »
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Michael Brenner America’s “war on terror” now has brought us deep into tropical Africa and the Sahel. We learned last week that Washington is engaged in an expansive project to hunt down an array of local “terrorists”, could-be “terrorists” and … read more »
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By Celeste Hicks While all eyes are on the ongoing political stalemate in Bamako, and the growing radicalism of groups such as Ansar Dine, Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and MUJAO (Movement for Unity and Jihad in West Africa) in … read more »
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Toby Leon Moorsom KINGSTON, CANADA – Over the past year, Africa has seen the decomposition of states from coast to coast. A belt of war, coups and large-scale spontaneous demonstrations has emerged across the Sahel, from Guinea-Bissau to Somalia. The … read more »
DAKAR – An extremist group in West Africa is reportedly threatening to kill a Spanish hostage seized in western Algeria last October. The group is believed to have split from al-Qaida’s North Africa branch last year with the aim of … read more »
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he International Monetary Fund (IMF) today released the May 2012 Regional Economic Outlook: Sub-Saharan Africa . Ms. Antoinette Monsio Sayeh, Director of the IMF’s African Department, commented on the report’s main findings: “Despite difficult external conditions, output in sub-Saharan Africa … read more »
Niamey – The crisis in Mali could become a threat to global security if the international community does not help the coup- and rebellion-hit country, the head of the UN refugee agency said on Monday. “We are very worried by … read more »
Washington – US President Barack Obama has invited the leaders of Benin, Ethiopia, Ghana and Tanzania to take part in a session on food security in Africa at the G8 summit this month, officials said Thursday. Obama will host the … read more »
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Thomas Serres Algeria is a key player in the Sahel, perhaps now more than ever. The crises in Libya and Mali will likely bolster the geopolitical rent that has benefited the Algerian regime since 11 September 2001. The military blitz … read more »
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By Celeste Hicks It’s two years since I was last in Chad after a long stint as the BBC correspondent. Not long enough to forget a place you might think, but when I arrived recently in N’Djamena the sweltering dead … read more »
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Jessica Horn In conversation with Jessica Horn, a leading Malian women’s rights activist (name supplied but withheld on request) identifies the roots of the crisis in Mali, and the opportunistic use of the crisis by Malian and international Islamic fundamentalists … read more »
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As billions are spent on weapons systems, on overthrowing governments, on arming terrorists perpetrating the most shocking crimes Humankind has seen in decades, a humanitarian catastrophe is looming right under the noses of the FUKUS-Axis in the Sahel region. There … read more »
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb, Ban Ki-moon, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Libya, Libyan, Sahel, Syria, United Nations, United States
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Bamako – An Islamist group that is competing with Tuareg nationalists for control of northern Mali is stepping up efforts to provide law and order as it tries to gain recruits and the support of local residents. They’ve even set … read more »
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Associated Press, Bamako, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, Mali, Sahel, Sharia, Tuareg people, United States
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The threat of famine across West Africa is getting worse with the political crisis in Mali, experts and aid workers said Thursday, urging the Canadian government to co-ordinate a response from other countries. Canada should call together an international forum … read more »
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Burkina Faso, Canada, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Mali, Oxfam, Sahel, Senegal, West Africa
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When Libya’s dictator for more than four decades fell victim to the Arab Spring, Col. Moammar Gadhafi’s influence didn’t end. It is now contributing to increased attacks by rebel groups, the arming of terrorists and a hunger crisis in other … read more »
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Arab Spring, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Libya, Mali, Niger, Pretoria, Sahel, Tuareg people
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A former Chief Intelligence Officer of the State Security Service (SSS), Bukar Tarha, yesterday testified in court that a terrorism suspect, Mallam Mohammed Ashafa, has admitted that he is linked with the Al-Qaeda terrorist group. The Prosecution Witness (PW), who … read more »
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Tagged Africa news, African news, AlQaeda, Ibrahim, IndepthAfrica, Karachi, Libya, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sahel, West Africa
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As Al-Qaeda’s first cell was dismantled last week in Kano city, Nigeria and other West African nations are now plotting to tame the sect as its presence in other West African nations is recurring in security reports on regular basis. … read more »
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb, AlQaeda, IndepthAfrica, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Sahel, West Africa
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By Brian J. Peterson When the protest movement of Malian women erupted in the town of Kati on January 30, few took notice. The women were mostly “war widows” of Malian soldiers recently killed in fighting against the National Movement … read more »
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Tagged africa african news, Al-Qaeda, Amadou Toumani Touré, Bamako, indepthafrica africa news, Mali, Military of Mali, MNLA, Sahel, West Africa
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Bamako – West Africa’s top regional decision-making body urged member states on Monday to back Mali with military equipment and logistics in its fight against northern rebels, but also said it would launch mediation efforts within days. Fighting erupted in … read more »
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Tagged africa african news, Al-Qaeda, Bamako, indepthafrica africa news, Libya, Mali, MNLA, Sahel, Tuareg people, West Africa
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Dakar – The United Nations Children’s Fund on Tuesday appealed to western African governments to prevent a new cholera outbreak, after the disease claimed nearly 3 000 lives there last year. Unicef’s regional bureau said that “at least 105 248 … read more »
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Tagged Africa news, African, African news, Central Africa, Cholera, Government, Haiti, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Nigeria, Indepth Soccer, Sahel, UNICEF, United Nations
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Abuja – Nigeria’s top military chief said on Thursday that the radical Islamist Boko Haram sect, which has been blamed for gun and bomb attacks that have killed hundreds of people, has ties to al-Qaeda. “We have been able to … read more »
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Al-Qaeda, Boko Haram, Gulf of Guinea, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kano, Nigeria, Sahel, Thursday, West Africa
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New York -Togo’s president on Tuesday led African calls at the UN Security Council for greater action to counter crime syndicates and terrorism in West Africa which he said threatens governments. President Faure Gnassingbe called for an international group to … read more »
African leaders gathered Saturday for talks on insecurity in the Sahel region where fresh violence in northern Mali has sparked what rights groups say is the area’s worst human rights crisis in 20 years. As many as 25 heads of … read more »
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Tagged African Union, Benin, Economic Community of West African States, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Mali, Sahel, West Africa, Yayi Boni
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Abuja – The mediation and security council of the west African regional group Ecowas on Thursday approved humanitarian aid of $3m for victims of the food crisis and rebel attacks in the Sahel region. The council, at the end of … read more »
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Tagged Abuja, Economic Community of West African States, Ellen Sirleaf-Johnson, Goodluck Jonathan, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Mali, Sahel, United Nations, West Africa
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By Laura Hammond Last week the United Nations announced that famine conditions in Somalia had eased, thanks to a good harvest and strong response from the humanitarian community. It warned, however, that failure to continue to respond could have dire … read more »
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Tagged Burkina Faso, European Union, Horn, Horn of Africa, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Niger, Sahel, United Nations
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New York – Boko Haram militants from Nigeria are bolstering links with al-Qaeda and other hardline groups in West Africa, according to a UN report released on Wednesday which highlighted the growing concerns of the region’s governments. Attacks, detentions of … read more »
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Tagged Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb, AlQaeda, Boko Haram, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Islamic Maghreb, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Sahel
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