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Russian troops arrive in Niger as military agreement begins
BBC via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoNiger had already been suspended from Ecowas - which has been urging the country to return to...
Sub-Saharan Africa incomes falling further behind rest of world, says IMF
WHTC 1450 Holland· 1 week agoBy Rachel Savage and Karin Strohecker JOHANNESBURG/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Incomes in Sub-Saharan...
Russian weapons and trainers arrive in Niger weeks after US military agreement ends
CNN via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoRussia has delivered military equipment to Niger that will provide the African country with the...
Washington’s Failed Africa Policy Needs a Reset
Foreign Policy Magazine· 2 weeks agoAfrica Command, the Nigerien junta abruptly declared more than a decade of training and operational partnership to be over. After new regimes inMali,...
Togo parliament approves contested constitutional reforms
RFI via Yahoo News· 6 days agoLawmakers in Togo approved changes to its constitution on Friday linked to presidential term limits ...
US agrees to withdraw troops from Niger amid Sahel region’s pivot to Russia
Al Jazeera· 6 days agoThe United States will withdraw its soldiers from Niger as the West African nation is increasingly...
US to withdraw military personnel from Niger, source says
Reuters· 7 days agoThere were a little over 1,000 U.S. troops in Niger as of last year, where the U.S. military operated out of two bases, including a drone base known as Air Base 201 built near ...
Burkina Faso junta expel 3 French diplomats over alleged subversive activities
U-T San Diego· 1 week agoThe Junta named the three diplomats, two of whom are political advisors, and declared they were persona non grata in Burkina Faso, according to the document signed by the ...
Mali: Waiting For A Happy Ending
Strategy Page· 2 weeks agoDecember 17, 2020: It’s been four months since the new interim government began operations, displacing the military group that took over in August. Interim means this temporary government has ...
US agrees to pull troops out of Niger
BBC via Yahoo News· 6 days agoNiger has also distanced itself from local democracies and sought stronger regional alliances with fellow junta-led nations Burkina Faso and Mali ...