Mali has deployed a contingent as an attempt to reinforce security following a spate of violent attacks in villages. The attackers behind the latest attack to have hit central Mali identified victims one by one before executing then, sur...
·almost 5 years ago
An ethnic attack in a Dogon village has in Sobame Da, near Sanga town in the Mopti region of Mali resulted in the deaths of close to 100 people, about a third of Sobame Da’s population. Another in an ever-lengthening line of ethnic cente...
·almost 5 years ago
Since 2015, jihadi groups that were previously active in Mali have gradually infiltrated Burkina Faso. Attacks increased throughout 2018 and have become more rampant in 2019, forcing over 100,000 people into exile. Jihadi groups like the...
·over 4 years ago
African countries are hit by far fewer natural disasters compared to the rest of the world. But they suffer much more. For instance, in 2016 African countries were hit by 17% of natural disasters compared to other regions of the world, b...
·over 4 years ago
South Africa’s first democratically elected president, Nelson Mandela, captured the value of education when he said, “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”This is why quality education is one of t...
·over 3 years ago
The Sahel region, a belt of largely semi-arid countries below the Sahara, continues to be confronted by jihadist insurgents with various affiliations. “Jihadist insurgents”, broadly defined, rely on religious rhetoric for political mo...
·over 2 years ago
The West African nation Niger is under military rule following a coup in which President Mohamed Bazoum was overthrown and held captive by members of his own guard. On July 28, 2023, coup leaders named General Abdourahmane Tchiani as the...
·8 months ago
Bafana Bafana head coach Hugo Broos is confident that his squad is ready to face Mali in their 2023 Africa Cup of Nations opener on Tuesday night.
·2 months ago
Although Bafana Bafana lost 2-0 in their 2023 AFCON group E opener against Mali on Tuesday evening, forward Percy Percy is still optimistic that they will progress to the knockout phase of the tournament.
·2 months ago
Former Bafana Bafana coach Owen Da Gama has revealed that there is still hope for Bafana Bafana to progress to the knockout phase of the 2023 AFCON in Ivory Coast.
·2 months ago
Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have sent Ecowas, west Africa’s main political union of 15 countries, a formal notice of their withdrawal from the bloc.
·about 2 months ago
The West African regional bloc ECOWAS has pushed the junta-led Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali to reconsider their decision to quit the political and economic alliance.
·about 2 months ago
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has forgiven the revolutionary regimes in Burkina Faso, Mali and Nigert for their sins of removing democratically elected proxies of France from power.
·10 days ago