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A Coup for Security? Testing the Military’s Claims in Niger
On 26 July 2023, a face largely unknown to the public appeared on Niger's national television. Abdourahamane Tchiani, commander of the presidential guard, stood...
Security-for-Resources: How Russia Is Expanding Its Military Role in the Sahel
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has reiterated the official position on Sahelian States—Burkina Faso, Niger, and Mali—to expect further discussions on practical areas of possible...
Nigeria Secures Release of 100 Kidnapped Schoolchildren, Local TV Reports
Around 100 schoolchildren abducted in a mass kidnapping in Niger state have been released, according to Channels Television. The attack on St. Mary’s Catholic...
Islamic State, Not “Lakurawa”
“France signed an agreement with ISWAP fighters,” said Niger’s putschist President Abdourahamane Tchiani during an interview in December of 2024 speaking of the Islamic State’s West...
The Alliance of Sahel States: The Road towards Nationalization
Burkina Faso's President Ibrahim Traore said, "We are going to get our mining licenses back, and we are going to mine it ourselves."
On 4th...
The stakes of the new crisis between Algeria and the AES regimes
On the night of March 31 to April 1, 2025, the Algerian Ministry of Defense announced that it had shot down a Turkish Bayraktar...
Alliance of Sahel States Stepping Forward With Common Economic and Security Aspirations
On January 29, 2025, within rapidly geopolitical changes in West African region, three landlocked countries namely Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, members of the...
Revisiting US-Morocco partnership: Security and development approach in the Sahel region
The US President-elect Donald Trump’s administration might be currently busy aligning foreign policy teams to deal with the wars raging in Ukraine and Gaza...
The Growing Dynamics of Military Coups in Africa
Authors: Tejvir Bawa & Anmol Rattan Singh
Democracy has been believed to be the best way forward to ensure equal development and harmony among nation-states....
The Alliance of Sahel States: Implications, challenges and prospects in West Africa
In this interview, Antoine SOMDAH, former ambassador of Burkina Faso to the Russian Federation, an expert in international law and nuclear law, and a...