More: Sahel
Russia’s Africa Playbook: From Soft Power to Forced Conscription
As we follow Moscow's changing ties to Africa, where trust has become increasingly ambiguous between exploitation and a legitimate relationship, one can never be...
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...
Why Has Africa Become the Epicentre of Terrorism and Why Should Southeast Asia Care?
The Sahel now accounts for more than half of terrorism-related deaths worldwide, making Africa the new epicenter of terrorism. For Southeast Asia, the warning...
France at a Crossroads: Recalibrating Its Role in the Sahel Amid Shifting Alliances
In recent years, France has suffered significant setbacks to its diplomatic standing and influence in a region where it once maintained a dominant and...
All Quiet on the West African Front
West Africa is becoming a silent powder keg that could explode into a cataclysmic situation in the next few years. As the world’s attention...
Morocco’s Quiet Ascendancy in the Sahel: Subtle Influence and Regional Diplomacy
In an era defined by volatile geopolitics and great power rivalry, one nation is quietly redrawing the diplomatic map of West Africa — not...
The Battle for Africa’s Gray Zones: Russia’s Military Expansion and Washington’s Strategic Retreat
Russia’s naval base in Sudan, situated on the Red Sea, is a calculated geopolitical and geoeconomic move designed to secure a long-term military foothold...
France in Africa: Enough is Enough
“We can be proud of our army; whose modernization is now effective. It is in this context that we have decided on the concerted...
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...