An alarming new report from the United Nations. The number of civilians killed in Mali has more than doubled in 2022 compared to 2021, and 35% of human rights violations were attributed to the Defense and Security Forces (FDS), according to this document consulted on Wednesday by AFP. In its quarterly report on human rights … Read more
When he got off the plane, Olivier Dubois appeared smiling and visibly moved, dressed in an open white shirt and beige pants. The release of the journalist is a “huge relief” after 711 days spent in Mali in captivity, “the longest for a French journalist held hostage since the war in Lebanon”, welcomed Reporters Without … Read more
Published on : 20/02/2023 – 23:25 A “moving” military patrol fell victim to a “complex” attack on Friday in northern Burkina Faso. According to the latest report communicated Monday evening by the Burkinabè army, at least 51 soldiers lost their lives. At least 51 soldiers were killed on Friday February 17 in an ambush by … Read more
At least 51 soldiers were killed Friday in an ambush by suspected jihadists in northern Burkina Faso, where attacks by “terrorist” armed groups have intensified since the beginning of the year. This ambush in the Sahel region bordering Mali and Niger, the provisional toll of which was announced by the army on Monday, could prove … Read more
The heads of diplomacy of the three West African countries ruled by the military following coups – Mali, Guinea and Burkina Faso – met on Thursday, February 9, in Ouagadougou, announced the Burkinabè government. This encounter comes two days after the visit to Mali on Tuesday by the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sergei Lavrovwhich … Read more
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Wednesday extended Moscow’s offer of support against the jihadists to Mauritania, saying he respects the positions of this country which has spoken out against the war in Ukraine. His Mauritanian counterpart Mohamed Salem Ould Marzouk invoked the “rules of international law”, while saying he “understood” Russian security concerns in … Read more
“A victory for the sovereign people of Burkina”. In Ouagadougou, the departure of French troops, recorded this week, is welcomed as a return to “sovereignty” in the fight against jihadist groups, a rhetoric that recalls the ideals of the former president and pan-Africanist icon Thomas Sankara. French soldiers, pushed out by the ruling junta, must … Read more
After Mali, Burkina. France will withdraw its troops from Burkina Faso within “a month” while the junta has denounced the defense agreements linking the two countries, a further decline in Paris’ influence in the Sahel. “Tuesday (…) we formally received the denunciation, by the Burkinabè government, of the 2018 agreement relating to the status of … Read more