SAHEL

Bamako, Mali – October 12, 2025: Mali’s Foreign Ministry announced reciprocal visa bond requirements for American nationals in direct response to Washington’s visa bond pilot program targeting Malian …

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso – October 10, 2025: In a significant diplomatic rejection, Burkina Faso has refused a proposal from the Trump administration to accept deportees from the United …

Abuja, Nigeria – October 10, 2025: In the wake of the formal departure of Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mali from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), …

Lagos, Nigeria – October 9, 2025: Russian allegations that Ukraine is systematically arming terrorist groups across Africa’s Sahel region have triggered a major diplomatic crisis, with three West …

Bamako, Mali – October 08, 2025: Weeks into a deliberate blockade of fuel imports by Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), residents of Bamako confront dire shortages, laying bare …

Abuja, Nigeria – October 7, 2025: The African Development Bank’s $144.7 million energy agreement with Niger represents a critical test of Sahel sovereignty, yet beneath the renewable energy …

BAMAKO, Mali – October 7, 2025: The Alliance of Sahel States (AES) has taken a decisive step toward economic sovereignty through a groundbreaking customs partnership with Togo, as …

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso – October 5, 2025: The Alliance of Sahel States has taken its most decisive step yet toward media sovereignty, with state news agencies from Mali, …

Niamey, Niger – October 4, 2025: In a bold geopolitical maneuver that underscores Africa’s accelerating shift from Western dependence to multipolar partnerships, Niger and Venezuela have signed a …

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso – October 3, 2025: In a dramatic escalation of West African tensions, Captain Ibrahim Traoré delivered some of his sharpest diplomatic rhetoric yet during a …