Browsing: Mali

Niger hosted the historic ‘Conference in Solidarity with the Peoples of the Sahel’ on 19-21 November in its capital, Niamey. Socialists worldwide representing popular movements, labour…

The military takeovers in Africa’s Sahel region are not just coups d’état but revolutionary processes that aim to transform the arid area south of the Sahara…

In this clip, Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo responds to a journalist’s question about Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger’s breakaway from – and potential for rejoining -…

During the 19th edition of Burkina Faso’s Digital Week event that brought together technology-sector leaders and government officials during 12-15 November, Alliance of Sahel States (AES)…

While on a visit to discuss a tax dispute with Malian authorities, Australia-based Resolute Mining’s CEO Terence Holohan and two other employees were detained on 8…

It’s an intergenerational struggle that goes back at least one century: The fight for Africa’s total unification. Long understood to be the key to Africa’s freedom…

Mali, along with its Alliance of Sahel States counterparts—Burkina Faso and Niger—is actively reclaiming control over its mineral resources, challenging the dominance of Western multinational mining…

Niger’s ability to provide food for its citizens has been impacted by ECOWAS sanctions which were in place from July 2023 to February 2024. On top…

On 5th October, 2024, President Ibrahim Traoré of Burkina Faso made an important statement in a radio address: the country will be revoking mining licences and…

On this day in 1987, visionary pan-African icon and leader of Burkina Faso Thomas Sankara was assassinated by his longtime friend and, at the time, minister…