[HRW] Appeals Court Upholds Former Prime Minister's Prison Sentence

[Centre 4s] Following the disruption of their relations with the French and American militaries, Sahel countries have forged new partnerships to obtain satellite imagery. These tools--precious in the fight against terrorism and trafficking in drugs, ...

[Crisis Group] Nairobi/Brussels -- Africa is beset by trouble at home while grasping for options in dealing with today's jumbled global order. The challenges to peace and security are many. This briefing identifies seven that should top the agenda as...

[HRW] Journalist Jailed After Criticizing Niger's Junta Leader

[RFI] More than 4,000 empty shipping containers are stranded inside Mali as insecurity on the main trade route to Senegal makes transport too dangerous, raising fears of supply disruption and higher prices in a country where most imports pass through...

[RFI] Nick Checker, head of the US State Department's Bureau of African Affairs, visited Mali Monday, calling for renewed economic and security cooperation between Washington and Mamako.

[CFR] Washington, DC -- Washington's latest diplomatic overtures to the three junta-led Sahelian states send the wrong message about U.S. tolerance of bad behavior in the region.

[MSF] Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams have returned to south-eastern Mauritania to provide care to Malian refugees and the communities hosting them. Over the past two years in this border region of Hodh Ech Chargui, there has been a st...

[Afrobarometer] Majority of citizens doubt that ordinary people can obtain justice in the legal system.

[allAfrica] Frank W. Garcia Jr., a veteran Republican Congressional aide with limited Africa experience, has been nominated by President Trump to lead the Africa Bureau at the State Department.

[Daba Finance] Mali has approved a move to take a 51% controlling stake in a new industrial explosives company, tightening state control over a supply chain central to mining and security.

[CPJ] Dakar -- The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Malian authorities to reverse their ban on the distribution, circulation, and sale of the privately owned French news magazine Jeune Afrique, the latest outlet to be prohibited by the allie...

[MFWA] On January 16, 2026, Mali's Ministry of Territorial Administration and Decentralisation banned the circulation, distribution and sale of the weekly magazine Jeune Afrique across the country.