Niger’s military government sides with Russia in the latest sign of Moscow’s growing influence in Africa. Armed troops in Niger overthrew the government in July 2023, seizing power for themselves. The following months were rife with speculation that the military government would align with Moscow and possibly form ties with...
La répétition de coups d’Etats dans des pays du Sahel, qui s’est accompagnée d’une brutale dégradation des relations diplomatiques avec la France, accrédite l’existence d’une crise sahélienne. Dans des pays dont la population est encore très majoritairement rurale et agricole, nous questionnons les ressorts agraires de cette crise.
Même si nous mettons l’accent sur les trois pays du centre ouest du Sahel (Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger), notre propos vaut aussi pour l’ensemble du Sahel (voir carte en bas de page).
Nous considérons par ce terme la zone de steppes soumise à un climat semi-aride qui s’étend autour du 13e parallèle (400-800mm de précipitations annuelles), séparant le désert saharien des zones de savanes soudaniennes3 plus humides, allant d’Ouest en Est du Sahel atlantique (Mauritanie et Sénégal) à la vallée du Nil (Soudan).
Ce questionnement des fondements agricoles de la crise implique de prendre en compte un temps plus long que l’écume de l’actualité et de considérer les transformations profondes qui affectent les territoires ruraux dans leur diversité.
"Permaculture instructor Andrew Millison journeys with the UN World Food Programme to the Northern border of Senegal to see an innovative land recovery project within the Great Green Wall of Africa that is harvesting rainwater, increasing food security, and rehabilitating the ecosystem."
The boss lady on a #Caturday morning, after celebrating #TheGlobalJigsaw 's New York Festivals award... yet despite the jolly distraction, she subbed and updated our latest episode on #drones - including #Iran attacking #Israel , a deep dive into the #UkraineWar and drone use in the #Sahel , plus a bit of #Drone history from the Queen bee on and #Shahed and #Bayraktar production - tune in, #CatsOfMastodon, you'll like it:
Söldner im Sahel: Russland umschmeichelt Afrikas Putschisten
Russland baut seinen Einfluss in Afrika beständig aus. Seit der Umbenennung der Wagner-Truppe in "Afrikakorps" hat ihre Bedeutung dort sogar zugenommen. Vor wenigen Tagen sind etwa 100 Soldaten im Sahel-Staat Niger eingetroffen. Von Kai Küstner.
The disruption of oil exports from South Sudan after one of its key oil pipelines to international markets was damaged in February could further escalate already acute level of violence and in security in the country, experts have warned....
> #Permaculture instructor Andrew Millison journeys with the UN World Food Programme to the Northern border of #Senegal to see an innovative land recovery project within the Great Green Wall of Africa that is harvesting rainwater, increasing food security, and rehabilitating the ecosystem.
Two weeks ago, military juntas controlling #Niger, #Mali, and #BurkinaFaso announced their countries' "immediate withdrawal" from #ECOWAS, #WestAfrica's regional integration bloc. This is a big deal.
The #ECOWAS treaty, which is incorporated into the laws of #Niger, #Mali, and #BurkinaFaso through past ratification, states in Article 91 that member countries can only withdraw from the organization after "one year's notice in writing".
The next major geopolitical conflict is brewing in the Sahel region, in the north-central stretch of Africa south of the Sahara. Islamists and armed militias are plunging the entire region into chaos, and it is even possible a new jihadist emirate may emerge. Experts are already predicting there will be thousands of new...
The leaders of the three Sahel nations said it was a "sovereign decision" to leave the Economic Community of West African States "without delay." Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, said Sunday they are leaving the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) immediately....
The United States said Wednesday that Sudan's rival forces have both committed war crimes in their brutal conflict and alleged a new ethnic cleansing campaign in scarred Darfur.
France’s Long Legacy of Colonialism Lives on in Sahel Crisis
"The invisible yet rampant exploitation of the postcolonial period, Françafrique meant colonialism without responsibility; the exploitation of African labor, resources and independence itself for foreign profit."
"French policy has heightened local conflicts: propping up undemocratic regimes, killing thousands of civilians and strengthening the very military forces seizing power."
Russia is going to build a nuclear power plant in Burkina Faso. This news was reported by Reuters, citing statements by the local Ministry of Energy. If the project is implemented, the country will become the third on the continent to have a nuclear power plant. One plant is built on French reactors and operates in South Africa....
Interesting broad-sweep-of-history observation about the new #Sahel alliance, out of Jerusalem this morning: there was a time when South Africa and Rhodesia banded together to fight efforts to end white minority rule.
They too claimed to be fighting terrorism and foreign interference.
But Europe can't afford to let jihadism flourish in the Sahel. Eventually, its electorate will demand action – with or without consent from coup leaders.
The two separate attacks targeted the Timbuktu boat on the Niger river and an army position at Bamba, in the northern Gao region with "a provisional toll of 49 civilians and 15 soldiers killed", according to a government statement....
#Sahel, #Niger und #Ukraine – Außenministerin Annalena Baerbock reist nach Toledo in Spanien. Dort kommen heute und morgen die 🇪🇺-Außenminister*innen zum informellen Treffen zusammen. Mehr zur Tagesordnung des #Gymnich Treffens bei diplo.de 👉 www.diplo.de/2614076
Russia has tightened its hold over the Sahel region – and now it’s looking to Africa’s west coast (theconversation.com)
Niger’s military government sides with Russia in the latest sign of Moscow’s growing influence in Africa. Armed troops in Niger overthrew the government in July 2023, seizing power for themselves. The following months were rife with speculation that the military government would align with Moscow and possibly form ties with...
South Sudan’s disrupted oil exports due to neighboring Sudan’s civil war could escalate insecurity (northafricapost.com)
The disruption of oil exports from South Sudan after one of its key oil pipelines to international markets was damaged in February could further escalate already acute level of violence and in security in the country, experts have warned....
Our Next Geopolitical Crisis Will Be African — In The Sahel (worldcrunch.com)
The next major geopolitical conflict is brewing in the Sahel region, in the north-central stretch of Africa south of the Sahara. Islamists and armed militias are plunging the entire region into chaos, and it is even possible a new jihadist emirate may emerge. Experts are already predicting there will be thousands of new...
Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger quit Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) (www.dw.com)
The leaders of the three Sahel nations said it was a "sovereign decision" to leave the Economic Community of West African States "without delay." Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, said Sunday they are leaving the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) immediately....
US finds war crimes and ethnic cleansing in Sudan war (www.france24.com)
The United States said Wednesday that Sudan's rival forces have both committed war crimes in their brutal conflict and alleged a new ethnic cleansing campaign in scarred Darfur.
[Op Ed] Why Russia is building a nuclear power plant in Burkina Faso (english.nv.ua)
Russia is going to build a nuclear power plant in Burkina Faso. This news was reported by Reuters, citing statements by the local Ministry of Energy. If the project is implemented, the country will become the third on the continent to have a nuclear power plant. One plant is built on French reactors and operates in South Africa....
First French troops depart Niger as military junta beds in (www.euronews.com)
Anti-French protests outside embassy compound in Niamey marked a new hostility towards Paris's operations in the Sahel....
More than 60 killed in attacks on passenger boat and army base in Mali (www.france24.com)
The two separate attacks targeted the Timbuktu boat on the Niger river and an army position at Bamba, in the northern Gao region with "a provisional toll of 49 civilians and 15 soldiers killed", according to a government statement....