Tag: Mali

Recurring coups and protracted military rule should spur regional actors to explore other ways of achieving stability. 

The Golden Eaglets are seeking a third title and a ticket to the World Cup scheduled for Peru in November

UBA also announces six other executive appointments.

The executive director of FP2030, Samukeliso Dube, however, noted that donor government funding for family planning is not keeping up ...

The current crisis in the Sahel is linked to the geopolitics of the return of the military. Mali has exercised ...

The mercenaries were staying in a hotel in Kadiivka, a town in the Russian-occupied Luhansk region, Mr Haidai said in ...

Mr Buhari says Nigeria is committed to supporting ECOWAS institutions to ensure that the countries in the region are all ...

Funding shortfalls, changing strategic alliances, and Mali’s withdrawal from the G5 Sahel call for a new approach.

The Sahel (Photo Credit: ThingLink). The Panel is charged with carrying out a strategic diagnosis of the difficult equations between ...

WADEMOS says the coups in Burkina Faso could derail efforts to address the country’s security challenges and restore democratic governance.

Coups in Africa. Picture credit: Souleymane Camara/Reuters/Council on Foreign Relations The slide cannot continue. It’s fine to blame outsiders, particularly ...

West Africa’s crisis of democracy doesn’t stand in a vacuum, though. It is part of a global trend and mirrors ...

After lying dormant for 13 years, the AU sanctions committee aims for more consistency and better results.

In the last week, the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has re-invigorated the 'G7' security operations to secure the territory, ...

Development agencies working in the Sahel are finding themselves in a bind, as pledges for funding were made in December ...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Sunday said it will immediately lift economic and financial sanctions placed ...

D'Tigers are in Kigali to consolidate and win a slot in the final World Cup qualifiers in August.

The lawmakers say despite Nigeria’s larger-than-life financial contributions to ECOWAS, the country and its citizens have not benefitted immensely from ...

Buhari to ECOWAS leaders: "Any decision on Mali Burkina Faso, Guinea must consider the people"

No Nigerian language is included this time in a list that already has Igbo, Yoruba and Hausa.

From peacekeeping to early warning and mediation, traditional tools aren’t resolving protracted conflicts in Africa.

In the Sahel region, countries like Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger are subject to violent attacks by extremist insurgents ...

In just over a decade, Nigeria will have some of the highest concentrations of young people in the world. Currently, ...

The recent Mali case shows that countries undergoing transition or conflict mediation are susceptible to hybrid threats.

The bill seeks to provide a legislative framework guiding peacekeeping operations and their funding.