Sahel

The information was confirmed for RFI, the next G5 Sahel summit will take place on Friday, July 9 via video conference. Emmanuel Macron will attend the meeting. He will have Nigerian President Mohamed Bazoum by his side, who has been invited to the Élysée Palace. The French president should use this summit to specify the future French involvement in the region, one month after the announcement of the…

On Friday, July 2, 2021, the French Minister of Defense Florence Parly confirmed Allyhmoud ag Baye's death, aka Ikarey. Two weeks ago, the RFI announced the death of this cadre of Islamic State in Greater Sahara during a joint operation between the French and Nigerian armies and the European workforce Takouba in June in the Menaka region. Five other jihadists were neutralized and two relatives of Abu…

"Niger has become a democratic island in the Sahel chaos and we must defend Niger to show that a democratic country can defeat terrorism. This is the message that the Nigerian government is sending to its partners, according to the source in Chad and Mali. Nigerian Foreign Minister Massoudou Hassoumi is visiting Paris. At ChistopheBoisbouvier's microphone, he reacts to everything that shakes the Sahel. He also talks about the United States about Joe Biden and about France by Emmanuel Macron. .

The 83 countries and member organizations of the international coalition against the organization Islamic State warned on Monday 28 June against the emergence of this organization in Africa. For the first time since 2019, the coalition was held face to face in Rome at ministerial level. Several African countries attended this…

In Burkina Faso, the government has been the target of many critics since the jihadist attack that killed 132 people in Solhan, on the night of June 4-5, 2021. After civil society, it is the opposition that wants to demonstrate next Saturday, July 3. Mr Ousseni Tamboura is the Minister of Communications and spokesman for the Burkinabè Government. While in Paris, he answered questions from Chirstophe Boisbouvier. .

The US Secretary of State met with his French counterpart, Jean-Yves Le Drian, in Paris. The issue of the fight against terrorism in the Sahela was raised in particular, while President Emmanuel Macron announced the in-depth transformation of Operation Barkhane in Mali. A change that should not call into question US support for the region.…

This Sunday is World Refugee Day. A day set up by the UN and honoring the millions of people forced to flee their country of origin to escape conflict or persecution. According to the UNHCR's annual report, released by the UN refugee agency on Friday, the number of internally displaced persons increased by 4% last year to 82.4 million, a figure twice as high as ten years ago.…

According to our information, Almahmoud ag Baye, alias Ikarey, was neutralized on Tuesday, June 15, in a town southwest of Ménaka, in northeastern Mali. The French and Nigerian armies carried out several counter-terrorism operations last week in this Malian region bordering Niger. An offensive that also resulted in the arrest of four other EIGS executives.…

One week ago, Burkina Faso woke up to the news of a horrific massacre in the northern village of Solhan. You wrote a comment "warm»On social networks the day after this tragedy.Yes, there was a small personal dimension to this reaction. I learned the news of Solhan's tragedy when I landed in Dakar, after a week in Ouagadougou, as part of WATHI's advocating efforts for health system reforms in the region. So far from…

The French Foreign Minister met with Burkinabe's Head of State Roch Marc Christian Kaboré on Friday, June 11 in Ouagadougou. After the attack on Solhan last week, the head of French diplomacy came to present France's condolences in the face of the tragedy experienced by the people of Solhan. He took the opportunity to give some explanations about France's new security policy in the Sahel.…