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Emmanuel Macron announced on Sunday evening the recall of the French ambassador to Niger, and the departure of the 1,500 French soldiers stationed there: the end of a dangerous impasse. France is being forced to wholly review its African policy.
Two were killed and five injured after jihadist rebels allegedly fired mortar shells in the historic Malian city of Timbuktu Thursday.
As Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso develop ties with Russia, the danger is mounting that the NATO-Russia war in Ukraine will explode across Africa.
When President Cyril Ramaphosa met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on the sidelines of the United Nations 78th General Assembly in New York, Zelensky told him that the African Peace Initiative undertaken in June was beginning to bear fruit
One of the armed groups from northern Mali has called for a fullyscale war against the junta. This despite attempts at dialogue and fears for the peace deal between the ex-rebels and government forces.