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    • Thursday, 9 February, 2023
      News in-depthRussian politics
      How Russia’s propaganda machine is reshaping the African narrative

      Moscow taps into continent’s frustrations and historic solidarity with Soviet Union to spread its version of events

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    • Friday, 6 January, 2023
      African politics
      Mali pardons detained Ivorian soldiers

      Gesture by Assimi Goïta resolves dispute amid threats of sanctions being imposed by Ecowas bloc

    • Tuesday, 3 January, 2023
      ReviewVisual Arts
      Bamako Encounters photography festival pulsates with revolutionary spirit

      The Malian biennale showcases artists from the African continent and diaspora at a precarious time for the country

    • Thursday, 7 July, 2022
      The Big Read
      Niger: the west’s bulwark against jihadis and Russian influence in Africa

      The country is emerging as a critical ally in a neighbourhood of failing states

    • Wednesday, 23 February, 2022
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      A brewing catastrophe in the Sahel

      Mali’s use of Russian mercenaries complicates an already dangerous situation

    • Thursday, 17 February, 2022
      France to refocus anti-terror campaign as it leaves Mali

      European forces will shift support to Niger and Sahel’s coastal states after being pushed out of west African country

    • Tuesday, 15 February, 2022
      French politics
      Mali coup forces France to reorganise anti-terror operations in west Africa

      Paris wants to redeploy forces to other Sahel countries as relations with Bamako deteriorate

    • Tuesday, 1 February, 2022
      Guinea-Bissau
      Attempted coup in Guinea-Bissau thwarted

      Heavy gunfire in capital marks latest instance of political instability in west Africa

    • Monday, 31 January, 2022
      Mali expels French ambassador over ‘outrageous remarks’

      Envoy given 72 hours to leave Bamako after Paris criticises ‘out of control’ ruling junta

    • Thursday, 27 January, 2022
      Denmark begins withdrawing special forces troops from Mali

      Withdrawal of troops from French-led counterterror mission comes as Bamako reinforces Russian ties

    • Monday, 10 January, 2022
      Mali’s neighbours impose sanctions over election delay

      West African countries close borders to landlocked country at centre of jihadi insurgency in the Sahel

    • Thursday, 23 December, 2021
      France and allies condemn deployment of Russia-linked mercenaries in Mali

      African nation’s government is battling Islamist militants who have killed thousands across the Sahel

    • Wednesday, 22 December, 2021
      How France lost Mali: failure to quell jihadi threat opens door to Russia

      Anti-French sentiment in the Sahel and rising violence creates space for Wagner mercenary group

    • Sunday, 14 November, 2021
      News in-depthAfrica
      ‘Failure of democracy’: why are coups on the rise in Africa?

      As dissatisfaction with democratically elected leaders intensifies, militaries are extending their grip

    • Wednesday, 6 October, 2021
      World
      Mali summons French ambassador in row over Russian security group

      Relations deteriorating between Paris and west African country at centre of Islamist insurgency

    • Thursday, 30 September, 2021
      Ivory Coast’s president warns against Russian security group’s involvement in Mali

      Alassane Ouattara says hiring Wagner is not the answer in fight against Islamist insurgents

    • Thursday, 16 September, 2021
      Isis
      France says it has killed leader of Islamic State in the Greater Sahara

      Jihadi group linked to some of the worst violence in Sahel region

    • Thursday, 2 September, 2021
      David Pilling
      Africa has quietly become the epicentre of the Islamist threat

      As the world watches Afghanistan, groups such as al-Qaeda are eyeing the Sahel for expansion of its network

    • Friday, 20 August, 2021
      Burkina Faso
      Suspected jihadis kill 80 in latest Burkina Faso attack

      Tri-border region close to Mali and Niger is at the centre of a violent insurgency roiling the Sahel region

    • Thursday, 10 June, 2021
      Northern Africa
      France to cut back military operations in Sahel

      Macron says forces will focus on fight against Islamists filling void left by regional governments

    • Thursday, 3 June, 2021
      News in-depth
      Mali coup: How the west African country fell from grace

      The once shining star of democracy in the region is under military rule after two coups in past nine months

    • Tuesday, 25 May, 2021
      Mali’s president and PM arrested by soldiers in second coup in under a year

      International community calls for release of Bah N’Daw and Moctar Ouane

    • Tuesday, 30 March, 2021
      French air strike in Mali killed civilians, UN concludes

      Report directly contradicts Paris claim that all dead in January 3 attack were jihadis

    • Monday, 1 February, 2021
      Sub-Saharan Africa
      Macron signals military pullback from Sahel terrorist fight

      France to focus on Isis and will leave other conflicts to African governments

    • Thursday, 3 December, 2020
      UK foreign policy
      UK to send troops to Mali peacekeeping operation

      Three-year deployment to UN mission seen as post-Brexit solidarity with French forces

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