Africa

La société minière canadienne Barrick Mining Corporation a accepté de verser 430 millions de dollars au Mali pour mettre un terme à un différend de longue date concernant la propriété des mines d’or de Loulo et Gounkoto, a annoncé mardi Bloomberg.

Tant Barrick que le gouvernement malien ont confirmé, dans des communiqués séparés, qu’un accord avait été conclu, mettant ainsi fin à toutes les procédures judiciaires en cours. Cependant, ni la société ni l’exécutif malien n’ont précisé les détails financiers de l’accord.

The officials who describe themselves as the “High Military Command for the Restoration of Order” read out the televised announcement on Wednesday.

A group of army officers in Guinea-Bissau has announced the suspension of the country’s electoral process, declaring that they are taking control “until further notice.”

The Islamic State is increasingly pivoting its operations toward Africa, where it maintains the capacity to coordinate violence across a broad area, generate financial resources, and expand its recruitment base. Over two-thirds of the Islamic State’s global activity in the first half of 2025 was recorded in Africa (see graph below). This pivot to Africa comes as the group’s propaganda also focuses more and more on its operations in Africa, with its affiliates gaining influence and prestige in the global IS network. This surge in activity raises urgent questions about the Islamic State’s capacity for violence in Africa, its strategies, and the threat it poses to regional governments and the world.

Nigeria’s former Minister for Foreign Affairs, Bolaji Akinyemi, has said that Russia has a hand in the Burkina Faso, Niger Republic, and Mali’s sudden announcement of departure from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), as Russia is seeking to weaken ‘western influence’ in Africa.

In 1918, V.I. Lenin renamed the Bolshevik Party the Russian Communist Party. Western scholars and policymakers soon began studying communism and the threat it posed to free nations.

In 1920, the German Workers’ Party adopted a new name: the National Socialist German Workers’ Party, better known as the Nazi Party. Western scholars and policymakers soon began studying Nazism and the threat it posed to free nations.