ISIL is not dead, it just moved to Africa

After its ousting from Syria and Iraq, the armed group is now trying to build a caliphate in the restive Sahel region.

Illegal armed groups are opportunistic by nature. They usually start their operations and recruit followers in countries where there is poverty, corruption, religious conflict or ethnic strife, and where the security forces are unable to keep the public safe and illegal formations under control.

Mali : entre Bamako et la Coordination des mouvements de l’Azawad, la tension va croissant

La tension est encore montée d’un cran entre le pouvoir central de Bamako et la CMA, la Coordination des mouvements de l’Azawad, une alliance de groupes touareg et nationalistes arabes du Nord du pays, signataires de l’accord de paix d’Alger en 2015. Amadou Albert Maïga, membre du Conseil national de transition, a en effet diffusé le 10 février une vidéo dans laquelle il prédit une guerre entre les forces maliennes et les groupes armés signataires. Ces derniers ont vivement condamné ces propos.

Burkina Faso, Guinea And Mali Republics Propose Joint Development Partnership – OpEd

Russia has consistently been assisting Republics of Burkina Faso, Guinea and Mali in West African region to root out French domination. Burkina Faso and Mali are part of the Sahel-5. Russia has embarked on fighting “neo-colonialism” which it considers a barrier on its way to regain part of Soviet-era influence in and consolidate its relations with Africa.