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World
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Africa
2/19/2022 10:11:33 AM
Mali's ruling junta is demanding the immediate departure of French and European forces, a day after France announced that it will withdraw its troops from the West African country.
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Sports
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Africa
2/11/2022 9:31:07 PM
South Africa's Mamelodi Sundowns kicked off their African Champions League group-stage campaign with a 1-0 victory over Sudanese giants Al-Hilal while Tunisia's Etoile Sahel were held to a 0-0 draw by Algeria's CR Belouizdad on Friday.
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World
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Africa
2/2/2022 7:19:16 PM
France's government will decide in the coming days whether to maintain its long-running military involvement in Mali, the foreign minister said Wednesday amid growing tensions in the West African country.
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World
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Africa
2/1/2022 6:34:13 PM
Burkina Faso's new military junta held talks Tuesday with the Sahel country's political party chiefs, many of whom said they were keen to join a planned transition back to democracy.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Focus
1/25/2022 7:06:50 PM
Could negotiations with terrorist groups end the vicious cycle of violence that has been taking over Mali and other countries in the African Sahel region, asks Khaled Hanafi Ali
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World
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Africa
1/25/2022 11:33:42 AM
Mali's military government on Monday called on Denmark to "immediately" withdraw its roughly 100 recently arrived contingent of special forces troops deployed in the troubled Sahel country.
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World
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Africa
1/12/2022 11:14:04 PM
Mali's army-dominated government on Wednesday condemned what it called a "clear breach" of its airspace by a French military aircraft this week, warning of potential consequences should such practices continue.
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World
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Africa
1/11/2022 9:53:13 PM
Pressure on Mali's ruling junta increased Tuesday as France and the United States underlined their support for the West African bloc ECOWAS, which has slapped sanctions on the country over delayed elections following two coups.
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World
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Africa
1/10/2022 10:55:43 PM
Mali's strongman summoned his cabinet Monday for an extraordinary meeting after the West African bloc ECOWAS imposed stringent sanctions on the fragile Sahel country over delayed elections.
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World
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Region
1/9/2022 6:32:41 PM
West African leaders were expected to agree on a response to Mali's crisis on Sunday despite the military's eleventh-hour timetable to restore civilian rule, after a transition of up to five years was rejected.
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World
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Africa
1/5/2022 6:36:12 PM
More than half a million children in Burkina Faso are unable to go to school because of attacks by jihadists, the government said on Wednesday.
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World
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Africa
12/31/2021 1:18:11 AM
Mali's military-dominated government on Thursday suggested that the poor Sahel country might take five years to return to democratic rule after holding a four-day "reform conference".
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
12/27/2021 11:33:59 AM
Cairo’s foreign policy has been finely calibrated to prevent disagreements from derailing cooperation.
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World
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Africa
12/25/2021 1:41:13 PM
Mali's government has denied any deployment of Russian mercenaries from the Wagner group following charges by a group of 15 Western powers involved in the fight against jihadists in the Sahel country.
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World
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Africa
11/29/2021 3:21:02 PM
Four soldiers were killed in an attack in northern Burkina Faso, security sources said Monday, bringing the toll from two weeks of raids by suspected jihadists to at least 80.
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World
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Region
11/27/2021 9:43:27 PM
Intissar Fakir, senior fellow and founding director of the programme on North Africa and the Sahel programme at the Washington-based Middle East Institute, shares her thoughts on the political developments that are unfolding across North Africa.
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World
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Africa
11/27/2021 8:14:52 PM
A French military convoy heading to Mali on Saturday ran into more trouble in a town in Niger after being delayed for more than a week by protests in Burkina Faso, with the local mayor reporting three deaths and 18 wounded.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
11/9/2021 9:15:10 PM
Ahmed Eleiba explains the role of the Sahel and Sahara Counter-terrorism Centre which opened this week in Cairo
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
11/3/2021 10:23:00 AM
The presence of African mercenaries in Libya threatens security across the Sahel
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Egypt
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Urban & Transport
10/10/2021 8:03:57 PM
A search and rescue operation is currently underway to find any survivors in the Nile River after a microbus fell off the Al-Sahel bridge — which connects Cairo to Giza — on Sunday.
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