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1 – 10 of 14Unlike the Wagner private military company (PMC), it is subordinated to the Russian state. The first confirmed deployment of African Corps forces is to Burkina Faso, where it will…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB285059
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has attempted to reassure Wagner’s African clients that operations will continue as normal. However, reports have emerged of considerable…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB280184
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The contingent’s three women were released on ‘humanitarian grounds’ in September but the entire contingent was convicted on December 30 and sentenced to 20 years in prison, with…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB275180
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The escalation comes after the government's relations with France deteriorated to such a degree that French-led anti-terrorism forces withdrew from Mali. Meanwhile, the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB271747
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Their arrests followed a cabinet reshuffle which sidelined two ministers, both army officers and allies of Colonel Assimi Goita, who led the August 2020 coup that resulted in the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB261756
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Basing more soldiers in Niger will allow France to continue operating in the volatile 'tri-border' zone between Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso. Yet increased French reliance on…
The attacks come amid a wave of political instability across the Sahel, with two coups taking place in Mali within the past year, one in Chad and an aborted coup in Niger.
The gathering came amid a wave of coups afflicting the continent, widespread pandemic-induced economic difficulties, continuing limits to the AU’s ability to make its presence…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB267310
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Supporters of prolonging the transition period say it would give more time to address Mali’s structural problems, and an election held too soon could be unrepresentative given the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB263630
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Behind both phenomena lies popular frustration with the perceived inability of democracy to deliver peace and development, and an absence of manifest differences in socio-economic…