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Mali peace accord needs further rebel buy-in

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MALI

The clashes come shortly after the government on May 15 signed a new agreement -- the Algiers Accord -- with northern armed groups. The major Tuareg rebel groups allied under the…

Central Mali will face rising intercommunal tensions

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MALI

Ethnic and jihadist violence in central Mali.

Algeria may struggle to expand influence in the Sahel

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SAHEL

Tebboune argues that Mali's money would be better spent on economic development and initiatives to integrate northern Malians better into state institutions. Algeria is concerned…

Mali may struggle to reinvigorate its peace process

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MALI

However, the current peace process appears to offer little prospect of overcoming the challenges faced in the fractious north and increasingly violent centre.

Algeria will carefully navigate Niger’s crisis

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ALGERIA

Algeria has condemned Niger’s July 26 coup but also publicly opposed the threat of an armed intervention by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). It warns of a…

Algeria will pursue stronger ties in the Sahel

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ALGERIA

In February, President Abdelmadjid Tebboune announced that Algeria is planning free trade zones with Niger and Mali, despite increasingly volatile ties with the latter. That same…

Islamist insurgents target Mali government backers

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MALI

This follows several other smaller-scale incidents against Bamako this year. However, it is the largest terrorist attack ever in the capital city and an alarming escalation for…

Maghreb states' Africa ties turn on security, trade

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MAGHREB

Maghreb-SSA relations.

French planning lacks solutions to Malian insecurity

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MALI

Foreign troop presence in Mali.

Niger faces delicate security balancing act

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NIGER

Security challenges in Niger.