Please confirm you are human
This browser or connection looks automated. Press and continuously hold the control for 3 seconds to enable Google-hosted web results and, when separately allowed, AI-assisted answers.
A successful check enables 100 search requests. Interactive access does not authorize scraping, systematic collection, or reuse of search output.
News
Separatists release six wounded Malian soldiers
7+ hour, 28+ min ago (346+ words) Tuareg separatists released six wounded Malian soldiers Sunday, they said, just three days after liberating dozens of others, as the insurgents and their jihadist allies battle the country's military government. The Tuareg separatist Azawad Liberation Front said in a statement…...
West Africa: Lithium in the Sahel - How Armed Groups Are Exploiting the Global Scramble for the Critical Mineral
10+ hour, 25+ min ago (998+ words) Every electric vehicle, smartphone and laptop battery begins with one essential ingredient: lithium. The critical mineral sits at the centre of the global transition to cleaner energy. Lithium powers rechargeable batteries. Securing its supply is, therefore, an economic and geopolitical…...
UN Says $50 Million Ransom Fueled al-Qaida???s Expansion Into West Africa
12+ hour, 34+ min ago (313+ words) An estimated $50 million ransom paid for a hostage held by al-Qaida-linked members in Mali in late 2025 helped finance the group’s expansion across West Africa and provided money to al-Qaida organizations elsewhere, United Nations experts said. The UN report did not…...
US missionary kidnapped in Niger is released after 9 months in captivity, his organization says
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (298+ words) An American missionary who was kidnapped in Niger in October has been released, his organization said Friday. Kevin Rideout "is in good health in the care of US officials," SIM International said in a statement. He will soon be reunited…...
US missionary kidnapped in Niger is released after nine months in captivity - AOL
18+ hour, 11+ min ago (284+ words) An American missionary who was kidnapped in Niger last year was released, his organization announced on Friday. Kevin Rideout, who was kidnapped in the West African country's capital, Niamey, on Oct. 21 by three armed individuals, will soon be reunited with…...
Burkina Faso Talks to Mali and Niger to Combat Insurgents | The Asian Age Online, Bangladesh
20+ hour, 22+ min ago (893+ words) Burkina Faso is intensifying its efforts to combat Islamist insurgents by strengthening security cooperation with neighbouring countries as militant violence continues to threaten communities across the Sahel. The government is increasingly relying on regional military coordination, intelligence sharing and joint…...
AFP vows to hunt down attackers of Macacua’s convoy; steps up BARMM security
20+ hour, 53+ min ago (120+ words) Manila Bulletin Press Escape to quit searching AFP vows to hunt down attackers of Macacua's convoy; steps up BARMM security - The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) vowed to pursue those behind the Aug. 15 strafing of BARMM Interim Chief Minister…...
They've been found and they aren't doing anything wrong: Leave Mali and Liel alone
23+ hour, 12+ min ago (434+ words) Ynetnews The story of the disappearance of Mali and Liel Yahalomi, who were eventually found safe and sound on a bus in Argentina, proves just how impossible it is in the modern world to truly disappear â as long as…...
TRT Afrika - Trump confirms release of US missionary after Niger kidnapping
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (312+ words) Kevin Rideout, a US missionary who was kidnapped in Niger last year, has been released, President Donald Trump confirmed Friday. The news of the release of Rideout had first been relayed by the Christian group he worked for, SIM International,…...
Africa’s strongest military and a NATO drone power confront 3 explosive crises from gold-fueled Sudan war to the Golan Heights and one more
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (461+ words) Egypt, recognized as Africa’s strongest military, and Turkey, NATO’s second-largest military power and leading drone developer, have agreed to deepen their strategic cooperation to confront a series of explosive crises ranging from the gold-fueled war in Sudan to instability in…...