Amnesty documents 34 civilian killings and torture by Mali's army and Wagner along Mauritanian border

Niger formalises Madaouela uranium convention with Australia's Atomic Eagle, ending arbitration

Niger formalises end of Orano's uranium monopoly as arbitration over stockpiled yellowcake continues

Transfer of the In Azaoua mining permit to state-owned TSUMCO SA cements Niamey's break from five decades of French uranium dominance.

Qair secures €37.9 million financing tranche for Chad's N'Djamena solar plants

AES-ECOWAS 'announced negotiations' largely restate an existing months-long process

Burkina Faso inaugurates first domestic gold refinery as junta pushes mineral sovereignty

President Ibrahim Traoré opened Raffinor-BF, a 400 kg/day refinery in Ouagadougou, positioning Burkina Faso to process its own gold rather than export it raw.

Mali's army claims 50 fighters killed near Abeïbara, but the toll rests solely on its own communiqué

No rebel, jihadist, resident or monitoring group has confirmed or disputed the Malian military's account of the strike, which the army itself calls provisional.