Mali
Fresh questions over losses after the Dioura attack
New reporting has sharpened the picture of one of the deadliest recent attacks on Malian forces.
Today’s original
The Sahel’s security map is changing faster than its borders
A sharper regional picture is emerging from a week of military setbacks, political signalling and shifting alliances across the central Sahel.
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Uranium financing draws renewed US attention
A financing development around the Dasa project adds another layer to Niger’s contested minerals politics.
Burkina Faso
Domestic armoured-vehicle production moves into focus
New reporting points to a more ambitious local defence-industrial push in Burkina Faso.
Chad
New disarmament mechanism signals a harder internal-security turn
A decree creating a joint coordination structure places disarmament deeper inside the security apparatus.
Mauritania
Nouakchott recalibrates its regional economic diplomacy
Recent official signals suggest a broader push to turn strategic geography into commercial leverage.
Regional
AES diplomacy widens beyond its immediate neighbourhood
New engagements point to a more deliberate effort to build diplomatic room outside traditional West African structures.
Analysis
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Why the Sahel’s new security architecture may prove harder to coordinate than to announce
The region’s governments are building new institutions quickly. The harder test is whether they can align command, intelligence and political priorities.
Background
What the AES actually controls
A concise guide to the confederation’s institutions, powers and political limits.
Analysis
The new economics of Sahel minerals
Uranium, gold and lithium are reshaping the region’s external relationships.
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