Mali

  • Apr 8, 2011
  • 14 min read

African economies strive to avoid another 'false dawn'

Sub-Saharan Africa is enjoying an economic revival, with private business interest in its...

Africa
  • Nov 19, 2010
  • 8 min read

PROSPECTS 2011: West Africa

West Africa has consolidated its development with the ending of conflicts in Liberia, Sierra...

West Africa
  • Oct 7, 2010
  • 7 min read

MALI: Government takes new approach to AQIM challenge

President Amadou Toumani Toure said on October 5 that his government was not involved in...

Mali
  • Sep 17, 2010
  • 7 min read

AFRICA: Short-termism undermines food security policy

The Sahel and the Horn of Africa suffer from a pattern of recurring food crises and persistent...

Africa
  • Aug 23, 2010
  • 2 min read

NORTH AFRICA: AQIM releases will exacerbate divisions

Two Spanish charity workers held hostage by elements of Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM)...

  • Jul 23, 2010
  • 2 min read

WEST AFRICA: France backs raid on AQIM base in Mali

France confirmed today that it had backed a pre-dawn raid in northern Mali yesterday launched by...

West Africa
  • Jul 1, 2010
  • 1 min read

ALGERIA: AQIM attack Algerian forces on Mali border

Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) claimed responsibility for an attack on a convoy yesterday...

Algeria
  • Apr 30, 2010
  • 7 min read

AFRICA: Al-Qaida struggles to gain Sahel foothold

The number of troops available to the newly created regional Joint Military Staff Committee will...