Tag: Sahel
President Bazoum speaks at length on the security situation in the Sahel
President Mohamed Bazoum was the guest of our colleagues from TV5 Monde this Saturday, one year to the day after his election as head of Niger. He tackled many domestic…
Jean-Yves Le Drian, French Minister of Foreign Affairs is the guest of RFI and France 24
The French Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jean-Yves Le Drian grants an interview to RFI and France 24, this Wednesday, March 30. Live from the Quai d’Orsay, he answers questions from…
How Barkhane plans to redeploy to Niger
A few days or weeks before the vote in the Nigerien Assembly on the military cooperation agreement between the Nigerien army and Barkhane, the French army is preparing. Since March…
new proof of life of Olivier Dubois, hostage in the Sahel for more than 11 months
An undated video featuring Olivier Dubois has been circulating on social networks since Sunday. Malian sources claim that it appears authentic. In the video of about a minute, the French…
General Thierry Burkhard: “France and NATO are ready to face any aggression”
His word is rare. This is the first time he has spoken in a long interview since taking office in the summer of 2021. General Thierry Burkhard is the exceptional…
Mohamed Bazoum defends the arrival of additional foreign soldiers
As a prelude to the vote in a few days in the National Assembly of the document of the military cooperation agreement between Niger and the Barkhane and European forces,…
Sahel: post-Barkhane, a crash test for Europe
Until the last minute, Emmanuel Macron made the suspense last. Going or staying in Mali? The choice was, to tell the truth, no longer so much in doubt, given the…
French deputies debate the form of the French presence in the Sahel
In his statement to the National Assembly, Prime Minister Jean Castex defended the results of the French presence in the Sahel and provided after-sales service for President Emmanuel Macron’s policy,…
Mali asks France to withdraw its soldiers “without delay”
The Malian transitional authorities asked France on Friday to “withdraw without delay” the soldiers of operations Barkhane and Takuba from Mali, the day after the announcement by Emmanuel Macron and…
Sahel: France turns the page on Operation Barkhane in Mali
No more expressing oneself alone. At the Elysée, this Thursday morning, there were four desks. Alongside Emmanuel Macron, the Heads of State of Senegal, Ghana, and the President of the…