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EDITORIAL: Anefis, the strategic lock that decides the fate of northern Mali
I want to be direct about something: until this past week, Anefis was not a name most readers outside Mali would have recognized.
REPORT: Wagner and Africa Corps surrounded, a bad week for Russian mercenaries in the Sahel
Between July 4 and 9, 2026, Russian mercenaries from Africa Corps, deployed in Mali alongside the national army, suffered a series of documented setbacks…
DECODING: Lavrov ends his African tour in Bujumbura, far from Mali's chaos
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov completed, between July 7 and 10, 2026, a four-country African tour that took him successively to Ethiopia, Niger, Mozambique…
REPORT: In Mali, a Russian mercenary convoy is ambushed in the desert
On July 9, 2026, a convoy carrying Russian fighters from Africa Corps and Malian soldiers was attacked in northern Mali, according to three security…
REPORT: Malian Junta Loses Grip on the North to JNIM and Tuareg Fighters
On July 9, 2026, a convoy carrying Russian fighters was attacked in Mali, according to sources reported by Reuters. This incident, occurring as the…
REPORT: JNIM and Tuareg Fighters Seize Anefis, Gateway to Northern Mali
On July 4, 2026, fighters from JNIM (Jamaat Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin), affiliated with al-Qaeda, launched a coordinated offensive alongside Tuareg groups from the…
DECODING: 1,600 Dead in Three Months, the Chilling Tally of a Haitian Tragedy
According to the UN Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH), at least 1,642 people were killed and 745 wounded between January and March 2026, a…
DECODING: the Gang Suppression Force, a Giant on Paper, a Dwarf on the Ground
On paper, the Gang Suppression Force (GSF) was supposed to mark a clean break from previous failures in Haiti. Authorized by the UN Security…
REPORT: Haiti on the Brink, the UN Sounds the Alarm on a Country Emptying Out
One number deserves attention before anything else: 1.5 million people displaced inside their own country's borders. That is not an abstract statistic pulled from…