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Francophone Africa loses key United Nations posts

A number of senior UN posts, which have traditionally gone to diplomats from francophone Africa, are now being fought over by anglophone and lusophone African states. Meanwhile, the position for head of the Department of Peace Operations, Paris's preserve for the best part of two decades and currently headed by Frenchman Jean-Pierre Lacroix, is being chased by China.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 02.05.2022

Top: Senegal's Mankeur Ndiaye (left), replaced by Rwandan diplomat Valentine Rugwabiza (right) as head of the UN Mission in Sierra Leone. Bottom: Guinea's Bintou Keita (left), who was succeeded by Ghana's Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee as Assistant Secretary-General for Africa at the DOP (right).

Senegal, West Africa
Dakar, the post-Barkhane experiment

In parallel with the withdrawal from Mali, the French army will strengthen the role the Eléments Français au Sénégal's 400 soldiers, whose current boss, General Michel Delpit, will leave his post in the middle of this year.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 19.04.2022

Dakar is home to 350 French soldiers from the EFS.

Guinea
Game of bluff between Mamadi Doumbouya and the army

For the past few weeks, the transitional president of Guinea, Col Mamady Doumbouya, has been quietly making changes to further strengthen his authority over Guinea's armed forces. This mix special forces appointments and dismissals elsewhere could trigger the first upset within the junta's security apparatus.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 07.04.2022

The transitional president of Guinea Col Mamady Doumbouya.

Gambia, Senegal
Ankara trapped between its two West African allies over Casamance

Senegal's military operation against separatist bases in northern Casamance over the past two weeks relies heavily on Turkish expertise. But Ankara is also a close ally of Gambia, which has historic ties to the Casamance rebels and has been deeply affected by the crisis.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 28.03.2022

Mali
Washington sends a mission to Bamako to discuss MINUSMA, Wagner

A US delegation led by the assistant secretary of state for international organisation affairs, Michele J. Sison, is scheduled to travel to Mali next week to meet with several officials in the country.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 16.03.2022

The head of multilateral organisations at the State Department, Michele J. Sison.

Mali
After Takuba, Sweden prepares to leave MINUSMA

Sweden currently has 200 troops in Mali.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 28.02.2022

Mali
Framework for transition emerges in talks with junta

Deployed in Bamako since 14 February, the technical committee comprising envoys from ECOWAS, the African Union and MINUSMA, which is responsible for drawing up a new transition timetable, is due to present its findings on 28 February.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 24.02.2022

Sahel
France figures out how to get its soldiers safely out of Mali

The withdrawal of French troops from Mali presents a major logistical challenge, with an increased risk of attacks by Islamic militants. The military has been examining various scenarios over the past few weeks.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 17.02.2022

The Niamey base in Niger could become the nerve centre of French operations.

Inner circles | Ghana
Akufo-Addo selects crack diplomatic team for UN Security Council

With Ghana having taken up its non-permanent seat on UN Security Council on 1 January, its president Nana Akufo-Addo has surrounded himself with specialists in multilateral issues in order to make a success of his two-year term.

Free access Diplomacy 11.02.2022

Africa, Germany
Berlin's new Africa minister Katja Keul sizes up the Sahel

Appointed German deputy foreign minister in December, lawyer and Green Party member Katja Keul has been given the responsibility for African affairs and therefore for Mali, where the German army is still deploying several hundred soldiers.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 11.02.2022

Katja Keul, Germany's deputy foreign minister.

Africa
Scan Global Logistics on a roll with UN peacekeeping deals

The Danish firm, which has just bagged two more peacekeeping logistics contracts in Africa, is establishing itself as a key partner of the United Nations. It can draw on its solid experience in military logistics.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 11.02.2022

Scan Global Logistics delivers equipment for MINUSMA in Mali.

Central African Republic, Mali
United Nations ramp up use of intelligence drones across peacekeeping missions

In Mali, as in the Central African Republic, UN peacekeeping missions are increasingly reaching out to private contractors to hire drones to boost their intelligence capabilities, in a move backed at the highest level in New York.

Free access Defence, Business 08.02.2022

The new head of the MINUSMA forces Lieutenant General Cornelis Johannes Matthijssen.

DRC
Bintou Keita to stay on as MONUSCO head

The tenure of Bintou Keita as head of MONUSCO, the UN mission in the DRC, is set to be extended for a year.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 31.01.2022

The head of the United Nations Mission in the DRC (Monusco), Bintou Keita.

Gambia
Katmerciler struggling to clinch armoured vehicles contract for Minusma

Turkish manufacturer Katmerciler is struggling to finalise the sale of 20 Hizir armoured vehicles and a dozen logistic support units to the Gambian authorities, as negotiations stall over the question of how to finance them.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 12.01.2022

Mali
German army to deploy CH-53 helicopters to Gao next summer

Germany's MINUSMA contingents stationed in Gao will be taking delivery of several heavy-lift transport helicopters, thereby reducing their reliance on private contractors and affording Berlin more flexibility to follow its own path in this troubled region.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 23.12.2021

DRC
Washington deal: intricacies behind Tshisekedi's poker move

Namibia
Namibia oil utopia hangs on TotalEnergies' final investment decision

MINUSMA

Africa
Francophone Africa loses key United Nations posts

Senegal, West Africa
Dakar, the post-Barkhane experiment

Guinea
Game of bluff between Mamadi Doumbouya and the army

Gambia, Senegal
Ankara trapped between its two West African allies over Casamance

Mali
Washington sends a mission to Bamako to discuss MINUSMA, Wagner

Mali
After Takuba, Sweden prepares to leave MINUSMA

Mali
Framework for transition emerges in talks with junta

Sahel
France figures out how to get its soldiers safely out of Mali

Inner circles | Ghana
Akufo-Addo selects crack diplomatic team for UN Security Council

Africa, Germany
Berlin's new Africa minister Katja Keul sizes up the Sahel

Africa
Scan Global Logistics on a roll with UN peacekeeping deals

Central African Republic, Mali
United Nations ramp up use of intelligence drones across peacekeeping missions

DRC
Bintou Keita to stay on as MONUSCO head

Gambia
Katmerciler struggling to clinch armoured vehicles contract for Minusma

Mali
German army to deploy CH-53 helicopters to Gao next summer

Mali
Emirati firm Tristar to supply MINUSMA for $300m

Mali
G4S and Relyant vie for contract to train MINUSMA's mine-clearing experts

Ivory Coast
From Mali to CAR, Abidjan doing all it can to get its soldiers UN Blue Helmets

Germany, Sahel
Sahel becomes an issue in German parties' bid to form coalition

Africa, South Korea
Seoul outlines its African roadmap

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MINUSMA

Africa Francophone Africa loses key United Nations posts

Senegal, West Africa Dakar, the post-Barkhane experiment

Guinea Game of bluff between Mamadi Doumbouya and the army

Gambia, Senegal Ankara trapped between its two West African allies over Casamance

Mali Washington sends a mission to Bamako to discuss MINUSMA, Wagner

Mali After Takuba, Sweden prepares to leave MINUSMA

Mali Framework for transition emerges in talks with junta

Sahel France figures out how to get its soldiers safely out of Mali

Inner circles | Ghana Akufo-Addo selects crack diplomatic team for UN Security Council

Africa, Germany Berlin's new Africa minister Katja Keul sizes up the Sahel

Africa Scan Global Logistics on a roll with UN peacekeeping deals

Central African Republic, Mali United Nations ramp up use of intelligence drones across peacekeeping missions

DRC Bintou Keita to stay on as MONUSCO head

Gambia Katmerciler struggling to clinch armoured vehicles contract for Minusma

Mali German army to deploy CH-53 helicopters to Gao next summer

Mali Emirati firm Tristar to supply MINUSMA for $300m

Mali G4S and Relyant vie for contract to train MINUSMA's mine-clearing experts

Ivory Coast From Mali to CAR, Abidjan doing all it can to get its soldiers UN Blue Helmets

Germany, Sahel Sahel becomes an issue in German parties' bid to form coalition

Africa, South Korea Seoul outlines its African roadmap

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DRC
Washington deal: intricacies behind Tshisekedi's poker move

Namibia
Namibia oil utopia hangs on TotalEnergies' final investment decision

Africa
Francophone Africa loses key United Nations posts

Senegal, West Africa
Dakar, the post-Barkhane experiment

Guinea
Game of bluff between Mamadi Doumbouya and the army

Gambia, Senegal
Ankara trapped between its two West African allies over Casamance

Mali
Washington sends a mission to Bamako to discuss MINUSMA, Wagner

Mali
After Takuba, Sweden prepares to leave MINUSMA

Mali
Framework for transition emerges in talks with junta

Sahel
France figures out how to get its soldiers safely out of Mali

Inner circles | Ghana
Akufo-Addo selects crack diplomatic team for UN Security Council

Africa, Germany
Berlin's new Africa minister Katja Keul sizes up the Sahel

Africa
Scan Global Logistics on a roll with UN peacekeeping deals

Central African Republic, Mali
United Nations ramp up use of intelligence drones across peacekeeping missions

DRC
Bintou Keita to stay on as MONUSCO head

Gambia
Katmerciler struggling to clinch armoured vehicles contract for Minusma

Mali
German army to deploy CH-53 helicopters to Gao next summer

Mali
Emirati firm Tristar to supply MINUSMA for $300m

Mali
G4S and Relyant vie for contract to train MINUSMA's mine-clearing experts

Ivory Coast
From Mali to CAR, Abidjan doing all it can to get its soldiers UN Blue Helmets

Germany, Sahel
Sahel becomes an issue in German parties' bid to form coalition

Africa, South Korea
Seoul outlines its African roadmap