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Sadio Camara

Mali, Senegal
Behind Dakar and Bamako's military rapprochement

Widely publicised by their governments, increased cooperation between the Senegalese and Malian armies follows confidential guidelines given by President Faye earlier this year.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 19.03.2025

President Bassirou Diomaye Faye during the Gambia's 60th Independence Day in Banjul, 18 February 2025.

In Focus | Niger
Former President Mahamadou Issoufou's fingerprints all over Niger coup

Whether President Bazoum's predecessor played a part in the July coup continues to generate considerable speculation in West African capitals. Yet although Issoufou denies any sort of role, his closeness to junta leader Tchiani remains indisputable.

Subscribers only Politics 21.08.2023

Spotlight | Mali
Government and miners clash over sector reform

Prior to the National Transitional Council's adoption of the mining code reform, Canadian mining giants established in the country fought until the last minute to get Bamako to change certain provisions.

Subscribers only Mining 17.08.2023

In Focus | Niger
ECOWAS, US and EU united front begins to crack

Investigative report published on 10/08/23 at 10.50 GMT - There is no longer a consensus within the West African community and its Western partners on restoring ousted President Mohamed Bazoum to power, an ultimatum that had been imposed on the coup leaders.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 10.08.2023

Supporters of the Niger coup in a stadium in Niamey, 6 August 2023.

In Focus | Niger
Nigerien junta's secret alliances with Bamako and Ouagadougou

Investigative report published on 03/08/2023 at 11h46 - For several days now, the new Nigerien junta has been working to strengthen its ties with its counterparts in neighbouring Mali and Burkina Faso. Official channels have been open since 26 July, but Africa Intelligence can now reveal that initial contacts were made before the putsch, coordinated by former army chief Salifou Modi.

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy 02.08.2023

Abdourahamane Tchiani and other army commanders, in Niamey, on 28 July 2023.

Mali
Animosity grows between Goita and defence minister Camara

The solid relationship between Mali's interim leader and the colonel had been a cornerstone of the junta, but Goita's major reshuffle on 1 July has driven a wedge between the two men.

Subscribers only Politics 14.07.2023

Mali
Junta leader Goïta strengthens grip on mining sector

In recent months, following the resignation of Lamine Seydou Traoré, the oversight of the highly strategic mining sector had been the focus of an intense political struggle, but a cabinet reshuffle has finally decided the question by entrusting the mining portfolio - rather unexpectedly - to an academic.

Subscribers only Mining, Politics 07.07.2023

Spotlight | Mali
Assimi Goita's risky plan for post-MINUSMA era

With the end of UN mission's mandate approaching, and with it the viability of Mali's 2015 peace accord, Bamako is trying to build new alliances on the international stage. The blue helmets' departure is partly the result of divisions between the country's ruling colonels.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 28.06.2023

The head of the Malian junta, Assimi Goita.

Mali
AU chief Assoumani due in Bamako ahead of constitutional referendum

African Union chair Azali Assoumani is due to visit Mali in early June to see what measures have been taken to ensure that the constitutional referendum to be held there on 18 June is conducted properly.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 15.05.2023

Mali
Algiers struggles to keep Mali's long-running peace talks alive

Keen to defend its reputation on the international stage, Algeria wants to keep playing a key role in the implementation of the peace agreement signed in Algiers in 2015 which aimed to bring peace to the north of Mali.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 11.05.2023

Niger
Mohamed Bazoum tries to revive military cooperation with Bamako

Now that the Liptako-Gourma region has become the main centre of jihadist activity in the Sahel, Mohamed Bazoum is trying to revive military collaboration with Bamako. The chances of cooperation have been weakened, however, by mistrust between the Nigerien president and Mali's junta leader Assimi Goita.

Subscribers only Defence 10.05.2023

Niger's President Mohamed Bazoum at the Elysee presidential Palace, in Paris, France, 09 July 2021, following a video summit with leaders of G5 Sahel countries.

Mali
Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop's star fades as his officials stage strikes

Mali's Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop, in post since 2021 and whose ambition to become prime minister was thwarted, is now facing a revolt within his ministry.

Subscribers only Politics 24.04.2023

Mali
General Harouna Samaké, the army's well-connected new boss

After serving as Mali's ambassador in Moscow, General Harouna Samaké was recalled by junta leader Assimi Goïta to head the army. He will be helped in his new job by his wide-ranging connections within the Malian armed forces.

Subscribers only Defence 14.03.2023

Malian Armed Forces (FAMa) soldiers, near Gourma in Mali.

Mali, Mauritania
Ghazouani strives to get Bamako back into G5 Sahel

The president of Mauritania and current chair of the G5 Sahel has made a priority of reintegrating Mali into the alliance. To achieve this, he has mobilised a loyal team of diplomats, military officers and religious leaders.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 09.03.2023

Flags of the five historical members of the G5 Sahel: Burkina Faso, Mauritania, Chad, Mali and Niger.

Mali
Millionaire Aliou Boubacar Diallo enjoys quiet new life, far from the junta

After long supporting Assimi Goita's coup, the Malian millionaire, who came third in the 2018 presidential election, has fallen out with the junta leader. He has discreetly moved to Dakar, from where he hopes to reboot his political aspirations.

Subscribers only Politics 14.02.2023

President of the Democratic Alliance for Peace (ADP Maliba) Aliou Boubacar Diallo in August 2018.

Ivory Coast, Mali
Malian opposition figures excluded from Ivorian soldiers' release deal

The fate of Malian opposition members in Ivory Coast was a sticking point throughout negotiations for the release of 49 Ivorian soldiers held in Mali, with Bamako dropping that extradition demand ultimately its main concession.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 13.01.2023

Spotlight | Mali
Northern Mali: the junta's secret dealings with jihadists and local kingpins

The junta's control over turbulent northern Mali has waned, if not evaporated entirely. It has failed to impose its rule in Timbuktu and Gao, and has forged alliances with figures involved in drug trafficking and linked to jihadist movements.

Subscribers only Politics 23.12.2022

Activists of a Tuareg political-military movement in northern Mali in 2020.

Mali
PM Choguel Maïga's return splits Mali junta

After several months off due to health problems, Prime Minister Choguel Kokalla Maïga has gone back to work. Mali now finds itself in the unusual position of having two prime ministers, and the junta is split over which one to oust.

Subscribers only Politics 30.11.2022

The Malian Prime Minister Choguel Maïga.

In Focus | Ivory Coast, Mali
Billion-dollar deal paranoia unnerves shaky Abidjan-Bamako relations

One of the factors behind the sharp decline in Ivorian-Malian relations is a mining contract worth over $1bn signed in October 2021 between a German group and a Malian firm. Africa Intelligence has followed the politically charged financial trail that leads from Berlin to Rabat, and Dubai to Bamako, under which lurks the shadow of Russian interests and those of the Ivorian opposition leader Guillaume Soro.

Subscribers only Mining, Diplomacy 21.11.2022

A mining contract worth more than $1bn may be at the heart of rising tensions between Bamako and Abidjan.

Mali
General Yamoussa Camara, the Mali junta's éminence grise

Yamoussa Camara has in less than a year become one of the most influential figures in Mali's Koulouba presidential palace. Junta leader Assimi Goïta made him his permanent secretary last year, and he advises the five putschist colonels he had under his command at a military high school in the 1990s.

Subscribers only Politics 15.11.2022

Yamoussa Camara, then secretary of defence, stands with François Lecointre, commander of the European Union Training Mission in Mali (EUTM Mali) on 18 March 2013.

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Sadio Camara

Mali, Senegal
Behind Dakar and Bamako's military rapprochement

In Focus | Niger
Former President Mahamadou Issoufou's fingerprints all over Niger coup

Spotlight | Mali
Government and miners clash over sector reform

In Focus | Niger
ECOWAS, US and EU united front begins to crack

In Focus | Niger
Nigerien junta's secret alliances with Bamako and Ouagadougou

Mali
Animosity grows between Goita and defence minister Camara

Mali
Junta leader Goïta strengthens grip on mining sector

Spotlight | Mali
Assimi Goita's risky plan for post-MINUSMA era

Mali
AU chief Assoumani due in Bamako ahead of constitutional referendum

Mali
Algiers struggles to keep Mali's long-running peace talks alive

Niger
Mohamed Bazoum tries to revive military cooperation with Bamako

Mali
Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop's star fades as his officials stage strikes

Mali
General Harouna Samaké, the army's well-connected new boss

Mali, Mauritania
Ghazouani strives to get Bamako back into G5 Sahel

Mali
Millionaire Aliou Boubacar Diallo enjoys quiet new life, far from the junta

Ivory Coast, Mali
Malian opposition figures excluded from Ivorian soldiers' release deal

Spotlight | Mali
Northern Mali: the junta's secret dealings with jihadists and local kingpins

Mali
PM Choguel Maïga's return splits Mali junta

In Focus | Ivory Coast, Mali
Billion-dollar deal paranoia unnerves shaky Abidjan-Bamako relations

Mali
General Yamoussa Camara, the Mali junta's éminence grise

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Spotlight | Mali Government and miners clash over sector reform

In Focus | Niger ECOWAS, US and EU united front begins to crack

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Mali Animosity grows between Goita and defence minister Camara

Mali Junta leader Goïta strengthens grip on mining sector

Spotlight | Mali Assimi Goita's risky plan for post-MINUSMA era

Mali AU chief Assoumani due in Bamako ahead of constitutional referendum

Mali Algiers struggles to keep Mali's long-running peace talks alive

Niger Mohamed Bazoum tries to revive military cooperation with Bamako

Mali Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop's star fades as his officials stage strikes

Mali General Harouna Samaké, the army's well-connected new boss

Mali, Mauritania Ghazouani strives to get Bamako back into G5 Sahel

Mali Millionaire Aliou Boubacar Diallo enjoys quiet new life, far from the junta

Ivory Coast, Mali Malian opposition figures excluded from Ivorian soldiers' release deal

Spotlight | Mali Northern Mali: the junta's secret dealings with jihadists and local kingpins

Mali PM Choguel Maïga's return splits Mali junta

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DRC
Washington deal: intricacies behind Tshisekedi's poker move

Namibia
Namibia oil utopia hangs on TotalEnergies' final investment decision

Mali, Senegal
Behind Dakar and Bamako's military rapprochement

In Focus | Niger
Former President Mahamadou Issoufou's fingerprints all over Niger coup

Spotlight | Mali
Government and miners clash over sector reform

In Focus | Niger
ECOWAS, US and EU united front begins to crack

In Focus | Niger
Nigerien junta's secret alliances with Bamako and Ouagadougou

Mali
Animosity grows between Goita and defence minister Camara

Mali
Junta leader Goïta strengthens grip on mining sector

Spotlight | Mali
Assimi Goita's risky plan for post-MINUSMA era

Mali
AU chief Assoumani due in Bamako ahead of constitutional referendum

Mali
Algiers struggles to keep Mali's long-running peace talks alive

Niger
Mohamed Bazoum tries to revive military cooperation with Bamako

Mali
Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop's star fades as his officials stage strikes

Mali
General Harouna Samaké, the army's well-connected new boss

Mali, Mauritania
Ghazouani strives to get Bamako back into G5 Sahel

Mali
Millionaire Aliou Boubacar Diallo enjoys quiet new life, far from the junta

Ivory Coast, Mali
Malian opposition figures excluded from Ivorian soldiers' release deal

Spotlight | Mali
Northern Mali: the junta's secret dealings with jihadists and local kingpins

Mali
PM Choguel Maïga's return splits Mali junta

In Focus | Ivory Coast, Mali
Billion-dollar deal paranoia unnerves shaky Abidjan-Bamako relations

Mali
General Yamoussa Camara, the Mali junta's éminence grise