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Imams in Politics: Secularism vs. Religion in Mali and Senegal

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Contrary to the opinions of some Islamic scholars who frown at secularism, and the stands of secularists who see secularism as a value to exclude or categorize some sections of the society, the political developments in Mali between 2018 and 2020, and the events in Senegal following the 2021 protests offered a glimpse of what religious leaders can achieve in moving a nation forward and avoiding plunging it into unending chaos or “civil” war.

Can the West weaken the Juntas in the Sahel with ECOWAS?

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During the last decade, the Sahel crisis, which involves the three border lines of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger of the Sahel geography, encompassing the arid topography extending from the Green Cape of Senegal to the Cape of Somalia, has witnessed the spread of al-Qaeda- and DAESH-linked terrorist organizations.

Wagner Group Strengthens Its Hold in Africa

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VIDEO: Russian Expansionism under Vladimir PutinMali “remains a linchpin for future stability in the Sahel and we have deep concerns about that stability and deep concerns about the extremism and terrorism that is spreading tentacles in the region,” Blinken stated during a joint press conference with Senegal's foreign minister, Aissata Tall Sall.

Omicron Reveals Racism against Africans, Once More

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Ramaphosa, during a recent tour of West Africa, called the travel restrictions “harsh”, “unfair” “arbitrary and discriminatory”, “unscientific” and “counter-productive”, and suggested that the leaders of Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal and Cote d’Ivoire agreed with him.