US & France Driven Out: Putin Links 5 Nations In New Russia-Sahel military alliance

Very recommendable, but also very concerning!

(232) 'US & France Driven Out!': Putin Links 5 Nations In New Russia-Sahel NATO Axis | Firstpost Africa - YouTube

Russia Saves Niger's Military Rulers From Mutiny with Palki Sharma

Recommendable!

(225) Russia Saves Niger's Military Rulers From Mutiny | The Palki Sharma Show | IGR | India Global Review - YouTube

Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso Launch Alliance of Sahel States (AES) Joint Parliament in Historic Step

This could be huge! However, all three countries are governed by military leaders!

Sahel: Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso Launch AES Joint Parliament in Historic Step | Firstpost Africa - YouTube

Niger Signs $1.9 Billion Oil Refinery Deal with a Canadian company & Drilling Begins at Kafra Oil Well

Good news!

Niger will become one of the major oil producers in Africa.

(518) Niger Signs $1.9 Billion Oil Refinery Deal & Drilling Begins at Kafra Oil Well | Firstpost Africa - YouTube

Across Africa’s Sahel region, groundwater reserves are recovering after decades of drought.

Good news! Global warming/climate change is not all bad! 😊

"... Aquifer reserves across Niger have risen by an estimated 15 percent, while Lake Chad reached more than 9,000 square miles in 2024, around 10 times its size in the mid-1980s.

One major reason is that rising temperatures in the North Atlantic have pulled the West African monsoon farther north, bringing more rainfall to the Sahel."

Doomslayer: Progress Roundup - by Malcolm Cochran

After Decades of Drought, Water Is Rising in the African Sahel

After Decades of Drought, Water Is Rising in the African Sahel "Warming has brought extreme rain to the parched Sahel, which is seeing aquifers refill as monsoons grow stronger. But heavier downpours alone cannot explain the groundwater revival, say hydrologists, who believe efforts to harvest rainfall may also be paying dividends."

Turkey Expands Influence In Africa update

What is Osman sultan Erdogan up to?

"Key Takeaway:

• Turkey. Turkey has recently advanced economic and security ties with Niger and Somalia, viewing both countries as its African anchor states through which it can further its strategic interests in Africa. These partnerships aim to address several domestic concerns, such as patronage and energy security, and bolster Turkey’s international standing vis-à-vis global competitors.

..."

Turkey Expands Influence In Africa: Africa File, April 16, 2026 | Critical Threats

Niger Puts Uranium On Market Amid Row with France, Russia To Step In

Serious stuff!

Niger Junta To Cut Oil Workers From China; Fallout With Xi Jinping's CNPC

Recommendable! Why should China fare better than Western countries in Africa! The Scramble for Africa!

Three Sahel States form a Confederal Bank to promote infrastructure and agriculture investments

Good news!

Niger Junta Chief Becomes President: Dictatorship Unavoidable? with Palki Sharma

Bad news!

Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger launch Confederal Bank with $833 billion fund

Good news! Hopefully, successful!

Guinea and Niger eliminated some horrific diseases

Good news! Slowly, but surely!

"Last week, the World Health Organization reported that two African countries have defeated a parasite:

In Guinea, public health authorities stamped out sleeping sickness, a parasitic disease carried by the tsetse fly. Sleeping sickness is easily treated early on, but if allowed to progress causes irreversible brain damage and, ultimately, death.

Niger, meanwhile, became the first African country to eliminate river blindness, which, as its name suggests, can make you blind and is spread by flies that breed near rivers. The parasites in this case are long thin worms that burrow around in the sufferer’s skin. ..."

Weekly Progress Roundup - by Malcolm Cochran - Doomslayer

Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso now unified under the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) to issue joint biometric passports

Very recommendable! Could be an important, new development! AES might be able to e.g. defeat Islamist terrorists. Concerning might be the fact that all three countries are ruled by recently established military juntas.

Niger Junta Takes Over French Uranium Mine Controlled by French Firm Orano

Bad news! Russia and other countries are moving in.

West Out, Moscow In? Russia's Satellite Deal with Junta-run Sahel States with Palki Sharma

When the dictators of the world unite! Have fun with Putin the Terrible!

The stupid West (i.e. France, Emanuel Macron) allowed Russia to move in!

The U.S. State Department Fumbles Africa Again by Michael Rubin

Yes, a sad story and a big mistake for the U.S.!

Hopefully, the next administration will do better then the one run by the senile, demented and corrupt 46th President! Blinken is an unaccomplished fool!

High level U.S. representatives were absent from at least two important events taking place in Africa.

The U.S. State Department Fumbles Africa Again - NationalSecurityJournal

US Troops Leave $100 Million Air Base in Niger with Palki Sharma

Bad news! Presumably this airbase will be taken over by Russia! Seems eerily similar of what happened in Afghanistan during the term of the 46th US President.

Turkey is competing with China and Russia in Niger

May we call this African roulette by a military Junta? (Pardon my bad joke!). Or the more strange bedfellows, the merrier! 😊

What is Turkey doing in Africa? The Ottoman sultan Erdogan has ambitions?

France is out! What mistake did French President Macron make?

"Turkey is strengthening its long-standing partnership with Niger across various sectors, which could result in Turkey competing with China and Russia over access to resources and military influence. Turkey also has opportunities to increase economic and military cooperation with Burkina Faso and Mali, but Russia’s larger presence in both countries will pose a greater obstacle."

Africa File, July 25, 2024: Turkish Inroads In Niger; Al Shabaab’s Continued Svbied Threat | Critical Threats

One Year After Niger's military Coup

Bad news! France out, but Russia and China in!

"... Niger’s junta has significantly altered its international and regional partnerships away from the West in its first year of power. Al Qaeda and IS militants have carried out deadlier attacks and consolidated control over more territory since the junta took power by taking advantage of security force limitations that the withdrawal of Western support has contributed to. ISSP’s advance creates more opportunities for it to contribute to transnational IS activity. The Nigerien junta’s counterinsurgency approach will likely increase communal violence and civilian casualties more broadly, and Niger’s new security partners will likely be unable to fully address Niger’s capacity and capability gaps to overcome this poor strategy.
Nigerien Economic Activity. The Nigerien junta has also sought to address economic challenges that could threaten regime stability by working with China, Iran, Russia, and Turkey to secure quick revenue. ..."

Africa File Special Edition: One Year After Niger's Coup | Critical Threats

Niger revokes French nuclear groups licence at major uranium mine

Bad news! This is huge!