IN THE ANALYSIS
Africa Watch – Call of duty
A deal is close that would allow Russian mercenaries into Mali, extending Russian influence over security affairs in West Africa and triggering opposition from former colonial power France, Reuters reported citing seven unnamed diplomatic and security sources said. Paris has begun a diplomatic drive to prevent the military junta in Mali from enacting the deal, which would permit Russian private military contractors, the Wagner Group, to operate in the former French colony, the sources said. A European source who tracks West Africa and a security source in the region said at least 1,000 mercenaries could be involved. Two other sources believed the number was lower but did not provide figures. Four sources said the Wagner Group would be paid about 6 billion CFA francs ($10.8 million) a month for its services. One security source working in the region said the mercenaries would train the Malian military and provide protection for senior officials. Reuters said it could not confirm independently how many mercenaries could be involved, how much they would be compensated, or establish the exact objective of any deal involving Russian mercenaries would be for Mali’s military junta. France’s diplomatic offensive, the diplomatic sources said, includes enlisting the help of ...
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ANALYSIS
Nigeria’s Health Minister, Dr Osagie Ehanire, has said that the ...
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Nigeria's Federal Inland Revenue Service is in court trying to ...
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The week ahead – On a knife’s edge
A bill seeking to empower the state government to collect ...
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Africa Watch – Gun runs and other tales
Three residents of Maryland in the United States, have been ...
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Ondo Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu (SAN) has signed into law the ...
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Algeria announced on 24 August that it was officially severing ...
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The week ahead – Good news and bad
Gunmen killed two Nigerian military personnel and abducted another in ...
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Slowly, then suddenly: Afghanistan’s collapse and lessons for Africa’s war on terror
America’s longest war has come to a messy and chaotic ...
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Around 11,000 people fleeing clashes between herders and fishermen in ...
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Under the hood: A look into taxation in Nigeria’s informal sector
A recurring theme in many reports about Nigeria’s tax base ...
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The week ahead – A rock and a hard place
The Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has declared ...
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Africa Watch – Zambia on the precipice
Zambia deployed the military to curb escalating political violence ahead ...
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The week ahead – Battle stations ready
The ward congresses held across the country on 30 July ...
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Africa Watch – Slipping into the past
Tunisia is facing the worst crisis in its decade of ...
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Widespread voter apathy marred the local government elections held in ...
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Video: Revisiting Russian interest in Africa
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russian interest in ...
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Interim Mali President Assimi Goita, a special forces colonel who ...
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The week ahead – House of cards
The Senate on 15 July passed the long-awaited Electoral Act ...
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