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Army chief Chengriha turns to the Sahel after mammoth Russian shopping trip

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“The Sahel threatened by a jihadist tornado”

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The Sahel threatened by a jihadist tornado

As the Sahel security crisis worsens, with Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) and Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS) increasingly active, the states in the region find themselves in an ever more vulnerable position. In an attempt to stem the flow of jihadist propaganda which now risks overflowing into the coastal states, a number of security operations have been launched, among them Operation Barkhane, the G5 Sahel joint force, MINUSMA, and the Coalition for the Sahel. [...]

Algerian Chief of Staff Said Chengriha and Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu. © Ministère algérien de la défense nationale

Chief of staff Said Chengriha has travelled to Moscow to clinch an astronomical arms deal, worth up to $7bn. In discussions with the Russian defence minister, he also outlined a possible Algerian intervention in the Sahel, starting with Mali. [...]

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Algeria
Moscow flaunts new anti-corruption tool in Algiers

On his trip to Algiers this month, the Russian Prosecutor General presented a computer system designed to fight graft and outlined a programme on legal cooperation between the two countries.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 22.04.2024

Russia's Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov in Moscow on 26 March 2024.

Algeria
Tebboune's Paris trip faces further delays as tiff with army chief continues

Abdelmadjid Tebboune's visit to France, which had already been pushed back to June, is set to be postponed again. Scheduling problems are supposedly to blame but, behind the scenes, tensions between the Algerian president and his army chief Saïd Chengriha could also be playing a role.

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy 12.06.2023

Algeria's president Abdelmadjid Tebboune in Lisbon on 23 May 2023.

Algeria
Tebboune-Chengriha rift behind Chouiter's sacking

The dismissal of military intelligence chief General Abdelaziz Nouiouet Chouiter is one of the tell-tale signs that not everything is going smoothly between the head of the Algerian army and President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, as is also the case with the Foreign Affairs Minister.

Subscribers only Politics 13.03.2023

Algerian military Chief of Staff Said Chengriha in Paris, 24 January 2023.

Mali
Fatoumata Sinkoun Kaba becomes new MINUSMA spokesperson

MINUSMA | The UN peacekeeping mission finally has a new spokesperson: the UNHCR veteran Fatoumata Sinkoun Kaba.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 10.02.2023

West Africa
Jessica Davis Ba's posting to Abidjan as US ambassador delayed

The Foreign Affairs Committee of the US Senate is not expected to convene before January at the earliest to approve the posting to Ivory Coast of Jessica Davis Ba, a former adviser to Kamala Harris.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 25.11.2022

France, Germany
French-German parliamentary diplomacy ramps up over the Sahel

A group of French and German MPs and diplomats are heading to Berlin in early December to discuss the outlines of their military partnership in the Sahel region, as well as the impact that the war in Ukraine is having on the African continent.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 23.11.2022

Algeria
Armaments: Algiers to sign new $12bn mega-contract with Moscow

The Algerian army's budget is set to double. This new funding is slated for the purchase of new military equipment, in particular materiel manufactured by Russia.

Subscribers only Defence 31.10.2022

Mali
UN launches strategic review of Mali peacekeeping mission in volatile context

The United Nations is due to begin a strategic review of its MINUSMA peacekeeping mission in Mali in the first half of October.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 04.10.2022

West Africa
Barkhane withdrawal puts MINUSMA medical services on the spot

The withdrawal of French Barkhane troops from Mali and the dismantling of its military hospital in Gao means that MINUSMA will have to reorganise medical logistics for its peacekeepers.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 09.05.2022

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.

Mali, Russia
Junta has IBK to thank for latest Russian arms shipment

By taking delivery of two Russian-made attack helicopters and radar systems, Mali's junta took advantage of a contract signed by former president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita (IBK), whom it helped to overthrow.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 11.04.2022

Algeria
Ukraine war impacts Thales, Safran military contracts

The two French defence giants are doing business with Russia to kit out Algerian combat aircraft. Sanctions are set to complicate those arrangments.

Free access Defence, Business 15.03.2022

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

Algeria, United States
Foreign minister plans Washington trip in bid to thaw ties

Ramtane Lamamra hopes to travel in March or April in an effort to breathe fresh life into the moribund relations between Algeria and the United States.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 24.02.2022

Algerian foreign minister Ramtane Lamamra.

Morocco
Biden taking his time to name Moroccan ambassador

The USA's new ambassador to Algeria, Elizabeth Moore Aubin, will take up her post at the end of the month, but the White House has still not decided on an ambassador for Morocco. Meanwhile, bilateral relations are complicating matters.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 19.01.2022

Niger, United States
Biden administration buddies up with Bazoum

After inviting the Nigerien president to Washington at the beginning of December, the Democratic administration is preparing to disburse, via the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA), more than 100 million euros to Niamey to finance several road projects.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Diplomacy 06.01.2022

Mali
Assimi Goita presents his army with a mixed bag of armoured vehicles from China and Russia

The military junta has just given the Malian army new armoured vehicles of Russian and Chinese origin. But by having many different suppliers, the army is actually running the risk of becoming less effective in its operations against armed groups.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 13.12.2021

Malian transitional president Assimi Goita

Angola
Rosoboronexport and Paramount compete for helicopter contract

Almost a third of Angola's combat helicopters are currently out of action. The Russian arms export agency Rosoboronexport and South African group Paramount are jockeying for the contract to repair or replace them.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 22.11.2021

Morocco
AU peace and security commissioner gets the rock star treatment in Western Sahara talks

Africa' s oldest geopolitical dispute will be at the centre of discussions between the African Union and the Moroccan government during Bankole Adeoye's visit this week.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 18.11.2021

The AU peace and security commissioner, Nigeria's Bankole Adeoye, was received by the foreign minister Nasser Bourita.

Burundi
Will US stake help Rainbow Rare Earths get its mine reopened?

Rainbow Rare Earths is highlighting the indirect presence of the US government in its capital, as Burundi seeks to position itself as an alternative to China for the supply of rare earths to Western countries, primarily the United States.

Subscribers only Mining 09.11.2021

Activity at the Gakara mine is still suspended.

Comoros islands, Morocco
Why wary Rabat kept Moroni's first ambassador waiting for accreditation

Morocco pored over Yahaya Mohamed Illias' background, especially his time as a student in Pakistan, before giving his appointment its seal of approval.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 02.11.2021

Egypt
AU peace and security commissioner Bankole Adeoye due in Cairo

The African Union's peace and security commissioner, Bankole Adeoye, will travel to Egypt in early November. When he arrives in Cairo, the Nigerian diplomat will meet with the Egyptian foreign minister Sameh Shoukry.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 28.10.2021

Sahel
France sources surveillance balloons as it withdraws troops from northern Mali

As the Barkhane mission begins to close bases in northern Mali, the French army is preparing to order a dozen surveillance balloons to provide extra security for its installations in the country.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 25.10.2021

Sahel
UN Security Council maps out Sahel visit

Kenya, current president of the United Nations Security Council for the month of October, has been working hard to organise the UN governing body's Sahel visit.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 21.10.2021

Mali
From Washington to Algiers, Paris manoeuvres behind the scenes to keep Wagner out of Mali

Discreetly but insistently, France is working with its Western and African partners to prevent the junta going into partnership with Russian paramilitary group Wagner. Meanwhile, ECOWAS, egged on by Macron, is considering slapping sanctions on Mali's new leaders.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 06.10.2021

French foreign minister Yves Le Drian at the UN General Assembly on 23 September.

Algeria, France, Sahel
Barkhane command forced to modify routes after Algeria closes airspace to French military

Since Algeria banned their overflights on 2 October, military aircraft participating in France's Operation Barkhane in the Sahel have had to change their routes.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 05.10.2021

Morocco
Rabat switches from mines to drones to secure border with Algiers

With diplomatic relations with Algeria suspended since August, Morocco has been going ahead with changes to the arrangements for protecting the very strategic border with its neighbour, in part by conducting large-scale mine-clearing operations in order to recover farmable land.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 30.09.2021

Niger
Niamey doubly deprived of clout in regional alliance

Niger lost the two key positions it held within the G5 Sahel bloc in July.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 29.09.2021

Morocco
Mohammed VI ensures continuity in Sahara and Washington with General El Farouk

Belkhir El Farouk, the new commander of Morocco's Royal Armed Forces, will continue in his role as commander of the southern zone, where he has met with success. The general is also a key figure in defence cooperation with Washington.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 24.09.2021

General Belkhir El Farouk (left), with General Andrew M. Rohling (US Army Southern European Task) during the African Lion exercises on 7 June 2021.

Algeria
Spain's OHL excluded from Annaba-Ramdane Djamel rail works

Obrascon Huarte Lain (OHL), the Spanish firm selected to modernise the 77-km railway between Annaba and Ramdane Djamel has been removed from the project and replaced by three state-owned Algerian companies.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 13.09.2021

Algeria
Lamamra's robust diplomacy aims to regain initiative on Sahel, Libya, Sahara

The foreign minister's major diplomatic reshuffle is aimed at restoring Algeria's pre-eminence in the Sahel and in the handling of the crisis in Libya, where arch rival Morocco is trying to muscle in.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 09.09.2021

Algeria
Airbus Helicopters tries to get back in the action with the military and gendarmerie

European manufacturer Airbus Helicopters is proposing to modernise the Ecureuil aircraft in use by the army and the gendarmerie, thus capitalising on the backlog of "Made in Algeria" aircraft produced by its Italian competitor Leonardo.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 07.09.2021

Algeria
Algiers discreetly prepared its partners for its break-up with Rabat

In the months prior to Algeria's unexpected announcement on 24 August that it was breaking off diplomatic ties with Morocco, its security chiefs were in regular contact with their foreign partners. They detailed to them their complaints about Morocco and accused it of encouraging two of Algeria's leading opposition movements to form an alliance.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 27.08.2021

Algeria's foreign minister Ramtane Lamamra speaks during a news conference in Algiers, August 24, 2021.

Africa, Russia
African army chiefs keener than ever to acquire Russian armaments

Military delegations and experts from throughout Africa made the journey to Moscow this week to take party in the annual Army 2021 trade fair. An opportunity for Russia to strengthen its influence in the African security sector.

Free access Defence, Business 27.08.2021

Algeria
Army to bolster digital intelligence capacities

Amid the fallout of the Pegasus leaks, Algeria's ministry of defence is taking action to increase its digital forensic tools. This could spell good news for a handful of Algerian suppliers with strong ties to the national army and security services.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 23.08.2021

Algeria, United States
Tebboune gradually turns away from Biden

Joe Biden's nomination of a new ambassador to Algiers has done little to weaken Algeria's growing ties with Russia, with which it has signed several arms deals while letting go of a lobbying contract in the US.

Free access Diplomacy 20.08.2021

Chad, Niger
Washington turns to Toyota and Bulgarian firm Arsenal to equip Sahel armies

In anticipation of the gradual withdrawal of France's Operation Barkhane, American security advisors are focusing on modernising the capacities of the Sahel's armies as jihadist and rebel groups continue to destabilise the region.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics, Diplomacy 22.07.2021

Morocco, Spain
Navantia to start building Avante patrol vessel despite Moroccan-Spanish tensions

The mega-contract awarded to the Spanish shipbuilder by the Moroccan navy has survived the tensions arising from the hospitalisation of the Polisario leader Brahim Ghali in Spain back in April.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 22.07.2021

Morocco, Niger
In Niamey, Ahmed Lotfi drops Tarek bin Laden and introduces new Moroccan partners

YMMY construction group boss Ahmed Lotfi has had to reassure the Nigerien authorities so as to be able to proceed with his construction projects in Niamey. Tarek bin Laden is no longer involved in his plans, while Moroccan companies Koutoubia and Agamine have been brought in to give them a new industrial dimension.

Subscribers only Business 20.07.2021

Tunisia
Despite red flags, UN keeps bankrolling National Guard

On 12 July, the UN Office for Project Services financed the construction of equipment for the National Guard School's urban combat training centre in Oued Zarga

Subscribers only Diplomacy 20.07.2021

Spotlight | Africa
Abiy muzzles any AU discussion of Tigray

Ethiopia has carefully orchestrated pressure within the African Union so that the organisation never gets involved in its host country's affairs.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 19.07.2021

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed at the 33rd African Union summit in Addis Ababa in February 2020.

Libya, Russia
Chief of staff Mohamed Al Haddad heads to Moscow

Libyan army chief of staff Mohamed Al Haddad is due to travel to Moscow on 10 July 10 for a five-day visit.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 09.07.2021

Algeria
Army chief Chengriha calls for task force to draw up crisis exit strategy

Record numbers of voters stayed away from the 12 June general election, putting paid to Abdelmadjid Tebboune's rescue plans. Now army chief of staff Saïd Chengriha has instructed Gen Abdelaziz Medjahed to set up a committee of experts to deliver new proposals.

Subscribers only Politics 29.06.2021

Major General Said Chengriha, Algerian National People's Army chief of staff.

Morocco
Morocco orders Turkish armed drones as hostilities resume in Western Sahara

Turkey's Baykar, which has close links with Erdogan, is to supply attack drones to the Moroccan army. The contract will not radically change the military balance between Morocco and Algeria but has been signed just as hostilities are resuming against Polisario in Western Sahara.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 16.04.2021

Algeria
Tebboune targets intelligence and parliament in belated anti-Hirak drive

Though weakened, president Abdelmadjid Tebboune is trying, somewhat belatedly, to take back control of the country's intelligence services in order to wield more influence over the reshuffle of the political deck.

Subscribers only Politics 11.03.2021

Anti-government demonstration held on the second anniversary of the Hirak movement in Algiers on 26 February, 2021.

Algeria
Tebboune moves to root out Gaid Salah's legacy in intelligence services and army

Abdelmadjid Tebboune and his military chief of staff Said Chengriha want to erase the legacy of Chengriha's predecessor Ahmed Gaid Salah, who had put the intelligence services under the control of the army. This major overhaul could take place as soon as the president returns from Germany.

Subscribers only Politics 04.02.2021

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune and his Chief of Staff Said Chengriha on 10 October 2020.

Algeria
Chengriha brings generals into the fold with Tebboune still out of action

Army chief of staff Chengriha wants to bring back retired senior officers banned by his predecessor Ahmed Gaïd Salah and nip in the bud any dissent within the ranks arising from President Abdelmadjid Tebboune's prolonged absence.

Subscribers only Politics 24.12.2020

Algeria, Mali
Algiers recycles old vehicles as part of its Sahelian strategy

As Algeria goes about trying to set up a Sahelian force under the aegis of the African Union, it is recycling stocks of used equipment to gift to Mali.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 11.06.2020

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Army chief Chengriha turns to the Sahel after mammoth Russian shopping trip

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Algeria
Tebboune's Paris trip faces further delays as tiff with army chief continues

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Barkhane withdrawal puts MINUSMA medical services on the spot

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Mali
Framework for transition emerges in talks with junta

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Morocco
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Niger, United States
Biden administration buddies up with Bazoum

Mali
Assimi Goita presents his army with a mixed bag of armoured vehicles from China and Russia

Angola
Rosoboronexport and Paramount compete for helicopter contract

Morocco
AU peace and security commissioner gets the rock star treatment in Western Sahara talks

Burundi
Will US stake help Rainbow Rare Earths get its mine reopened?

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Egypt
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Sahel
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Sahel
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Mali
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Morocco
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Algeria
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Army to bolster digital intelligence capacities

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Morocco orders Turkish armed drones as hostilities resume in Western Sahara

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Tebboune targets intelligence and parliament in belated anti-Hirak drive

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Chengriha brings generals into the fold with Tebboune still out of action

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Algiers recycles old vehicles as part of its Sahelian strategy