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AES: The historical foresight of Presidents Traoré and Tiani; the facts confirm the French plot against the three countries

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AES: The historical foresight of Presidents Traoré and Tiani; the facts confirm the French plot against the three countries

9 May 2026 Alfrede Kankabo

History will remember that the leaders of the Confederation of Sahel States (AES) were never naive. While the West feigned indignation, President Ibrahim Traoré of Burkina Faso and General Abdouramane Tiani of Niger had already seen through France’s true agenda. Today, the facts prove them right: Paris, through its Directorate-General for External Security (DGSE), has never stopped trying to reclaim its lost colonial privileges, even if it means overthrowing sovereignist regimes.

Recent revelations, particularly regarding the attempt to destabilise Mali via Ukrainian proxies, confirm word for word the repeated warnings of these two statesmen.

From the moment they came to power, Ibrahim Traoré and Abdouramane Tiani sounded the alarm: France would never forgive those who dared to denounce lopsided cooperation agreements, designed solely to serve the interests of the former colonial power at the expense of the Sahelian populations.

For decades, the coloniser imposed predatory treaties, emptying the treasuries of African states to fill the coffers of Paris.

But the people of Burkina, Niger and Mali said “enough”. By turning their backs on Françafrique, these clear-sighted presidents chose economic and military sovereignty an unforgivable betrayal in the eyes of the Élysée.

From then on, destabilisation manoeuvres began: covert funding of terrorist groups, diplomatic pressure, and now, attempts to decapitate regimes through foreign proxies.

Yet, against all expectations, the vigilance of the African generals has thwarted everything. Unlike their subservient predecessors, Traoré and Tiani refuse to give in to blackmail.

Their foresight has exposed the clandestine networks of the DGSE still active in the region.

They have anticipated destabilisation plans, proving that African sovereignty is not a slogan but a reality that can be defended with weapons in hand.

If France is desperately trying to reconquer its former sphere of influence, the AES embodies a new Africa that rejects diktats. The Sahelian people should count themselves fortunate to have at their head two men who dared to defy the neo-colonial hydra.

Their clear-sightedness has bought precious time for an entire generation. Now the cards have been reshuffled, and the era of interference belongs to the past.

Titi KEITA

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AES: The historical foresight of Presidents Traoré and Tiani; the facts confirm the French plot against the three countries

MALI TARGETS GOLD ROUTES FUNDING SAHEL INSURGENCY

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MALI TARGETS GOLD ROUTES FUNDING SAHEL INSURGENCY

Day 17 of MALI FIGHTS BACK. While the Malian Armed Forces and the Africa Corps grind the JNIM–FLA logistics network into dust across northern Mali — striking gold and lithium nodes from Gao to Anéfis to Ménaka, arresting financing clerics, and rolling out a combined-arms doctrine that has reduced losses to roadside IEDs — Emmanuel Macron is in Nairobi shouting at a Kenyan audience to “shut up” about “respect.” This episode walks you through the verified facts, sourced from the Africa Corps communiqué of 6 May, the African Initiative, ORTM, APA News, Al Jazeera, and Kenyan reporting. We track the Intahaka gold node, the Goulamina lithium story, the European ransom pipeline that fed the Sahel terror economy, the cleric arrested coming from Senegal, the failed Kati double-objective, the soft-target propaganda pivot, the Chad Boko Haram attack at Barka Tolorom, and the Africa Forward Summit insult that should have ended in a shoe and ended in silence.

Malian insurgents attack with drones

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Malian insurgents attack with drones

Malian insurgents attack with drones

The Azawad Liberation Front has used drones in attacks against military outposts in northern Mali, where the Malian Army and mercenaries from Russia’s Africa Corps operate. Photo: Azawad Liberation Front

The recent attack on a Malian Army base near the community of Aguelhok was the latest example of insurgent groups in the country using armed drones against government and paramilitary forces.

The attack by the Azawad Liberation Front (FLA) in early April targeted a military base near the community used by the Malian Army (FAMa) and fighters working for Russia’s Africa Corps.

The attack was the latest in a series of FLA assaults on regional military bases. In late March, the group attacked a joint FAMa-Africa Corps base in nearby Anéfis. A few days before, they launched their first attack on the Aguelhok base.

A few weeks before that, the group struck Camp Firhoun ag Alinsar in Gao with 25 armed kamikaze drones. A week before that the FLA hit a FAMa-Africa Corps outpost in the Adghar-Takalot area south of Kidal. That attack destroyed an armored vehicle and killed or injured Malian Soldiers and Russian mercenaries.

The FLA claims to have struck Malian and Russian forces seven times during March.

The FLA has gained attention for its use of drones on the battlefield. The group used an armed Chinese-made Flydragon FDG410 surveillance drone to take down a Malian Army helicopter in Tessalit in February 2025. They were the first Sahelian nonstate group to adopt fiber-optic technology with drones in 2025, which first appeared among Ukrainian Soldiers fighting the Russian invasion of their country.

Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) and Islamic State Sahel Province likewise have deployed commercial-style armed drones in their own attacks against government and mercenary forces. JNIM’s drone use increased after former Malian Army Col. Hussein Ghulam moved from FLA to JNIM in 2024, bringing his extensive knowledge of drone operations with him.

Attackers have deployed commercial-style first-person-view (FPV) drones, including some armed drones that filmed attacks on military vehicles, buildings and fleeing Soldiers at the sites. These videos often are posted to social media.

Pairing FPV drones with easily acquired explosives creates a “devastatingly effective” low-cost weapon, according to analyst Shahryar Pasandideh, writing in his Substack publication Universal Dynamics.

The April attack on Aguelhok happened despite the presence of jamming technology designed to disrupt the link between the drone and its operator. That suggests the FLA may have used drones tied to their operator by fiber optic cables, which would protect them from signal jammers, according to analysts with the website West Africa Maps.

According to analyst Rueben Dass writing for the legal website Lawfare, the FLA “is learning from other conflicts and applying the lessons in their war in Mali.”

While the FLA has used drones primarily in northern Mali, drones create the potential for strikes elsewhere, according to Castor Vali Security Information Services, a risk analysis firm focused on Africa.

“Though the FLA has not carried out attacks deep inside territory controlled by the Malian government, drones offer them the capability to conduct precision attacks away from the frontlines — they are light, and don’t require multiple people to transport and operate them,” Castro Vali analysts wrote in a study of drone use in the Sahel.

Written by Africa Defense Forum and republished with permission. The original article can be found here.

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Mr President, it’s time for you to leave : An open letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa, as South Africa becomes a failing state.

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Mr President, it’s time for you to leave

An open letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa, as South Africa becomes a failing state.

Mr President, it’s time for you to leave

By Isaac Mashaba

Political analyst

Dear Mr President,

Your lacklustre TV appearance on Sunday left the entire nation underwhelmed.

It is embarrassingly clear that you are not the president as appearing on TV in a smart suit does not make one presidential.

Instead, you have become a convenor of commissions and judicial inquiries that cost millions and only lead to cover-ups and denials.

You use these forums to deflect blame and misdirect an angry and desperate nation. Your commissions and inquiries exhaust us while bankrupting the country.

Under your watch, you have overseen the destruction of political accountability and integrity. You use words such as “democracy” and “freedom” as though they will magically correct everything that has been trampled on under your leadership.

We never voted for a leader that would enslave us while hollowing out our economy for own financial and personal gain.

Our country is drowning in debt and yet you continually and shamelessly hold out the beggar’s bowl and boast how much money you have been able to scrounge from the international community that you obviously despise.

The international community is now realising that your government and faction played the great deception with your platitudes, posturing and deceptive rhetoric.

In so doing, you have betrayed the people you are supposed to lead and protect. Under your anti-West policies, you have overseen the destruction of our economy.

Like your well-known proverbial frog, you have put the entire nation in the pot and the filthy water is slowly reaching boiling point.

The recent allegations about our minister of police are beyond shocking, especially as he is so close to you.

Yet, he gets placed on “special leave”, no doubt with full pay, while such allegations against any other citizen will lead to much more severe sanction. The hypocrisy is astounding.

And the public’s loss of trust in our law enforcement agencies under your leadership is terrifying.

And while the nation continues to reel in shock at the allegations, you continue flirting with states that sponsor chaos and international terrorism.

Surely you must be aware of the consequences and grave dangers you are leading the nation into by your steadfast and vocal support for Iran?

Iran has been a sponsor for international terrorism for years as they support Hamas, Hezbollah, IS, al-Shabaab and such like.

Many of these terror groups enjoy safe haven in SA – and your government has allowed this. Some of these Iranian-backed forces are active in Africa.

They murder, slaughter and abuse Africans. They are genocidal proxy forces that attack African Christians and also Muslims who do not subscribe to their ideals.

They act on behalf of Iran – your great Brics ally and friend. By implication, you are the leader of a political party in our parliament that endorses black genocide and you do this in our name.

We never voted for you to support this unspeakable betrayal and genocide of Africa – or to be a proxy for such states.

Known international terrorists and violent criminals are quietly given safe haven in our country. They are free to practice their terror and criminality.

Some are even based not too far from your home in Johannesburg. Under your leadership, South Africa has become an increasingly failing state.

You have allowed the collapse of our law enforcement agencies and intelligence service. Our underfunded armed forces are forced to surrender to rebel forces and it takes months to bring them home.

There are large tracts of ungoverned spaces in our rural and urban areas. What a disgrace, Mr President. Instead of defending and driving the right to life, safety and property, you have instead done the opposite with your policies based on exclusion and disuniting rhetoric.

Populism can never outlive the desires of people to progress. And you then want to be seen as a peacemaker in Africa while challenging the international community with a hollow voice and a no diplomatic or power credibility.

Mr President, are you determined to engineer the collapse of our country and position us as a terror-supporting country?

We can no longer tolerate this self-centred behaviour of those who are expected to lead us into the utopia your government promised and then destroyed.

You and your faction have robbed us of our dignity, pride and unity. It is time for you to leave – and please take your cadres with you.

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MALI ENCIRCLE KIDAL—WESTERN WEAPONS EXPOSE FOREIGN BACKING

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Captured weapons from this operation have reportedly exposed a NATO supply chain, raising critical questions about the source of supplies for jihadists and al qaeda in the region and shaping the mali news agenda.

MALI ENCIRCLE KIDAL—WESTERN WEAPONS EXPOSE FOREIGN BACKING

6 May 2026

Eleven days ago, the FLA and JNIM launched the largest coordinated assault on Mali in fifteen years. Twelve thousand fighters across six cities. The Defence Minister killed at his own residence. Kidal taken by the FLA-JNIM joint command in the first hours. The Western press was already drafting the obituary of the Malian state. Eleven days later, on Day 11 of Mali Fights Back, the picture has reversed. The Alliance of Sahel States — Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger — has now closed the ring around Kidal in a joint operation that began with intense air campaigns on April 30 and ended with the May 1 cross-border strike on the Mauritanian corridor that destroyed two hundred reinforcements before they reached the line of contact.

By the FAMa General Staff’s own communiqué. By the Africa Corps’ own published intelligence. By the Government of Niger’s own cabinet statement. In this episode, we walk through the encirclement city by city, vector by vector. We examine the captured equipment — the Rheinmetall lot numbers, the NATO-origin MANPADS, the fibre-optic drones, the Stinger and Mistral systems found in the FLA columns. We answer the foreign instructor question with the audio intercepts and the captured-fighter testimonies. And we ask the bigger political question now sitting on Goïta’s desk — what is the post-conflict political settlement for the Tuareg communities of the north, after the FLA’s calculated decision to merge its operation with al-Qaeda’s Sahelian franchise? This is not Western analysis. This is the file as it stands on Day 11, drawn from the FAMa General Staff communiqués, the Africa Corps published intelligence, the Government of Niger cabinet statement, the Pravda Mali field reporting, and the Africanews wire from Niamey. The ring has closed. The fighters who took the city are now the fighters trapped inside it. And the question is no longer whether the AES can coordinate. It is what they do with what they have surrounded. On Day 11, the town of Kidal is encircled following a large-scale assault by FLI and Genin forces.

This coordinated attack, the largest in 15 years, struck six cities simultaneously and resulted in the death of the defense minister. Captured weapons from this operation have reportedly exposed a NATO supply chain, raising critical questions about the source of supplies for jihadists and al qaeda in the region and shaping the mali news agenda.

AES: The Mauritanian-Algerian double game – opponents or enablers of the fight against terrorism in the Sahel?

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AES: The Mauritanian-Algerian double game – opponents or enablers of the fight against terrorism in the Sahel?

1 May 2026  Alfrede Kankabo

Terrorism in the Sahel does not evolve solely through the criminal’s own strength or the organizational weakness of targeted states like Mali, Burkina Faso, or Niger. The reasons are more insidious: multifaceted support orchestrated by imperialist powers such as France, channelled through hypocritical neighbours. Mauritania and Algeria; official “allies” in the fight against terrorism play a perverse double game, feigning condemnation of atrocities while covertly fuelling them.

Evidence: JNIM (Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims), in coalition with the FLA (Azawad Liberation Front), a separatist movement as criminal as it is bloodthirsty benefits from real-time intelligence.

Satellite coverage, covert logistical flows, disguised funding; everything converges on these terrorist bastions. Mauritania, the strategic neighbour of Mali, turns a blind eye to the passage of fighters and weapons under the cover of neutrality.

Nouakchott, allied with Washington and Paris, tolerates training camps in its desert reaches while attending anti-terror summits for show.

Algeria is even more cynical. Algiers, posing as a regional mediator, harbours JNIM leaders and provides precise satellite data through its alliances.

The April 25 strikes in Mali the most massive in recent history; did not emerge from nowhere: they were guided by tactical intelligence from these sources.

Officially, Algeria disavows terrorism; in reality, it feeds it to weaken the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), seen as a threat to its Maghreb hegemony and persistent French influence.

It is time to name things: secretly supporting terrorists carries the same responsibility as pulling the trigger.

Africa does not need two-faced states. It needs countries that own their choices either fight terrorism sincerely, or stop hypocritically sitting on bodies meant to promote peace.

The day Mauritania, Algeria, and others end their double-talk, the Sahel can finally breathe.

Until then, the victims of attacks also carry the blood of these complicit silences on their graves. The truth is uncomfortable, but it is truth that will free Africa.

Titi KEITA

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AES: The Mauritanian-Algerian double game – opponents or enablers of the fight against terrorism in the Sahel?

PROXY WAR IN AFRICA? France vs Russia Battle Erupts In Mali Crisis

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PROXY WAR IN AFRICA? France vs Russia Battle Erupts In Mali Crisis

30 April 2026

Mali’s conflict is entering a more complex and volatile phase after Niger’s Vigilance Brigades accused France of coordinating attacks aimed at destabilising Sahel states, marking a sharp escalation in regional tensions. The allegations come as Russian-linked African Corps units and Malian forces intensify military operations across Menaka, Kidal and Sevare against Islamist groups including ISIS and JNIM. France has not responded to the claims. The developments highlight growing concerns over possible foreign involvement in West Africa’s security crisis, raising fears of a broader geopolitical confrontation unfolding in the Sahel region.

Rebel checkpoints reported around Mali’s capital, northern town seized

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Rebel checkpoints reported around Mali’s capital, northern town seized

Jamaat Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) and Tuareg separatists continue their attacks against Mali’s military government.

By Al Jazeera Staff and News Agencies
Published On 1 May 2026

Al-Qaeda-linked rebel fighters have reportedly set up checkpoints around Mali’s capital, Bamako, and seized the town of Tessalit in the north.

Reuters reported on Friday that Jamaat Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) has called on Malians to rise up to “bring down the junta”, and adopt Islamic law.

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The latest developments come days after a series of attacks by JNIM and Tuareg separatists from the Azawad Liberation Front (FLA) resulted in the killing of the country’s defence minister, Sadio Camara.

Videos shared on social media by local accounts on Friday show armed fighters inside the Amachach base in Tessalit, with several military vehicles seen driving around.

Video verified by Reuters shows fighters driving through the town and raising the FLA flag.

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UAE paid Colombian mercenaries to help Sudan militants commit genocide: Report

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UAE paid Colombian mercenaries to help Sudan militants commit genocide: Report

People displaced by the war in Sudan return to Wad Madani in Gezira state on February 6, 2025, after the city was retaken by the Sudanese army. (Photo by AFP)

The United Arab Emirates paid Colombian mercenaries to help Sudan’s militant group, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), massacre thousands of civilians in the northeastern African country, a report says.

The BBC released the report on Saturday, citing an investigation by the Conflict Insights Group (CIG) that collected data from tracking the mobile phones of the Colombian mercenaries.

CIG director Justin Lynch told the BBC that the investigation by the security analysis organization is “the first research where we can prove UAE involvement with certainty” in the Sudan conflict.

“We are making public what governments have long known – that there is a direct link between Abu Dhabi and the RSF,” he added.

The RSF, which has been fighting the Sudanese army over the past few years, currently controls large swathes of the country’s southwestern territories, including most of the region of Darfur.

The militants captured el-Fasher on October 26, 2025, with reports saying they massacred thousands of civilians who failed to flee the city.

A UN fact-finding mission found that RSF actions in el-Fasher show “hallmarks of genocide” against the Zaghawa and Fur communities.

CIG tracked the mobile phones of over 50 Colombian mercenaries present in Sudan between April 2025 and January 2026.

It found that the Colombian mercenaries were stationed at several regional staging areas, such as an Emirati military training site in Ghayathi, Abu Dhabi, before travelling to Sudan.

Operating as drone pilots, artillerymen, and instructors in a brigade known as the Desert Wolves, the Colombian mercenaries are employed by a UAE-based company with ties to senior Emirati government officials, according to the CIG research.

Lynch said, “The scale of atrocities and siege in el-Fasher wouldn’t have happened without the drone operations the mercenaries provided.”

Despite denials by the UAE, several reports have suggested that the Persian Gulf Arab country supports RSF militants in Sudan in a bid to get access to gold and secure control over Red Sea shipping lanes, as well as agricultural land.

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