The Sahel
[Daily Trust] The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested a 22-year-old man for allegedly trafficking a 17-year-old girl from Kwara State to Mali after promising to secure her employment in Senegal....
[MFWA] On 22 September 2026, Nigerien lawyer and activist Lirwana Abdourahamane was placed in pre-trial detention at the Niamey Civil Prison. His detention comes a day after he was placed in custody at the Cybercrime Division of the Judicial Police....
[Dabanga] Adré / Netika -- A young Sudanese refugee was killed in Adré camp in eastern Chad on Sunday, as a separate fire destroyed temporary shelters and left displaced families without adequate accommodation....
In a report released Monday, Human Rights Watch warned that the government’s crackdown is fueling stigma, driving people into hiding, and discouraging access to HIV testing and treatment....
A first delegation to verify the ceasefire between the Congolese army and M23 was deployed to the region in late August
[RFI] Journalist Moussa Kaka has been missing since 31 August, when he left the offices of radio and television station Saraounia in the capital, Niamey, to return home. His family has not seen him since and the Nigerien authorities have offered no explanation. Alioune Tine, a Se...
[MFWA] On 14 September 2026, the National Cybercrime Court (Pôle national de lutte contre la cybercriminalité) in Bamako sentenced Abdrahamane Keïta, Publication Director of the weekly Le Témoin, to three years in prison, with two years to be served and one su...
[RFI] Mali's armed forces and Russian Wagner Group personnel committed war crimes including killings and torture of civilians during joint operations between 2023 and 2025, Amnesty International has said in a new report documenting abuses across several regions of the country....
[AI London] Killings of civilians during military joint operations Civilians tortured to death in detention, others subjected to simulated drowning, beatings and electric shocks Fulani, Arabs and Tuaregs targeted...
Human smuggling and trafficking in North Africa and the Sahel – 2026 Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC)
[RFI] Sustained gunfire and explosions rang out across several areas of Niger's capital, Niamey, early on Saturday, according to two Reuters witnesses, with the cause not immediately clear....
Dozens of soldiers were killed or arrested after a group of young troops attempted a mutiny in Niger’s capital in what was seen as a major threat to the country’s ruling junta, according to a state television broadcast and analysts....
Residents of Niger's capital Niamey on Saturday reported hearing gunfire near a military base at the international airport, which has been attacked by jihadists twice this year....
Niger's ruling junta said Saturday it "gradually took back control" after mutinying soldiers attacked key sites around the capital including the presidential palace, after the city was rocked by hours of heavy gunfire....
