Sahel Region

Guinea's planned bauxite export curbs and Niger's courtship of Dangote for oil exploration signal shifts in resource extraction. Senegal's Treasury cyberattack and the threat to Pink Lake from a housing project add economic vulnerabilities.

• 2China Aluminum Market Braces for Launch of Guinea Export Curbs
• 1Senegal's famous Pink Lake threatened by huge housing project
• 1Niger courts Dangote for oil exploration push
• 1ChatGPT becomes financial advisor with bank account linking
• 1‘I didn’t want to be the guinea pig’: inside tech’s AI-fueled manager purge

Senegal's President Faye fired Prime Minister Sonko on May 23, dissolving the government, after months of tensions. Sonko was then elected parliament speaker on May 26, and an economist was named prime minister, deepening the political crisis.

• 9Senegal parliament speaker resigns, economist named prime minister
• 7Mali leader Goita takes defense minister role after predecessor killed
• 6Senegal's president sacks PM after months of tensions

Jihadist attacks in central Mali killed dozens on May 10 and May 7, with Mali's junta ruling out talks with Al Qaeda and Tuareg. Niger conducted a military airstrike killing terrorists and informants, while Chad mourned after Boko Haram attacks on soldiers.

• 7Dozens killed in jihadist attacks in central Mali
• 6Mali attacks spotlight the growing reach of militants across West Africa - The Straits Times
• 3'A common enemy, but not a common project': A fragile jihadist-separatist alliance in Mali
• 2Military airstrike kills terrorists, informants in Niger — Commissioner
• 2Mali junta rules out talks with Al Qaeda, Tuareg

Chad faces rising political tensions as opposition and ex-GCAP members denounce the situation, compounded by a refugee crisis overwhelming maternity care. Niger's junta suspended 10 French media outlets, drawing criticism from RSF.

• 1Imam Kindo Arrested in Burkina Faso Pulpit Nationalization
• 1French man detained in Senegal for 'unnatural acts' since February 14
• 1Opposition in Chad denounces growing political tensions
• 1Chad’s refugee crisis overwhelms maternity care in east, UN agency warns - Welcome to the United Nations
• 1RSF urges Niger to ditch ‘abusive’ French media ban