Apr 26, 2021 | Chad, Menas Associates, Sahara
The death of Chad’s President Idriss Déby threatens to plunge both Chad and the whole Sahel region into even greater insecurity. The circumstances of Déby’s death remain shrouded in mystery. It was announced on state television on 20 April but he died the previous...
Mar 17, 2021 | Chad, Menas Associates, Sahara
As Sahara Focus – February 2021 reported, Chad is heading inexorably and suffocatingly towards presidential elections on 11 April, which would see President Idriss Déby installed for a sixth term. He continues to be supported by France despite the familiar resignation...
Jan 22, 2021 | Mauritania, Menas Associates, Sahara
The judicial investigation into the ill-gotten gains and related financial crimes of former President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz and his family has stuttered to a halt. It has been impeded by his lack of cooperation and a trial now seems inevitable. The problem,...
Dec 29, 2020 | Menas Associates, Sahara, Sahel
On 2 January another two French soldiers were killed in Mali, after three were killed in late December at Hombori in the central Mopti Region when their vehicle detonated an improvised explosive device (IED). This latest loss of French military lives will intensify...
Nov 19, 2020 | Menas Associates, Sahara
The question of whether Algeria might trigger a war in the Western Sahara sounds far-fetched, and we believe it is. However, under the current prevailing circumstances in Algeria, the question should not be dismissed quite so lightly. Several of our Algerian...
Oct 2, 2020 | Mali, Menas Associates, Sahara
Last month a new transitional government — albeit it one in which the junta which overthrew President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita (IBK) on 18 August retains the most powerful portfolios — took office in Mali. International and regional sanctions were therefore lifted and...
