<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Stake experts: Stake News Check]]></title><description><![CDATA[Every two weeks, Stake experts' team curates the most impactful headlines from media outlets across the African continent, in African Politics, Conflict, and Diplomacy.]]></description><link>https://blog.stakeexperts.com/s/stake-news-check</link><image><url>https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!oE1e!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa165875d-7d63-45fe-85ef-6dc3d94ce74a_512x512.png</url><title>Stake experts: Stake News 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Afrique]]></title><description><![CDATA[Au cours des derni&#232;res semaines, plusieurs &#233;volutions politiques, s&#233;curitaires et diplomatiques ont marqu&#233; l&#8217;actualit&#233; africaine.]]></description><link>https://blog.stakeexperts.com/p/stake-news-check-30-du-08052026-au</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://blog.stakeexperts.com/p/stake-news-check-30-du-08052026-au</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stake experts]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 17:41:41 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!l9Xo!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4ede8043-7f80-433f-a716-8fa3241b9ffb_1080x660.webp" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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Le gouvernement togolais a annonc&#233; la suppression de l&#8217;obligation de visa d&#8217;entr&#233;e pour tous les ressortissants africains titulaires d&#8217;un passeport valide.  Une mesure pr&#233;sent&#233;e comme visant &#224; renforcer l&#8217;int&#233;gration africaine et la libre circulation des personnes. Les autorit&#233;s pr&#233;cisent que cette d&#8217;exemption, qui prend effet imm&#233;diatement, autorise des s&#233;jours de 30 jours maximum sous r&#233;serve d&#8217;une d&#233;claration pr&#233;alable en ligne et du respect des exigences s&#233;curitaires, sanitaires et migratoires en vigueur. [<a href="https://www.kaweru.com/politique-societe/2026/05/19/togo-suppression-du-visa-dentree-pour-les-ressortissants-africains/">1</a>]</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Sur le plan diplomatique, le ministre nig&#233;rien des Affaires &#233;trang&#232;res, Bakary Yaou Sangar&#233;, a effectu&#233; une visite officielle &#224; Alger o&#249; il s&#8217;est entretenu avec son homologue alg&#233;rien Ahmed Attaf. Les deux parties ont indiqu&#233; avoir &#233;chang&#233; sur des questions diplomatiques, s&#233;curitaires et &#233;conomiques, tout en r&#233;affirmant leur volont&#233; de renforcer la coop&#233;ration bilat&#233;rale face aux d&#233;fis r&#233;gionaux communs. [<a href="https://www.kaweru.com/politique-societe/2026/05/20/diplomatie-le-niger-et-lalgerie-renforcent-leur-cooperation-bilaterale-a-alger/">2</a>]</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Au Mali, les Forces arm&#233;es maliennes ont annonc&#233; avoir men&#233; une op&#233;ration dans la r&#233;gion de Mopti dans l&#8217;optique de mettre fin au blocus impos&#233; depuis pr&#232;s d&#8217;un an &#224; la localit&#233; de Djafarab&#233;. Selon des sources locales, un convoi humanitaire transportant des denr&#233;es alimentaires est arriv&#233; dans la ville apr&#232;s l&#8217;intervention militaire. L&#8217;&#233;tat-major malien a &#233;galement indiqu&#233; avoir conduit plusieurs frappes a&#233;riennes cibl&#233;es contre des groupes arm&#233;s dans diff&#233;rentes zones du centre et du nord du pays, pr&#233;cisant que ces op&#233;rations s&#8217;inscrivent dans des missions offensives de reconnaissance et de s&#233;curisation. [<a href="https://www.aa.com.tr/fr/afrique/mali-les-fama-brisent-un-an-de-blocus-terroriste-et-ravitaillent-enfin-djafarab%C3%A9/3939895">3</a>]</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Dans le bassin du lac Tchad, les pr&#233;sidents am&#233;ricain et nig&#233;rian ont confirm&#233; une op&#233;ration conjointe ayant conduit &#224; la mort d&#8217;Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, pr&#233;sent&#233; par les &#201;tats-Unis comme un haut responsable de l&#8217;organisation &#201;tat islamique. Les autorit&#233;s nig&#233;rianes ont indiqu&#233; que plusieurs de ses collaborateurs auraient &#233;galement &#233;t&#233; tu&#233;s lors d&#8217;une frappe visant son complexe. Washington et Abuja  pr&#233;sentent cette op&#233;ration comme le r&#233;sultat d&#8217;une coop&#233;ration s&#233;curitaire renforc&#233;e dans la lutte contre le terrorisme dans la r&#233;gion. [<a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/16/trump-says-isil-second-in-command-abu-bilal-al-minuki-killed">4</a>]</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Enfin, l&#8217;Union africaine et l&#8217;Inde ont annonc&#233; le report du Sommet du Forum Inde-Afrique pr&#233;vu &#224; New Delhi, invoquant l&#8217;&#233;volution de la situation sanitaire dans certaines r&#233;gions africaines. Cette d&#233;cision intervient alors que les autorit&#233;s sanitaires de la R&#233;publique d&#233;mocratique du Congo font face &#224; une recrudescence de cas d&#8217;Ebola dans la province du Sud-Kivu. Des organisations sanitaires et des premiers intervenants ont signal&#233; plusieurs d&#233;c&#232;s et des centaines de cas suspects en RDC, ainsi que des cas confirm&#233;s en Ouganda voisin. [<a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/21/india-africa-summit-postponed-as-ebola-spreads-to-m23-held-dr-congo-area">5</a>]<br><br>Sources <br>1] <a href="https://www.kaweru.com/politique-societe/2026/05/19/togo-suppression-du-visa-dentree-pour-les-ressortissants-africains/">Togo</a><br>2] <a href="https://www.kaweru.com/politique-societe/2026/05/20/diplomatie-le-niger-et-lalgerie-renforcent-leur-cooperation-bilaterale-a-alger/">Niger-Algerie</a><br>3] <a href="https://www.aa.com.tr/fr/afrique/mali-les-fama-brisent-un-an-de-blocus-terroriste-et-ravitaillent-enfin-djafarab%C3%A9/3939895">Mali</a><br>4] <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/16/trump-says-isil-second-in-command-abu-bilal-al-minuki-killed">Nigeria-Etats Unis</a><br>5] <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/21/india-africa-summit-postponed-as-ebola-spreads-to-m23-held-dr-congo-area">Afrique-Inde</a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stake News Check #30 from 5/08/2026 to 5/21/2026 Regional and Strategic Developments in Africa]]></title><description><![CDATA[Over the past weeks, several political, security and diplomatic developments have shaped the African landscape.]]></description><link>https://blog.stakeexperts.com/p/stake-news-check-30-from-5082026</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://blog.stakeexperts.com/p/stake-news-check-30-from-5082026</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stake experts]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 17:16:35 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!z6kc!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb97dcba1-9521-4a3b-9bf7-ce7c449197ac_1083x720.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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The Government of Togo announced the removal of entry visa requirements for all African nationals holding a valid passport, a measure presented as part of efforts to strengthen African integration and the free movement of people across the continent. Authorities stated that the exemption, which took immediate effect, allows stays of up to 30 days, subject to an online pre-arrival declaration and compliance with existing security, health and immigration regulations. [<a href="https://www.kaweru.com/politique-societe/2026/05/19/togo-suppression-du-visa-dentree-pour-les-ressortissants-africains/">1</a>]</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On the diplomatic front, Niger&#8217;s Foreign Minister Bakary Yaou Sangar&#233; paid an official visit to Algiers, where he held talks with his Algerian counterpart Ahmed Attaf. Both sides stated that discussions focused on diplomatic, security and economic issues of mutual interest, while reaffirming their commitment to strengthening bilateral cooperation in response to shared regional challenges. [<a href="https://www.kaweru.com/politique-societe/2026/05/20/diplomatie-le-niger-et-lalgerie-renforcent-leur-cooperation-bilaterale-a-alger/">2</a>]</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In Mali, the Malian Armed Forces announced an operation in the Mopti region aimed at ending the blockade imposed for nearly a year on the town of Djafarab&#233;. According to local sources, a humanitarian convoy carrying food supplies reached the town following the military operation. The Malian General Staff also reported carrying out targeted air strikes against armed groups in several areas of central and northern Mali, stating that the operations formed part of offensive reconnaissance and security missions. [<a href="https://www.aa.com.tr/fr/afrique/mali-les-fama-brisent-un-an-de-blocus-terroriste-et-ravitaillent-enfin-djafarab%C3%A9/3939895">3</a>]</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In the Lake Chad Basin, the United States and Nigerian Presidents confirmed a joint operation that resulted in the death of Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, whom the United States described as a senior Islamic State figure. Nigerian authorities stated that several of his associates were also reportedly killed during a strike targeting his compound. Washington and Abuja presented the operation as an example of strengthened security cooperation in the fight against terrorism in the region. [<a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/16/trump-says-isil-second-in-command-abu-bilal-al-minuki-killed">4</a>]</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Finally, the African Union and India announced the postponement of the India-Africa Forum Summit scheduled to take place in New Delhi, citing the evolving health situation in parts of Africa. The decision comes as health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo face a resurgence of Ebola cases in South Kivu province. Health organisations and first responders reported multiple deaths and hundreds of suspected cases in the DRC, as well as confirmed cases in neighbouring Uganda. [<a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/21/india-africa-summit-postponed-as-ebola-spreads-to-m23-held-dr-congo-area">5</a>]<br></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Sources :<br>1] <a href="https://www.kaweru.com/politique-societe/2026/05/19/togo-suppression-du-visa-dentree-pour-les-ressortissants-africains/">Togo</a><br>2] <a href="https://www.kaweru.com/politique-societe/2026/05/20/diplomatie-le-niger-et-lalgerie-renforcent-leur-cooperation-bilaterale-a-alger/">Niger-Algeria</a> <br>3] <a href="https://www.aa.com.tr/fr/afrique/mali-les-fama-brisent-un-an-de-blocus-terroriste-et-ravitaillent-enfin-djafarab%C3%A9/3939895">Mali</a><br>4] <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/16/trump-says-isil-second-in-command-abu-bilal-al-minuki-killed">Nigeria-US</a><br>5] <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/21/india-africa-summit-postponed-as-ebola-spreads-to-m23-held-dr-congo-area">Africa-India</a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stake News Check #29 from 4/23/2026 to 5/07/2026 Regional Dynamics and Security Challenges in West Africa]]></title><description><![CDATA[Over the past two weeks, Mali&#8217;s transitional authorities confirmed the death of General Sadio Camara after what they described as a targeted attack at his Kati residence carried out by elements of the JNIM, part of a series of coordinated assaults across the country on 25 April 2026.]]></description><link>https://blog.stakeexperts.com/p/stake-news-check-29-from-4232026</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://blog.stakeexperts.com/p/stake-news-check-29-from-4232026</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stake experts]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 17:59:38 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LZDd!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff6862d94-8105-4267-983e-c85405f45882_780x470.webp" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div 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stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Bola Tinubu - &#169; Africa News Agency</figcaption></figure></div><p>Over the past two weeks, Mali&#8217;s transitional authorities confirmed the death of General Sadio Camara after what they described as a targeted attack at his Kati residence carried out by elements of the JNIM, part of a series of coordinated assaults across the country on 25 April 2026. The Comit&#233; transitoire civilo-militaire (CTCM) announced that Camara did not survive the attack, that his body was transferred to the G&#233;nie militaire in Bamako, and that authorities planned an inhumation in the coming hours accompanied by military honours to salute his service to the nation. The same CTCM communiqu&#233; identified two other senior military figures as wounded in the incidents: General Modibo Kon&#233;, Director General of the Agence Nationale de la S&#233;curit&#233; d&#8217;&#201;tat, and General Oumar Diarra, chief of staff of the armed forces. [<a href="https://www.kaweru.com/politique-societe/2026/04/26/attaques-au-mali-le-ministre-de-la-defense-tue-le-chef-detat-major-et-le-patron-des-renseignements-blesses/">1</a>]</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In a parallel account of the post-attack shake-up, Mali&#8217;s junta leader promoted Elis&#233;e Jean Dao to Chief of the General Staff, elevating him from Brigadier General in the National Guard to the rank of Major General as he took office on a Wednesday less than two weeks after the coordinated wave of attacks. The appointment installed Dao as successor to Oumar Diarra, whom the junta named Minister-delegate to the Minister of Defence, a portfolio now held by Mali&#8217;s transitional president and Junta Leader, General Assimi Goita, according to the junta&#8217;s announcements [<a href="https://www.africanews.com/2026/05/07/malis-junta-leader-appoints-new-army-chief-of-staff-following-attacks/">2</a>].</p><p style="text-align: justify;">At the continental level, Nigeria assumed the Presidency of the African Union&#8217;s Peace and Security Council for May 2026, taking the role amid a documented deterioration of security in the Sahel and a noted intensification of armed attacks in the region. Abuja acknowledged its own security challenges, citing persistent threats from factions of Boko Haram and armed groups active in Nigeria&#8217;s northwest, and it said it planned to draw on past experience from its December 2022 Council Presidency to guide discussions on continental security priorities [<a href="https://www.kaweru.com/politique-societe/2026/05/02/ua-le-nigeria-prend-la-tete-du-conseil-de-paix-et-de-securite/">3</a>].</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Chad declared three days of national mourning after a Boko Haram ambush in the Lake Chad Basin killed two generals, following an assault two days earlier on the Barka Tolorom military base near Lake Chad that the army reported left at least 24 soldiers dead and in which it said a &#8220;significant number&#8221; of attackers were killed. The government announced mourning from midnight on Wednesday 6 May until midnight on Saturday 9 May &#8220;in memory of the martyrs&#8221; who died during attacks reported on 4 and 6 May, and observers noted an ongoing surge in activity by Boko Haram&#8217;s JAS faction in the Lake Chad region, including kidnappings and assaults on security forces [<a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/7/chad-declares-national-mourning-after-deadly-boko-haram-ambush">4</a>].</p><p style="text-align: justify;">C&#244;te d&#8217;Ivoire&#8217;s government announced the dissolution of the country&#8217;s Independent Electoral Commission on Wednesday 6 May 2026, citing recurrent and strong criticism of the body responsible for organising elections, particularly regarding its independence and functioning. A government spokesperson told the public that a new mechanism to manage the electoral process would be established &#8220;prochainement&#8221;, but officials did not specify the precise form this new structure would take nor provided a deployment timetable. [<a href="https://www.kaweru.com/politique-societe/2026/05/06/cote-divoire-le-gouvernement-dissout-la-commission-electorale-independante/">5</a>]</p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Sources :<br>1]<a href="https://www.kaweru.com/politique-societe/2026/04/26/attaques-au-mali-le-ministre-de-la-defense-tue-le-chef-detat-major-et-le-patron-des-renseignements-blesses/">Mali</a><br>2]<a href="https://www.africanews.com/2026/05/07/malis-junta-leader-appoints-new-army-chief-of-staff-following-attacks/">Mali</a><br>3]<a href="https://www.kaweru.com/politique-societe/2026/05/02/ua-le-nigeria-prend-la-tete-du-conseil-de-paix-et-de-securite/">Nigeria</a><br>4]<a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/7/chad-declares-national-mourning-after-deadly-boko-haram-ambush">Chad</a><br>5]<a href="https://www.kaweru.com/politique-societe/2026/05/06/cote-divoire-le-gouvernement-dissout-la-commission-electorale-independante/">C&#244;te d'Ivoire</a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stake News Check #29 Du 23/04/2026 au 07/05/2026 Dynamiques régionales et enjeux sécuritaires en Afrique de l’Ouest]]></title><description><![CDATA[Au Mali, les autorit&#233;s de transition ont confirm&#233; la mort du g&#233;n&#233;ral Sadio Camara &#224; la suite d&#8217;une attaque men&#233;e contre sa r&#233;sidence &#224; Kati lors d&#8217;assauts coordonn&#233;s revendiqu&#233;s par le JNIM.]]></description><link>https://blog.stakeexperts.com/p/stake-news-check-29-du-23042026-au</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://blog.stakeexperts.com/p/stake-news-check-29-du-23042026-au</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stake experts]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 17:46:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HTuI!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F296baf85-f47a-41d4-b9e4-76829dc70e34_1024x683.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HTuI!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F296baf85-f47a-41d4-b9e4-76829dc70e34_1024x683.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HTuI!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F296baf85-f47a-41d4-b9e4-76829dc70e34_1024x683.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HTuI!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F296baf85-f47a-41d4-b9e4-76829dc70e34_1024x683.jpeg 848w, 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Le Comit&#233; transitoire civilo-militaire a &#233;galement indiqu&#233; que deux autres hauts responsables militaires, les g&#233;n&#233;raux Modibo Kon&#233; et Oumar Diarra, avaient &#233;t&#233; bless&#233;s et pris en charge dans des structures m&#233;dicales &#224; Bamako et Kati. Dans les jours ayant suivi ces attaques, les autorit&#233;s ont proc&#233;d&#233; &#224; une r&#233;organisation du commandement militaire avec la nomination du g&#233;n&#233;ral Elis&#233;e Jean Dao &#224; la t&#234;te de l&#8217;&#233;tat-major g&#233;n&#233;ral des arm&#233;es. [<a href="https://www.kaweru.com/politique-societe/2026/04/26/attaques-au-mali-le-ministre-de-la-defense-tue-le-chef-detat-major-et-le-patron-des-renseignements-blesses/">1</a>;<a href="https://www.africanews.com/2026/05/07/malis-junta-leader-appoints-new-army-chief-of-staff-following-attacks/">2</a>]</p><p>&#192; l&#8217;&#233;chelle continentale, le Nigeria a pris la pr&#233;sidence du Conseil de paix et de s&#233;curit&#233; de l&#8217;Union africaine pour le mois de mai 2026, dans un contexte marqu&#233; par une d&#233;t&#233;rioration de la situation s&#233;curitaire au Sahel et la multiplication des attaques arm&#233;es dans plusieurs pays de la r&#233;gion. Abuja a indiqu&#233; vouloir orienter les travaux du Conseil sur plusieurs priorit&#233;s, notamment la lutte contre le terrorisme, la criminalit&#233; transnationale, la s&#233;curit&#233; maritime dans le golfe de Guin&#233;e ainsi que les effets du changement climatique dans le bassin du lac Tchad et le Sahel. [<a href="https://www.kaweru.com/politique-societe/2026/05/02/ua-le-nigeria-prend-la-tete-du-conseil-de-paix-et-de-securite/">3</a>]</p><p>En C&#244;te d&#8217;Ivoire, le gouvernement a annonc&#233; la dissolution de la Commission &#233;lectorale ind&#233;pendante, organe charg&#233; de l&#8217;organisation des &#233;lections dans le pays. Les autorit&#233;s ont justifi&#233; cette d&#233;cision par les critiques r&#233;currentes visant le fonctionnement et l&#8217;ind&#233;pendance de l&#8217;institution. Le gouvernement a indiqu&#233; qu&#8217;un nouveau m&#233;canisme charg&#233; de la gestion du processus &#233;lectoral serait mis en place prochainement, sans pr&#233;ciser &#224; ce stade sa composition ni son calendrier de d&#233;ploiement. [<a href="https://www.kaweru.com/politique-societe/2026/05/06/cote-divoire-le-gouvernement-dissout-la-commission-electorale-independante/">4</a>]</p><p>Au Tchad, les autorit&#233;s ont d&#233;cr&#233;t&#233; trois jours de deuil national apr&#232;s une attaque attribu&#233;e &#224; Boko Haram contre une base militaire situ&#233;e dans la r&#233;gion du lac Tchad, ayant entra&#238;n&#233; la mort de plusieurs soldats et de deux g&#233;n&#233;raux. L&#8217;arm&#233;e tchadienne a indiqu&#233; avoir &#233;galement inflig&#233; des pertes aux assaillants lors des combats. Cette attaque intervient dans un contexte de recrudescence des activit&#233;s de Boko Haram et de l&#8217;ISWAP dans la r&#233;gion du lac Tchad, malgr&#233; les op&#233;rations militaires lanc&#233;es ces derni&#232;res ann&#233;es par les autorit&#233;s tchadiennes pour r&#233;duire l&#8217;influence des groupes arm&#233;s. [<a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/7/chad-declares-national-mourning-after-deadly-boko-haram-ambush">5</a>]</p><p></p><p>Source : <br>1]<a href="https://www.kaweru.com/politique-societe/2026/04/26/attaques-au-mali-le-ministre-de-la-defense-tue-le-chef-detat-major-et-le-patron-des-renseignements-blesses">Mali </a><br>2]<a href="https://www.africanews.com/2026/05/07/malis-junta-leader-appoints-new-army-chief-of-staff-following-attacks/">Mali</a><br>3]<a href="https://www.kaweru.com/politique-societe/2026/05/02/ua-le-nigeria-prend-la-tete-du-conseil-de-paix-et-de-securite/">Nigeria</a><br>4]<a href="https://www.kaweru.com/politique-societe/2026/05/06/cote-divoire-le-gouvernement-dissout-la-commission-electorale-independante/">C&#244;te d'Ivoire</a><br>5]<a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/7/chad-declares-national-mourning-after-deadly-boko-haram-ambush">Tchad</a><br><br></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stake News Check #28 from 4/09/2026 to 4/22/2026 Electoral Processes, Security Challenges, and Technological Innovations.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Over the past two weeks the African Union has publicly praised Benin for the peaceful conduct and outcome of the 2026 Presidential Election , formally congratulating the president-elect Romuald Wadagni after the National Electoral Commission declared his victory on 13 April 2026, and describing the result as an expression of the popular will and a strong signal for democratic stability [1].]]></description><link>https://blog.stakeexperts.com/p/stake-news-check-28-from-4092026</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://blog.stakeexperts.com/p/stake-news-check-28-from-4092026</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stake experts]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 16:25:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure 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class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">President of the Republic of Senegal, Bassirou Diomaye Faye - &#169; DAKARACTU.COM</figcaption></figure></div><p>Over the past two weeks the African Union has  publicly praised Benin for the peaceful conduct and outcome of the 2026 Presidential Election  , formally congratulating the president-elect Romuald Wadagni after the National Electoral Commission declared  his victory on 13 April 2026, and describing the result as an expression of the popular will and a strong signal for democratic stability [1]. In an official declaration dated Thursday 16 April, the AU representative specifically commended the electoral observation mission deployed to Benin, thanking Sylvestre Ntibantunganya for his leadership and noting the professionalism of the observers mobilised, while reiterating the Commission&#8217;s commitment to support member states in strengthening democratic processes and insisting that credible, inclusive and transparent elections form the foundation for durable peace and development on the continent. [<a href="https://www.kaweru.com/politique-societe/2026/04/16/presidentielle-au-benin-lunion-africaine-salue-une-election-apaisee-et-felicite-wadagni/">1</a>]</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Separately, the chair of the African Union, President &#201;variste Ndayishimiy&#233; of Burundi, signalled an intent to deepen ties with the Alliance of States of the Sahel (AES) after meeting Captain Ibrahim Traor&#233; of Burkina Faso in Ouagadougou,  intimating that he now understood the objective realities of the Sahel region. . Ndayishimiy&#233; said he planned to prepare an objective report to his  peers  expressing hope that the report would strengthen relations with member States of the AES, describing the AU as a bridge to link the Burkinab&#232; people and institutions with other African peoples and institutions. [<a href="https://www.aa.com.tr/fr/politique/lua-entend-renforcer-sa-coop%C3%A9ration-avec-laes/3912739">2</a>]</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In Dakar, President Bassirou Diomaye Faye opened the tenth edition of the International Forum on Peace and Security in Africa, convening leaders including Sierra Leone&#8217;s Julius Maada Bio and Mauritania&#8217;s Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani at the launch ceremony]. Faye recalled the forum&#8217;s ten-year history emphasizing its central objective: for Africa to conceive its own security and define its own strategic choices. Faye characterised the global context as one marked by tensions and conflicts and argued that Africa must strengthen its capacity to act, highlighting the need to manage African resources better, to finance local security forces, prioritize youth investment, and the need to reframe sovereignty as a requirement of management and responsibility rather than merely a political claim. [<a href="https://www.kaweru.com/politique-societe/2026/04/20/senegal-le-pr-faye-ouvre-le-forum-de-dakar-sur-la-paix-et-la-securite/">3</a>]</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In Accra, Nigerian defence technology company Terra Industries announced plans to establish what it described as Africa&#8217;s largest drone manufacturing facility, a 34,000-square-foot plant named Pax-2 intended to serve as its main production hub for drone and counter-drone systems across the region. Terra said construction neared completion and targeted full operations by the end of June 2026, projecting that output would reach 50,000 units annually by 2028 and that the project would create roughly 120 engineering jobs in Ghana. Terra plans to manufacture systems including the Archer VTOL drone for long-range surveillance and strike missions, the Iroko UAV for rapid tactical deployment, and Kama, a high-speed interceptor capable of reaching up to 300 kilometres per hour and engineered for large-scale production. [<a href="https://empowerafrica.com/terra-industries-to-establish-africas-largest-drone-factory-in-ghana/">4</a>]</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Nigeria&#8217;s military suffered a high-profile setback when a predawn assault on a base in Benisheikh, Borno State, killed a senior officer and several soldiers, a development confirmed by army spokesman Michael Onoja who said the base was targeted but that troops repelled the invaders. President Bola Tinubu expressed &#8220;deep sadness&#8221; and confirmed the death of Brigadier-General Oseni Omoh Braimah, commander of the 29 Task Force Brigade, Operation HADIN KAI, describing him as a &#8220;gallant officer&#8221; who fell alongside his soldiers while defending the State.  Also, President Tinubu  pledged continued federal cooperation, sustained offensives,additional equipment and welfare support for frontline troops, urging the military high command and frontline troops to remain steadfast in the face of what he characterised as a desperate insurgent counterattack,  while calling on the public and media to support the armed forces and to desist from celebrating or condoning attacks on troops. [<a href="https://empowerafrica.com/terra-industries-to-establish-africas-largest-drone-factory-in-ghana/">5</a>]<br><br><br>Sources :<br>1]<a href="https://www.kaweru.com/politique-societe/2026/04/16/presidentielle-au-benin-lunion-africaine-salue-une-election-apaisee-et-felicite-wadagni/">Benin</a><br>2]<a href="https://www.aa.com.tr/fr/politique/lua-entend-renforcer-sa-coop%C3%A9ration-avec-laes/3912739">Burkina Faso</a><br>3]<a href="https://www.kaweru.com/politique-societe/2026/04/20/senegal-le-pr-faye-ouvre-le-forum-de-dakar-sur-la-paix-et-la-securite/">Senegal</a><br>4]<a href="https://empowerafrica.com/terra-industries-to-establish-africas-largest-drone-factory-in-ghana/">Ghana</a><br>5]<a href="https://www.myjoyonline.com/nigerian-army-general-and-several-soldiers-killed-in-assault-on-military-base-in-northeast/">Nigeria</a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stake News Check #28 Du 09/04/2026 au 22/04/2026 Processus électoraux, enjeux sécuritaires et innovations technologiques.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Au cours des deux derni&#232;res semaines, l&#8217;actualit&#233; africaine s&#8217;est distingu&#233;e par des avanc&#233;es politiques, s&#233;curitaires et g&#233;ostrat&#233;giques notables.]]></description><link>https://blog.stakeexperts.com/p/stake-news-check-28-du-09042026-au</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://blog.stakeexperts.com/p/stake-news-check-28-du-09042026-au</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stake experts]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 16:10:26 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!QZSZ!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F60d85616-3e96-4451-8bf5-143ba1b6b894_1728x1151.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">S.E.M Romuald Wadagni, Pr&#233;sident du B&#233;nin - &#169; Pr&#233;sidence du B&#233;nin</figcaption></figure></div><p>Au cours des deux derni&#232;res semaines, l&#8217;actualit&#233; africaine s&#8217;est distingu&#233;e par des avanc&#233;es politiques, s&#233;curitaires et g&#233;ostrat&#233;giques notables.</p><p>l&#8217;Union africaine a salu&#233; publiquement le d&#233;roulement et les r&#233;sultats de l&#8217;&#233;lection pr&#233;sidentielle au B&#233;nin, f&#233;licitant officiellement le pr&#233;sident &#233;lu Romuald Wadagni apr&#232;s la proclamation de sa victoire par la Commission &#233;lectorale nationale le 13 avril 2026, et qualifiant ce r&#233;sultat d&#8217;expression de la volont&#233; populaire ainsi que de signal fort en faveur de la stabilit&#233; d&#233;mocratique. Dans une d&#233;claration officielle dat&#233;e du jeudi 16 avril, le repr&#233;sentant de l&#8217;Union africaine a &#233;galement salu&#233; la mission d&#8217;observation &#233;lectorale d&#233;ploy&#233;e au B&#233;nin, remerciant Sylvestre Ntibantunganya pour son leadership. [<a href="https://www.kaweru.com/politique-societe/2026/04/16/presidentielle-au-benin-lunion-africaine-salue-une-election-apaisee-et-felicite-wadagni/">1</a>]<br><br>Dans le m&#234;me sillage, Le pr&#233;sident burundais &#201;variste Ndayishimiye, en exercice &#224; la t&#234;te de l&#8217;Union africaine (UA), a exprim&#233; sa ferme volont&#233; de renforcer les relations avec l&#8217;Alliance des &#201;tats du Sahel (AES) suite &#224; une rencontre constructive avec le capitaine Ibrahim Traor&#233;, chef de l&#8217;&#201;tat burkinab&#232;, &#224; Ouagadougou. Les &#233;changes, qualifi&#233;s de &#171; tr&#232;s positifs &#187; par Ndayishimiye, lui ont permis de mieux appr&#233;hender les d&#233;fis concrets de la r&#233;gion sah&#233;lienne. &#171; Je pr&#233;pare un rapport objectif pour les autres dirigeants de l&#8217;UA &#187;, a-t-il d&#233;clar&#233;, esp&#233;rant poser les bases d&#8217;une coop&#233;ration accrue. Pr&#233;sentant l&#8217;UA comme un &#171; pont entre les peuples et institutions africains &#187;, il a salu&#233; le leadership de Traor&#233; et plaid&#233; pour une collaboration renforc&#233;e entre l&#8217;UA et l&#8217;AES. [<a href="https://www.aa.com.tr/fr/politique/lua-entend-renforcer-sa-coop%C3%A9ration-avec-laes/3912739">2</a>]</p><p>Au Nigeria, une attaque contre une base militaire &#224; Benisheikh, dans l&#8217;&#201;tat de Borno, a entra&#238;n&#233; la mort d&#8217;un officier sup&#233;rieur et de plusieurs soldats. L&#8217;arm&#233;e a indiqu&#233; avoir repouss&#233; les assaillants apr&#232;s une offensive coordonn&#233;e impliquant plusieurs localit&#233;s. Le pr&#233;sident Bola Tinubu a confirm&#233; le d&#233;c&#232;s du commandant de brigade Oseni Omoh Braimah et a appel&#233; &#224; la poursuite des op&#233;rations militaires. Cet incident s&#8217;inscrit dans un contexte s&#233;curitaire marqu&#233; par une insurrection persistante dans le nord-est du pays, ayant caus&#233; des milliers de victimes et des d&#233;placements massifs de populations. [<a href="https://www.myjoyonline.com/nigerian-army-general-and-several-soldiers-killed-in-assault-on-military-base-in-northeast/">3</a>]</p><p>Pendant ce temps, Au S&#233;n&#233;gal,  le pr&#233;sident Bassirou Diomaye Faye a ouvert la dixi&#232;me &#233;dition du Forum international sur la paix et la s&#233;curit&#233; en Afrique &#224; Dakar, en pr&#233;sence notamment du pr&#233;sident sierra-l&#233;onais Julius Maada Bio, &#233;galement pr&#233;sident en exercice de la CEDEAO, et du pr&#233;sident mauritanien Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani. Il a rappel&#233; l&#8217;historique du forum et soulign&#233; son objectif principal : permettre &#224; l&#8217;Afrique de concevoir sa propre approche de la s&#233;curit&#233; et de d&#233;finir ses choix strat&#233;giques. Il a insist&#233; sur la n&#233;cessit&#233; de renforcer les capacit&#233;s d&#8217;action du continent, d&#8217;am&#233;liorer la gestion des ressources et de financer les forces de s&#233;curit&#233; locales, tout en mettant l&#8217;accent sur l&#8217;investissement dans la jeunesse et la responsabilit&#233; dans l&#8217;exercice de la souverainet&#233;. [<a href="https://www.kaweru.com/politique-societe/2026/04/20/senegal-le-pr-faye-ouvre-le-forum-de-dakar-sur-la-paix-et-la-securite/">4</a>]</p><p>Enfin, au Ghana, l&#8217;entreprise nig&#233;riane de technologie de d&#233;fense Terra Industries a annonc&#233; la cr&#233;ation d&#8217;une usine de fabrication de drones pr&#233;sent&#233;e comme la plus grande d&#8217;Afrique, avec une mise en service pr&#233;vue d&#8217;ici fin juin 2026. Le site, destin&#233; &#224; devenir un centre de production r&#233;gional, devrait atteindre une capacit&#233; annuelle de 50 000 unit&#233;s d&#8217;ici 2028 et g&#233;n&#233;rer environ 120 emplois d&#8217;ing&#233;nierie. Le projet s&#8217;inscrit dans une strat&#233;gie visant &#224; renforcer les capacit&#233;s industrielles et technologiques sur le continent, avec le d&#233;veloppement de plusieurs types de drones et syst&#232;mes de d&#233;fense. [<a href="https://empowerafrica.com/terra-industries-to-establish-africas-largest-drone-factory-in-ghana/">5</a>]<br><br><br>Sources :<br>1]<a href="https://www.kaweru.com/politique-societe/2026/04/16/presidentielle-au-benin-lunion-africaine-salue-une-election-apaisee-et-felicite-wadagni/">Benin</a><br>2]<a href="https://www.aa.com.tr/fr/politique/lua-entend-renforcer-sa-coop%C3%A9ration-avec-laes/3912739">Burkina Faso</a><br>3]<a href="https://www.myjoyonline.com/nigerian-army-general-and-several-soldiers-killed-in-assault-on-military-base-in-northeast/">Nigeria</a><br>4]<a href="https://www.kaweru.com/politique-societe/2026/04/20/senegal-le-pr-faye-ouvre-le-forum-de-dakar-sur-la-paix-et-la-securite/">S&#233;n&#233;gal</a><br>5]<a href="https://empowerafrica.com/terra-industries-to-establish-africas-largest-drone-factory-in-ghana/">Ghana</a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stake News Check #27 from 3/27/2026 to 4/08/2026 Governance, Security and Cooperation in West Africa]]></title><description><![CDATA[Over the past two weeks, Africa has recorded a series of political, security and economic developments with immediate implications for governance and regional cooperation.]]></description><link>https://blog.stakeexperts.com/p/stake-news-check-27-from-3272026</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://blog.stakeexperts.com/p/stake-news-check-27-from-3272026</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stake experts]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 18:36:40 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!tRey!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2a037d4e-be15-4ba4-a0fa-893deea78229_1434x1278.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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15 in line with its protocol on democracy and good governance. Two candidacies have been confirmed: Romuald Wadagni, representing the ruling majority and current Minister of Economy and Finance, and Paul Hounkp&#232;, candidate of the Forces Cauris for an Emerging Benin (FCBE).[<a href="https://fr.africanews.com/2026/03/30/benin-nana-akufo-addo-a-la-tete-de-la-mission-dobservation-de-la-cedeao/">1</a>]</p><p>In Burkina Faso, military leader Ibrahim Traor&#233; expressed, during a state television interview, a rejection of liberal democratic norms, stating that the country would follow its own approach. Having come to power through a coup three years ago, he had initially pledged a return to civilian rule by July 2024, but authorities have since extended the transition by five years. Concerns related to rights and security were also noted, including actions targeting opposition figures, media and civil society actors.[<a href="https://www.bbc.com/afrique/articles/c4gvdrl5xyko">2</a>]</p><p>In Nigeria, security services received more than 800 individuals deported from Niger at the Jibia-Magama border in Katsina State. According to an operational report, the individuals, comprising men, women and children, arrived on eight buses and underwent identification procedures involving multiple security agencies before a planned transfer to Kano State.[<a href="https://tribuneonlineng.com/security-forces-receive-800-nigerian-deportees-from-niger-republic/">3</a>]</p><p>In the Central African Republic, President Faustin-Archange Touad&#233;ra was sworn in for a third consecutive term on March 30 in Bangui. Re-elected in December with 77.90% of the vote according to official results, in a poll contested by the opposition, he outlined peace, security and national unity as his priorities. The ceremony gathered around 20,000 attendees and several African leaders. The constitutional framework adopted in 2023 allowed his candidacy, in a security context described as fragile despite some improvements.[<a href="https://www.africaradio.com/actualite-113825-faustin-archange-touadera-investi-pour-un-troisieme-mandat-en-centrafrique">4</a>]</p><p>At the regional level, the Economic Community of West African States and the International Monetary Fund signed an agreement on March 27 in Abuja aimed at strengthening macroeconomic governance and coordinating economic policies in West Africa. The agreement includes enhanced policy dialogue, increased technical assistance and regional macroeconomic monitoring, and comes amid moderate but uneven economic growth, with persistent challenges related to inflation, public debt, global economic uncertainty and regional integration.[<a href="https://www.ecofinagency.com/news/3103-54258-ecowas-and-imf-set-new-framework-to-align-policies-across-west-africa">5</a>]</p><p></p><p>Sources :<br>1]<a href="https://fr.africanews.com/2026/03/30/benin-nana-akufo-addo-a-la-tete-de-la-mission-dobservation-de-la-cedeao/">Benin</a><br>2]<a href="https://www.bbc.com/afrique/articles/c4gvdrl5xyko">Burkina Faso</a><br>3]<a href="https://tribuneonlineng.com/security-forces-receive-800-nigerian-deportees-from-niger-republic/">Nigeria</a><br>4]<a href="https://www.africaradio.com/actualite-113825-faustin-archange-touadera-investi-pour-un-troisieme-mandat-en-centrafrique">Central African Republic</a><br>5]<a href="https://www.ecofinagency.com/news/3103-54258-ecowas-and-imf-set-new-framework-to-align-policies-across-west-africa">ECOWAS</a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stake News Check #27 Du 27/3/2026 au 08/4/2026 Gouvernance, sécurité et coopération en Afrique de l’Ouest]]></title><description><![CDATA[Au cours des deux derni&#232;res semaines, l&#8217;Afrique a enregistr&#233; une s&#233;rie de d&#233;veloppements politiques, s&#233;curitaires et &#233;conomiques ayant des implications imm&#233;diates pour la gouvernance et la coop&#233;ration r&#233;gionale.]]></description><link>https://blog.stakeexperts.com/p/stake-news-check-27-du-2732026-au</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://blog.stakeexperts.com/p/stake-news-check-27-du-2732026-au</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stake experts]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:13:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure 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https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!1xHQ!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3b13a185-027a-4488-a940-66bbf00e46c6_1710x1198.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!1xHQ!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3b13a185-027a-4488-a940-66bbf00e46c6_1710x1198.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!1xHQ!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3b13a185-027a-4488-a940-66bbf00e46c6_1710x1198.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!1xHQ!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3b13a185-027a-4488-a940-66bbf00e46c6_1710x1198.png" width="1456" height="1020" 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class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">L&#8217;ancien pr&#233;sident ghan&#233;en Nana Akufo-Addo est arriv&#233; au B&#233;nin - &#169; La Nation</figcaption></figure></div><p>Au cours des deux derni&#232;res semaines, l&#8217;Afrique a enregistr&#233; une s&#233;rie de d&#233;veloppements politiques, s&#233;curitaires et &#233;conomiques ayant des implications imm&#233;diates pour la gouvernance et la coop&#233;ration r&#233;gionale.</p><p>Au B&#233;nin, la Communaut&#233; &#233;conomique des &#201;tats de l&#8217;Afrique de l&#8217;Ouest(CEDEAO) a annonc&#233; la nomination de l&#8217;ancien pr&#233;sident ghan&#233;en Nana Akufo-Addo pour diriger sa mission d&#8217;observation &#233;lectorale dans le cadre de l&#8217;&#233;lection pr&#233;sidentielle pr&#233;vue le 12 avril, avec un d&#233;ploiement pr&#233;vu du 7 au 15 avril conform&#233;ment &#224; son protocole sur la d&#233;mocratie et la bonne gouvernance. Deux candidatures sont confirm&#233;es : Romuald Wadagni, repr&#233;sentant la mouvance pr&#233;sidentielle et actuel ministre de l&#8217;&#201;conomie et des Finances, et Paul Hounkp&#232;, candidat des Forces cauris pour un B&#233;nin &#233;mergent (FCBE). [<a href="https://fr.africanews.com/2026/03/30/benin-nana-akufo-addo-a-la-tete-de-la-mission-dobservation-de-la-cedeao/">1</a>]</p><p>Au Burkina Faso, le chef militaire Ibrahim Traor&#233; a exprim&#233;, lors d&#8217;une interview &#224; la t&#233;l&#233;vision d&#8217;&#201;tat, un rejet des normes d&#233;mocratiques lib&#233;rales, affirmant que le pays suivra sa propre approche. Arriv&#233; au pouvoir par un coup d&#8217;&#201;tat il y a trois ans, il avait initialement promis un retour &#224; un r&#233;gime civil en juillet 2024, mais les autorit&#233;s ont prolong&#233; la transition de cinq ans. Des pr&#233;occupations en mati&#232;re de droits et de s&#233;curit&#233; ont &#233;galement &#233;t&#233; mentionn&#233;es, notamment des actions contre des figures de l&#8217;opposition, des m&#233;dias et des acteurs de la soci&#233;t&#233; civile. [<a href="https://www.bbc.com/afrique/articles/c4gvdrl5xyko">2</a>]</p><p>Au Nigeria, les services de s&#233;curit&#233; ont pris en charge plus de 800 personnes expuls&#233;es du Niger &#224; la fronti&#232;re de Jibia-Magama, dans l&#8217;&#201;tat de Katsina. Selon un rapport op&#233;rationnel, ces personnes, compos&#233;es d&#8217;hommes, de femmes et d&#8217;enfants, sont arriv&#233;es &#224; bord de huit bus et ont fait l&#8217;objet de proc&#233;dures d&#8217;identification impliquant plusieurs agences de s&#233;curit&#233;, avant un transfert pr&#233;vu vers l&#8217;&#201;tat de Kano.[<a href="https://tribuneonlineng.com/security-forces-receive-800-nigerian-deportees-from-niger-republic/">3</a>]</p><p>En R&#233;publique centrafricaine, le pr&#233;sident Faustin-Archange Touad&#233;ra a &#233;t&#233; investi pour un troisi&#232;me mandat cons&#233;cutif le 30 mars &#224; Bangui. R&#233;&#233;lu en d&#233;cembre avec 77,90 % des voix selon les r&#233;sultats officiels, lors d&#8217;un scrutin contest&#233; par l&#8217;opposition, il a d&#233;fini comme priorit&#233;s la paix, la s&#233;curit&#233; et l&#8217;unit&#233; nationale. La c&#233;r&#233;monie a rassembl&#233; environ 20 000 personnes ainsi que plusieurs dirigeants africains. Le nouveau cadre constitutionnel adopt&#233; en 2023 permettait sa candidature, dans un contexte s&#233;curitaire d&#233;crit comme fragile malgr&#233; certaines am&#233;liorations.[<a href="https://www.africaradio.com/actualite-113825-faustin-archange-touadera-investi-pour-un-troisieme-mandat-en-centrafrique">4</a>]</p><p>Au niveau r&#233;gional, la Communaut&#233; &#233;conomique des &#201;tats de l&#8217;Afrique de l&#8217;Ouest (CEDEAO) et le FMI  (Fonds mon&#233;taire international) ont sign&#233; le 27 mars &#224; Abuja un accord visant &#224; renforcer la gouvernance macro&#233;conomique et la coordination des politiques &#233;conomiques en Afrique de l&#8217;Ouest. Cet accord pr&#233;voit notamment un renforcement du dialogue politique, une assistance technique accrue et un suivi macro&#233;conomique r&#233;gional. Il intervient dans un contexte de croissance &#233;conomique mod&#233;r&#233;e mais in&#233;gale, avec des d&#233;fis persistants li&#233;s &#224; l&#8217;inflation, &#224; la dette publique et aux incertitudes &#233;conomiques globales, ainsi que des enjeux li&#233;s &#224; l&#8217;int&#233;gration r&#233;gionale.[<a href="https://www.ecofinagency.com/news/3103-54258-ecowas-and-imf-set-new-framework-to-align-policies-across-west-africa">5</a>]<br></p><p>Sources :<br>1]<a href="https://fr.africanews.com/2026/03/30/benin-nana-akufo-addo-a-la-tete-de-la-mission-dobservation-de-la-cedeao/">Benin</a><br>2]<a href="https://www.bbc.com/afrique/articles/c4gvdrl5xyko">Burkina Faso</a><br>3]<a href="https://tribuneonlineng.com/security-forces-receive-800-nigerian-deportees-from-niger-republic/">Nigeria</a><br>4]<a href="https://www.africaradio.com/actualite-113825-faustin-archange-touadera-investi-pour-un-troisieme-mandat-en-centrafrique">Centrafrique</a><br>5]<a href="https://www.ecofinagency.com/news/3103-54258-ecowas-and-imf-set-new-framework-to-align-policies-across-west-africa">CEDEAO</a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stake News Check #26 from 3/12/2026 to 3/26/2026 Security dynamics, diplomatic tensions, and cooperation initiatives]]></title><description><![CDATA[Several political and security developments have recently been reported in West Africa and beyond, involving diplomatic initiatives, cooperation agreements, and security incidents.]]></description><link>https://blog.stakeexperts.com/p/stake-news-check-26-from-3122026</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://blog.stakeexperts.com/p/stake-news-check-26-from-3122026</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stake experts]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 17:21:20 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Zwhq!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc7e1286b-5bd1-49f2-9ac7-cf305a54c25b_1800x1150.avif" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Zwhq!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc7e1286b-5bd1-49f2-9ac7-cf305a54c25b_1800x1150.avif" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Zwhq!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc7e1286b-5bd1-49f2-9ac7-cf305a54c25b_1800x1150.avif 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Zwhq!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc7e1286b-5bd1-49f2-9ac7-cf305a54c25b_1800x1150.avif 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Zwhq!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc7e1286b-5bd1-49f2-9ac7-cf305a54c25b_1800x1150.avif 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Zwhq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc7e1286b-5bd1-49f2-9ac7-cf305a54c25b_1800x1150.avif 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Zwhq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc7e1286b-5bd1-49f2-9ac7-cf305a54c25b_1800x1150.avif" width="1456" height="930" 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class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Karamoko Jean-Marie Traor&#233;, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Burkina Faso, and Nick Checker, Head of the Office of African Affairs at the U.S. Department of State - &#169; RFI</figcaption></figure></div><p>Several political and security developments have recently been reported in West Africa and beyond, involving diplomatic initiatives, cooperation agreements, and security incidents. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">At the United Nations, the General Assembly adopted a resolution proclaiming the transatlantic slave trade of Africans as the &#8220;most serious crime against humanity.&#8221; Led by Ghana and supported by 123 countries, the text was approved despite opposition from some states, including the United States, and abstentions from several European countries. The initiative aims to acknowledge the historical injustices linked to the transatlantic slave trade and to encourage reparative measures, particularly in education and economic development. However, the resolution is non-binding, and the concrete implementation of reparations remains uncertain. [<a href="https://www.rfi.fr/fr/afrique/20260325-l-assembl%C3%A9e-g%C3%A9n%C3%A9rale-de-l-onu-proclame-la-traite-des-esclaves-africains-plus-grave-crime-contre-l-humanit%C3%A9">1</a>]</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On the security front, Niger and Algeria announced strengthened cooperation following an official visit by the Algerian Prime Minister to Niamey. Both countries, facing shared threats in the Sahel-Saharan region, reaffirmed their collaboration in combating terrorism, violent extremism, and cross-border crime. Several agreements were also signed across various economic sectors, including energy, industry, and health. [<a href="https://www.aa.com.tr/fr/afrique/le-niger-et-l-alg%C3%A9rie-annoncent-le-renforcement-de-leur-relation-s%C3%A9curitaire/3877371">2</a>]</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In eastern Chad, a drone attack near the border with Sudan resulted in the deaths of 17 civilians. Chadian authorities described the incident as a &#8220;serious act of aggression&#8221; and reinforced security measures, including the full closure of the border and the deployment of defense forces on high alert. The government also mentioned the possibility of retaliatory measures while calling for international mobilization in response to the situation. [<a href="https://www.kaweru.com/politique-societe/2026/03/19/tchad-attaque-de-drone-a-la-frontiere-soudanaise-17-morts-enregistres/">3</a>]</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Meanwhile, Burkina Faso and the United States expressed their willingness to strengthen their security and economic cooperation following talks in Ouagadougou between Foreign Minister Karamoko Jean-Marie Traor&#233; and a U.S. official. The discussions focused on reviving bilateral relations, counterterrorism efforts, and the development of trade exchanges, in a context of gradual normalization of ties after recent tensions. [<a href="https://www.jeuneafrique.com/1773738/politique/le-burkina-faso-et-les-etats-unis-affirment-vouloir-renforcer-leur-cooperation-securitaire-et-economique/">4</a>]</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Finally, Ghana signed a defense partnership with the European Union aimed at strengthening cooperation in counterterrorism, intelligence sharing, and crisis response. The agreement comes amid rising jihadist violence in the Sahel, with the stated objective of preventing its spread to coastal West African countries. [<a href="https://www.africanews.com/2026/03/24/ghana-european-union-agree-defence-pact/">5</a>]<br></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br>Sources :<br>1]<a href="https://www.rfi.fr/fr/afrique/20260325-l-assembl%C3%A9e-g%C3%A9n%C3%A9rale-de-l-onu-proclame-la-traite-des-esclaves-africains-plus-grave-crime-contre-l-humanit%C3%A9">Africa</a><br>2]<a href="https://www.aa.com.tr/fr/afrique/le-niger-et-l-alg%C3%A9rie-annoncent-le-renforcement-de-leur-relation-s%C3%A9curitaire/3877371">Niger - Algeria</a><br>3]<a href="https://www.kaweru.com/politique-societe/2026/03/19/tchad-attaque-de-drone-a-la-frontiere-soudanaise-17-morts-enregistres/">Chad</a><br>4]<a href="https://www.jeuneafrique.com/1773738/politique/le-burkina-faso-et-les-etats-unis-affirment-vouloir-renforcer-leur-cooperation-securitaire-et-economique/">Burkina Faso</a><br>5]<a href="https://www.africanews.com/2026/03/24/ghana-european-union-agree-defence-pact/">Ghana - EU</a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stake News Check #26 Du 12/3/2026 au 26/3/2026 Dynamiques sécuritaires, tensions diplomatiques et initiatives de coopération]]></title><description><![CDATA[Plusieurs d&#233;veloppements politiques et s&#233;curitaires ont &#233;t&#233; enregistr&#233;s dans l&#8217;actualit&#233; Ouest africaine et au-del&#224;, impliquant &#233;galement des initiatives diplomatiques, des accords de coop&#233;ration et des incidents s&#233;curitaires.]]></description><link>https://blog.stakeexperts.com/p/stake-news-check-26-du-1232026-au</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://blog.stakeexperts.com/p/stake-news-check-26-du-1232026-au</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stake experts]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 17:12:05 GMT</pubDate><enclosure 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stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Le Premier ministre Sifi Ghrieb de l&#8217;Alg&#233;rie et son homologue nig&#233;rien Ali Lamine Zeine - &#169; casbahtribune</figcaption></figure></div><p>Plusieurs d&#233;veloppements politiques et s&#233;curitaires ont &#233;t&#233; enregistr&#233;s dans l&#8217;actualit&#233; Ouest africaine  et au-del&#224;, impliquant &#233;galement des initiatives diplomatiques, des accords de coop&#233;ration et des incidents s&#233;curitaires.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Au Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou et Washington ont exprim&#233; leur volont&#233; de renforcer leur coop&#233;ration s&#233;curitaire et &#233;conomique &#224; l&#8217;issue d&#8217;&#233;changes dans la capitale burkinab&#232;  entre le ministre des Affaires &#233;trang&#232;res Karamoko Jean-Marie Traor&#233; et Nick Checker, le nouveau patron du bureau des affaires africaines du d&#233;partement d&#8217;&#201;tat am&#233;ricain. Les discussions ont port&#233; sur la relance des relations bilat&#233;rales, la lutte contre le terrorisme et le d&#233;veloppement des &#233;changes commerciaux, dans un contexte de reprise progressive des liens apr&#232;s des tensions r&#233;centes.[<a href="https://www.jeuneafrique.com/1773738/politique/le-burkina-faso-et-les-etats-unis-affirment-vouloir-renforcer-leur-cooperation-securitaire-et-economique/">1</a>]<br><br>Au m&#234;me moment,  le Niger et l&#8217;Alg&#233;rie ont annonc&#233; un renforcement de leur coop&#233;ration, &#224; l&#8217;issue d&#8217;une visite officielle du Premier ministre alg&#233;rien &#224; Niamey . Les deux pays, confront&#233;s &#224; des menaces communes dans la r&#233;gion sah&#233;lo-saharienne, ont r&#233;affirm&#233; leur collaboration contre le terrorisme, l&#8217;extr&#233;misme violent et la criminalit&#233; transfrontali&#232;re. Plusieurs accords ont &#233;galement &#233;t&#233; sign&#233;s dans des secteurs &#233;conomiques vari&#233;s, dont l&#8217;&#233;nergie, l&#8217;industrie et la sant&#233;.[<a href="https://www.aa.com.tr/fr/afrique/le-niger-et-l-alg%C3%A9rie-annoncent-le-renforcement-de-leur-relation-s%C3%A9curitaire/3877371">2</a>]</p><p style="text-align: justify;">De son c&#244;t&#233;, le Ghana a sign&#233; un partenariat de d&#233;fense avec l&#8217;Union europ&#233;enne, visant &#224; renforcer la coop&#233;ration en mati&#232;re de lutte contre le terrorisme, de partage de renseignements et de gestion des crises. Cet accord intervient dans un contexte de mont&#233;e des violences jihadistes dans le Sahel, avec un objectif affich&#233; de pr&#233;venir leur extension vers les pays c&#244;tiers d&#8217;Afrique de l&#8217;Ouest.[<a href="https://www.africanews.com/2026/03/24/ghana-european-union-agree-defence-pact/">3</a>]</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Dans l&#8217;est du Tchad, une attaque de drone survenue pr&#232;s de la fronti&#232;re avec le Soudan a caus&#233; la mort de 17 civils. Les autorit&#233;s tchadiennes ont qualifi&#233; l&#8217;incident d&#8217;&#171; agression grave &#187; et ont renforc&#233; leur dispositif s&#233;curitaire, notamment par la fermeture compl&#232;te de la fronti&#232;re et la mise en alerte des forces de d&#233;fense. Le gouvernement a &#233;galement &#233;voqu&#233; la possibilit&#233; de mesures de riposte, tout en appelant &#224; une mobilisation internationale face &#224; la situation.[<a href="https://www.kaweru.com/politique-societe/2026/03/19/tchad-attaque-de-drone-a-la-frontiere-soudanaise-17-morts-enregistres/">4</a>]</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Enfin, &#224; l&#8217; Organisation des Nations unies (ONU) , l&#8217;Assembl&#233;e g&#233;n&#233;rale a adopt&#233; une r&#233;solution proclamant la traite des esclaves africains comme le &#171; plus grave crime contre l&#8217;humanit&#233; &#187;. Port&#233; par le Ghana et soutenu par 123 &#201;tats, le texte a &#233;t&#233; approuv&#233; malgr&#233; l&#8217;opposition de certains pays, dont les &#201;tats-Unis, et l&#8217;abstention de plusieurs &#201;tats europ&#233;ens. Cette initiative vise &#224; reconna&#238;tre les injustices historiques li&#233;es &#224; la traite transatlantique et &#224; encourager des mesures de r&#233;paration, notamment dans les domaines &#233;ducatifs et &#233;conomiques. Toutefois, la r&#233;solution reste non contraignante et les modalit&#233;s concr&#232;tes de mise en &#339;uvre des r&#233;parations demeurent incertaines.[<a href="https://www.rfi.fr/fr/afrique/20260325-l-assembl%C3%A9e-g%C3%A9n%C3%A9rale-de-l-onu-proclame-la-traite-des-esclaves-africains-plus-grave-crime-contre-l-humanit%C3%A9">5</a>]<br><br>Sources :<br>1]<a href="https://www.jeuneafrique.com/1773738/politique/le-burkina-faso-et-les-etats-unis-affirment-vouloir-renforcer-leur-cooperation-securitaire-et-economique/">Burkina Faso</a><br>2]<a href="https://www.aa.com.tr/fr/afrique/le-niger-et-l-alg%C3%A9rie-annoncent-le-renforcement-de-leur-relation-s%C3%A9curitaire/3877371">Niger - Alg&#233;rie</a><br>3]<a href="https://www.africanews.com/2026/03/24/ghana-european-union-agree-defence-pact/">Ghana - UE </a><br>4]<a href="https://www.kaweru.com/politique-societe/2026/03/19/tchad-attaque-de-drone-a-la-frontiere-soudanaise-17-morts-enregistres/">Tchad</a><br>5]<a href="https://www.rfi.fr/fr/afrique/20260325-l-assembl%C3%A9e-g%C3%A9n%C3%A9rale-de-l-onu-proclame-la-traite-des-esclaves-africains-plus-grave-crime-contre-l-humanit%C3%A9">Afrique</a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stake News Check #25 from 2/27/2026 to 3/11/2026 Political and Security Developments in West Africa]]></title><description><![CDATA[Several political and security developments have recently taken place across West Africa.]]></description><link>https://blog.stakeexperts.com/p/stake-news-check-25-from-2272026</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://blog.stakeexperts.com/p/stake-news-check-25-from-2272026</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stake experts]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 16:25:11 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VBR-!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F84410e2a-5d84-4921-a542-224b69fd727b_1820x1024.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VBR-!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F84410e2a-5d84-4921-a542-224b69fd727b_1820x1024.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VBR-!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F84410e2a-5d84-4921-a542-224b69fd727b_1820x1024.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VBR-!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F84410e2a-5d84-4921-a542-224b69fd727b_1820x1024.jpeg 848w, 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stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Headquarters of the Commission of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso - &#169; africa-press.net</figcaption></figure></div><p>Several political and security developments have recently taken place across West Africa. In Benin, the National Police issued wanted notices for nine individuals suspected of involvement in the attempted coup of 7 December 2025 targeting President Patrice Talon, identifying Lieutenant-Colonel Pascal Tigri as the alleged leader of the plot. Also, among the wanted are Captains Castro Sambieni and Ousmane Samary. [<a href="https://www.aa.com.tr/fr/afrique/b%C3%A9nin-avis-de-recherche-contre-le-cerveau-du-putsch-d%C3%A9jou%C3%A9-du-07-d%C3%A9cembre-2025/3842284">1</a>]<br><br>In Niger, authorities reported that armed individuals on motorcycles attacked the Tahoua airport airbase during the night of 9 March 2026, damaging several drone hangars. Security forces said several attackers were neutralized and five suspects arrested. [<a href="https://www.aa.com.tr/fr/afrique/niger-les-autorit%C3%A9s-annoncent-une-attaque-contre-l-a%C3%A9roport-de-tahoua/3856445">2</a>]<br><br>On the Mali side,On 28 January, the Court of Justice of the West African Economic and Monetary Union annulled sanctions imposed on Mali in January 2022 by the conference of heads of state of the Union, ruling that the measures lacked a legal basis. The sanctions, which included border closures and financial restrictions, had been introduced in coordination with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) following the military takeover in Mali. [<a href="https://www.aa.com.tr/fr/afrique/mali-la-cour-de-justice-de-l-uemoa-annule-les-sanctions-de-2022-une-victoire-juridique-et-politique-pour-bamako/3814830">3</a>]<br><br>Meanwhile, Guinea released 16 soldiers and police officers from Sierra Leone who had been detained earlier in the week following a border incident in the town of Kalieyereh, after a delegation led by Sierra Leone&#8217;s foreign minister visited Conakry. [<a href="https://halifax.citynews.ca/2026/02/27/guinea-releases-16-soldiers-and-police-officers-from-sierra-leone-after-border-dispute">4</a>]<br><br>At the regional level, military chiefs from member states of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) meeting in Freetown, discussed plans to establish a new regional force of about 2,000 troops to address terrorism and insecurity across West Africa, although operational and financing details are still under discussion. [<a href="https://www.africanews.com/2026/03/04/west-african-states-to-create-new-force-to-fight-jihadists-in-region/">5</a>]</p><p><br>Sources :  <br>1]<a href="https://www.aa.com.tr/fr/afrique/b%C3%A9nin-avis-de-recherche-contre-le-cerveau-du-putsch-d%C3%A9jou%C3%A9-du-07-d%C3%A9cembre-2025/3842284">Benin</a><br>2]<a href="https://www.aa.com.tr/fr/afrique/niger-les-autorit%C3%A9s-annoncent-une-attaque-contre-l-a%C3%A9roport-de-tahoua/3856445">Niger</a><br>3]<a href="https://www.aa.com.tr/fr/afrique/mali-la-cour-de-justice-de-l-uemoa-annule-les-sanctions-de-2022-une-victoire-juridique-et-politique-pour-bamako/3814830">Mali</a><br>4]<a href="https://halifax.citynews.ca/2026/02/27/guinea-releases-16-soldiers-and-police-officers-from-sierra-leone-after-border-dispute">Guinea - Sierra Leone</a><br>5]<a href="https://www.africanews.com/2026/03/04/west-african-states-to-create-new-force-to-fight-jihadists-in-region/">ECOWAS</a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stake News Check #25 Du 27/2/2026 au 11/3/2026 Développements politiques et sécuritaires en Afrique de l’Ouest]]></title><description><![CDATA[Plusieurs d&#233;veloppements politiques et s&#233;curitaires ont r&#233;cemment &#233;t&#233; signal&#233;s en Afrique de l&#8217;Ouest.]]></description><link>https://blog.stakeexperts.com/p/stake-news-check-25-du-2722026-au</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://blog.stakeexperts.com/p/stake-news-check-25-du-2722026-au</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stake experts]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 16:05:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Y_w4!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd1c2f39f-cf23-4bdf-8a42-bf440e39e547_1024x538.avif" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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Au B&#233;nin, la police nationale a lanc&#233; des avis de recherche contre neuf personnes soup&#231;onn&#233;es d&#8217;implication dans la tentative de coup d&#8217;&#201;tat du 7 d&#233;cembre 2025 visant le pr&#233;sident Patrice Talon, en identifiant le lieutenant-colonel Pascal Tigri comme le principal suspect. [<a href="https://www.aa.com.tr/fr/afrique/b%C3%A9nin-avis-de-recherche-contre-le-cerveau-du-putsch-d%C3%A9jou%C3%A9-du-07-d%C3%A9cembre-2025/3842284">1</a>]</p><p>Au Niger, les autorit&#233;s ont annonc&#233; qu&#8217;un groupe d&#8217;hommes arm&#233;s &#224; moto avait attaqu&#233; la base a&#233;rienne de l&#8217;a&#233;roport de Tahoua dans la nuit du 9 mars 2026, endommageant plusieurs hangars de drones ; les forces de s&#233;curit&#233; ont indiqu&#233; que plusieurs assaillants avaient &#233;t&#233; neutralis&#233;s et cinq suspects arr&#234;t&#233;s. [<a href="https://www.aa.com.tr/fr/afrique/niger-les-autorit%C3%A9s-annoncent-une-attaque-contre-l-a%C3%A9roport-de-tahoua/3856445">2</a>]</p><p>Du c&#244;t&#233; du Mali, le 28 janvier dernier, la Cour de justice de l&#8217;Union &#233;conomique et mon&#233;taire ouest-africaine (UEMOA) a annul&#233; les sanctions impos&#233;es au pays en janvier 2022 par la Conf&#233;rence des chefs d&#8217;&#201;tat de l&#8217;organisation, estimant que ces mesures &#233;taient d&#233;pourvues de base l&#233;gale. Ces sanctions avaient &#233;t&#233; adopt&#233;es en coordination avec la Communaut&#233; &#233;conomique des &#201;tats de l&#8217;Afrique de l&#8217;Ouest (CEDEAO) apr&#232;s la prise de pouvoir par les militaires au Mali et comprenaient notamment la fermeture des fronti&#232;res et des restrictions financi&#232;res. [<a href="https://www.aa.com.tr/fr/afrique/mali-la-cour-de-justice-de-l-uemoa-annule-les-sanctions-de-2022-une-victoire-juridique-et-politique-pour-bamako/3814830">3</a>]<br><br>Cependant, la Guin&#233;e a lib&#233;r&#233; seize militaires et policiers sierra-l&#233;onais arr&#234;t&#233;s plus t&#244;t dans la semaine &#224; la suite d&#8217;un incident frontalier dans la localit&#233; de Kalieyereh, apr&#232;s la visite &#224; Conakry d&#8217;une d&#233;l&#233;gation conduite par le ministre sierra-l&#233;onais des Affaires &#233;trang&#232;res. [<a href="https://halifax.citynews.ca/2026/02/27/guinea-releases-16-soldiers-and-police-officers-from-sierra-leone-after-border-dispute">4</a>]</p><p>Enfin, les chefs d&#8217;&#233;tat-major de plusieurs pays membres de la CEDEAO, r&#233;unis &#224; Freetown, ont discut&#233; de la cr&#233;ation d&#8217;une nouvelle force r&#233;gionale d&#8217;environ 2 000 soldats destin&#233;e &#224; lutter contre le terrorisme et l&#8217;ins&#233;curit&#233; en Afrique de l&#8217;Ouest, tandis que les modalit&#233;s op&#233;rationnelles et de financement restent en discussion. [<a href="https://www.africanews.com/2026/03/04/west-african-states-to-create-new-force-to-fight-jihadists-in-region/">5</a>]</p><p><strong><br></strong>Sources :<br>1]<a href="https://www.aa.com.tr/fr/afrique/b%C3%A9nin-avis-de-recherche-contre-le-cerveau-du-putsch-d%C3%A9jou%C3%A9-du-07-d%C3%A9cembre-2025/3842284">Benin</a><br>2]<a href="https://www.aa.com.tr/fr/afrique/niger-les-autorit%C3%A9s-annoncent-une-attaque-contre-l-a%C3%A9roport-de-tahoua/3856445">Niger</a><br>3]<a href="https://www.aa.com.tr/fr/afrique/mali-la-cour-de-justice-de-l-uemoa-annule-les-sanctions-de-2022-une-victoire-juridique-et-politique-pour-bamako/3814830">Mali</a><br>4]<a href="https://halifax.citynews.ca/2026/02/27/guinea-releases-16-soldiers-and-police-officers-from-sierra-leone-after-border-dispute">Guin&#233;e - Sierra L&#233;one</a><br>5]<a href="https://www.africanews.com/2026/03/04/west-african-states-to-create-new-force-to-fight-jihadists-in-region/">CEDEAO</a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stake News Check #24 du 13/2/2026 au 26/02/2026; Développements régionaux en matière de sécurité]]></title><description><![CDATA[Au cours des deux derni&#232;res semaines, plusieurs d&#233;veloppements significatifs en mati&#232;re de s&#233;curit&#233; ont &#233;merg&#233; dans la r&#233;gion ouest-africaine, notamment l&#8217;Alg&#233;rie, le Tchad, le Burkina Faso, la Guin&#233;e et le Niger.]]></description><link>https://blog.stakeexperts.com/p/stake-news-check-24-du-1322026-au</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://blog.stakeexperts.com/p/stake-news-check-24-du-1322026-au</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stake experts]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 16:11:37 GMT</pubDate><enclosure 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La situation reste fluide et pose des implications critiques pour la stabilit&#233; r&#233;gionale et la coop&#233;ration.<br><br>Les pr&#233;sidents Abdelmadjid Tebboune et Abdourahamane Tiani ont d&#233;cid&#233;, lundi &#224; Alger, de r&#233;activer imm&#233;diatement les m&#233;canismes conjoints de surveillance des fronti&#232;res et de lutte contre le terrorisme, invoquant la persistance des menaces s&#233;curitaires et de la criminalit&#233; transfrontali&#232;re au Sahel. &#192; l&#8217;issue de cette visite officielle, les deux dirigeants ont &#233;galement convenu de maintenir leurs relations diplomatiques au plus haut niveau, de tenir une r&#233;union de la Haute Commission mixte &#224; Niamey avant la fin du premier semestre 2026 et d&#8217;acc&#233;l&#233;rer la coop&#233;ration bilat&#233;rale dans les domaines s&#233;curitaire, &#233;conomique et &#233;nerg&#233;tique, notamment &#224; travers la finalisation d&#8217;accords sectoriels et l&#8217;avancement de projets structurants tels que la route transsaharienne, la liaison en fibre optique et le gazoduc transsaharien [<a href="https://www.aa.com.tr/fr/afrique/l-alg%C3%A9rie-et-le-niger-d%C3%A9cident-de-r%C3%A9activer-imm%C3%A9diatement-les-m%C3%A9canismes-conjoints-de-lutte-contre-le-terrorisme/3832128">1</a>]. <br><br>Dans un d&#233;veloppement positif, le Burkina Faso et le Ghana ont engag&#233; des discussions concernant le partage des renseignements dans le cadre de leur lutte collective contre le terrorisme. Les deux nations reconnaissent l&#8217;importance de la collaboration pour lutter contre la menace croissante des groupes extr&#233;mistes dans la r&#233;gion. Ces discussions signifient un engagement &#224; renforcer la coop&#233;ration et &#224; utiliser efficacement les ressources partag&#233;es pour contrer le terrorisme et am&#233;liorer la s&#233;curit&#233; de leurs populations. Ce partenariat est particuli&#232;rement critique alors que les deux pays ont &#233;t&#233; confront&#233;s &#224; une intensification des activit&#233;s terroristes [<a href="https://www.aa.com.tr/fr/afrique/le-burkina-faso-et-le-ghana-%C3%A9voquent-le-partage-des-renseignements-dans-la-lutte-contre-le-terrorisme/3836596">2</a>].<br><br>La Guin&#233;e a d&#233;tenu 16 soldats de Sierra Leone dans le cadre d&#8217;un diff&#233;rend frontalier en cours. La situation souligne les tensions croissantes entre les deux nations, qui sont n&#233;es de d&#233;saccords territoriaux. La d&#233;tention de ces soldats a suscit&#233; des inqui&#233;tudes quant &#224; la possibilit&#233; d&#8217;une escalade et d&#8217;un conflit suppl&#233;mentaire. Les actions de la Guin&#233;e refl&#232;tent les complexit&#233;s des dynamiques de s&#233;curit&#233; r&#233;gionales, en particulier alors que les pays voisins naviguent dans leurs propres d&#233;fis internes tout en traitant des probl&#232;mes transfrontaliers [<a href="https://www.africanews.com/2026/02/25/guinea-detains-16-sierra-leonean-soldiers-amid-border-dispute/">3</a>].<br><br>Au Niger, la violence persistante a conduit &#224; une crise humanitaire, en particulier dans la r&#233;gion de Borgou. Les habitants fuient vers la R&#233;publique du B&#233;nin alors que des terroristes ont &#224; nouveau envahi leurs communaut&#233;s. Cette tendance alarmante met en &#233;vidence l&#8217;urgence de la situation et le besoin d&#233;sesp&#233;r&#233; d&#8217;une assistance humanitaire pour les personnes touch&#233;es. L&#8217;afflux de personnes d&#233;plac&#233;es pose des d&#233;fis suppl&#233;mentaires aux pays voisins, qui doivent g&#233;rer &#224; la fois les besoins humanitaires et les implications s&#233;curitaires de tels mouvements [<a href="https://guardian.ng/news/niger-residents-flee-to-benin-republic-as-terrorists-invade-borgu-again/">4</a>].<br><br>Le Tchad a adopt&#233; des mesures d&#233;cisives en r&#233;ponse &#224; des incursions arm&#233;es le long de sa fronti&#232;re avec le Soudan. Le gouvernement a choisi de fermer la fronti&#232;re pour att&#233;nuer les risques associ&#233;s &#224; ces incursions. Cette fermeture vise &#224; pr&#233;venir le d&#233;bordement de la violence et &#224; garantir la s&#233;curit&#233; des civils dans les r&#233;gions frontali&#232;res. La fronti&#232;re Tchad-Soudan a historiquement &#233;t&#233; volatile, et les &#233;v&#233;nements r&#233;cents ont pouss&#233; les autorit&#233;s tchadiennes &#224; renforcer leur vigilance pour faire face aux pr&#233;occupations de s&#233;curit&#233; d&#233;coulant des groupes arm&#233;s op&#233;rant dans la r&#233;gion [<a href="https://www.aa.com.tr/fr/afrique/tchad-soudan-fermeture-de-la-fronti%C3%A8re-apr%C3%A8s-des-incursions-arm%C3%A9es/3837742">5</a>].<br><br>Les &#233;v&#233;nements r&#233;cents au Tchad, au Burkina Faso, en Guin&#233;e, en Alg&#233;rie et au Niger dressent un tableau complexe des d&#233;fis de s&#233;curit&#233; r&#233;gionaux. La fermeture de la fronti&#232;re Tchad-Soudan repr&#233;sente une &#233;tape critique pour faire face aux menaces imm&#233;diates. En m&#234;me temps, les efforts coop&#233;ratifs entre le Burkina Faso et le Ghana signifient une approche proactive contre le terrorisme. Cependant, la d&#233;tention de soldats sierra-l&#233;onais en Guin&#233;e et la crise humanitaire au Niger soulignent la volatilit&#233; persistante et le besoin urgent de r&#233;ponses r&#233;gionales efficaces.<br><br><br>Sources<br>1] <a href="https://www.aa.com.tr/fr/afrique/l-alg%C3%A9rie-et-le-niger-d%C3%A9cident-de-r%C3%A9activer-imm%C3%A9diatement-les-m%C3%A9canismes-conjoints-de-lutte-contre-le-terrorisme/3832128">Alg&#233;rie - Niger</a><br>2] <a href="https://www.aa.com.tr/fr/afrique/le-burkina-faso-et-le-ghana-%C3%A9voquent-le-partage-des-renseignements-dans-la-lutte-contre-le-terrorisme/3836596">Burkina Faso - Ghana</a> <br>3] <a href="https://www.africanews.com/2026/02/25/guinea-detains-16-sierra-leonean-soldiers-amid-border-dispute/">Guin&#233;e - Sierra Leone</a><br>4] <a href="https://guardian.ng/news/niger-residents-flee-to-benin-republic-as-terrorists-invade-borgu-again/">Niger</a> <br>5] <a href="https://www.aa.com.tr/fr/afrique/tchad-soudan-fermeture-de-la-fronti%C3%A8re-apr%C3%A8s-des-incursions-arm%C3%A9es/3837742">Tchad - Soudan</a><br></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stake News Check #24 from 2/13/2026 to 2/26/2026 Regional Security Developments ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Over the past two weeks, several significant security developments have emerged across the West African region, particularly concerning Algeria, Chad, Burkina Faso, Guinea, and Niger.]]></description><link>https://blog.stakeexperts.com/p/stake-news-check-24-from-2132026</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://blog.stakeexperts.com/p/stake-news-check-24-from-2132026</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stake experts]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 15:56:52 GMT</pubDate><enclosure 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class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">President of Algeria Abdelmadjid Tebboune and General Abdourahamane Tiani of Niger - &#169; Kaweru.com</figcaption></figure></div><p>Over the past two weeks, several significant security developments have emerged across the West African region, particularly concerning Algeria, Chad, Burkina Faso, Guinea, and Niger. The situation remains fluid and poses critical implications for regional stability and cooperation.</p><p>Presidents Abdelmadjid Tebboune and Abdourahamane Tiani decided on Monday in Algiers to immediately reactivate joint border surveillance and counterterrorism mechanisms, citing persistent terrorist threats and cross-border organized crime in the Sahel. Following the Nigerien leader&#8217;s official visit, the two Heads of State also agreed to maintain diplomatic relations at the highest level, convene the next session of the joint High Commission in Niamey before the end of the first half of 2026, and accelerate bilateral cooperation in the security, economic and energy sectors, including the advancement of sectoral agreements and major projects such as the Trans-Saharan Highway, a cross-border fiber-optic link and the Trans-Saharan gas pipeline [<a href="https://www.aa.com.tr/fr/afrique/l-alg%C3%A9rie-et-le-niger-d%C3%A9cident-de-r%C3%A9activer-imm%C3%A9diatement-les-m%C3%A9canismes-conjoints-de-lutte-contre-le-terrorisme/3832128">1</a>]. <br><br>Chad has taken decisive action in response to armed incursions along its border with Sudan. The government has opted to close the border to mitigate further risks associated with these incursions. This closure aims to prevent the spillover of violence and ensure the safety of civilians in the border regions. The Chad-Sudan border has been historically volatile, and recent events have prompted increased vigilance from Chadian authorities to address security concerns stemming from armed groups operating in the area [<a href="https://www.aa.com.tr/fr/afrique/tchad-soudan-fermeture-de-la-fronti%C3%A8re-apr%C3%A8s-des-incursions-arm%C3%A9es/3837742">2</a>].</p><p>In a positive development, Burkina Faso and Ghana have engaged in discussions regarding intelligence sharing as part of their collective fight against terrorism. Both nations recognize the importance of collaboration in combating the rising threat of extremist groups in the region. The talks signify a commitment to enhance cooperation and utilize shared resources effectively to counter terrorism and enhance security for their populations. This partnership is especially critical as both countries have faced escalating terrorist activities [<a href="https://www.aa.com.tr/fr/afrique/le-burkina-faso-et-le-ghana-%C3%A9voquent-le-partage-des-renseignements-dans-la-lutte-contre-le-terrorisme/3836596">3</a>].</p><p>Guinea has detained 16 soldiers from Sierra Leone amid an ongoing border dispute. The situation underscores the heightened tensions between the two nations, which have arisen from territorial disagreements. The detainment of these soldiers has raised concerns about the potential for further escalation and conflict. Guinea&#8217;s actions reflect the complexities of regional security dynamics, particularly as neighboring countries navigate their own internal challenges while dealing with cross-border issues [<a href="https://www.africanews.com/2026/02/25/guinea-detains-16-sierra-leonean-soldiers-amid-border-dispute/">4</a>].</p><p>In Niger, the ongoing violence has led to a humanitarian crisis, particularly in the Borgu region. Residents are fleeing to the Benin Republic as terrorists have once again invaded their communities. This alarming trend highlights the urgency of the situation and the dire need for humanitarian assistance for those affected. The influx of displaced individuals poses additional challenges for neighboring countries, which must manage both the humanitarian needs and security implications of such movements [<a href="https://guardian.ng/news/niger-residents-flee-to-benin-republic-as-terrorists-invade-borgu-again/">5</a>].</p><p>The recent events across Algeria, Chad, Burkina Faso, Guinea, and Niger paint a complex picture of regional security challenges. The closure of the Chad-Sudan border represents a critical step in addressing immediate threats. At the same time, the cooperative efforts between Burkina Faso and Ghana signify a proactive approach to counter-terrorism. However, the detainment of Sierra Leonean soldiers in Guinea and the humanitarian crisis in Niger underscore the ongoing volatility and the urgent need for effective regional responses to security threats.<br><br><br>Sources : <br>1] <a href="https://www.aa.com.tr/fr/afrique/l-alg%C3%A9rie-et-le-niger-d%C3%A9cident-de-r%C3%A9activer-imm%C3%A9diatement-les-m%C3%A9canismes-conjoints-de-lutte-contre-le-terrorisme/3832128">Algeria</a> <br>2] <a href="https://www.aa.com.tr/fr/afrique/tchad-soudan-fermeture-de-la-fronti%C3%A8re-apr%C3%A8s-des-incursions-arm%C3%A9es/3837742">Chad - Sudan</a><br>3] <a href="https://www.aa.com.tr/fr/afrique/le-burkina-faso-et-le-ghana-%C3%A9voquent-le-partage-des-renseignements-dans-la-lutte-contre-le-terrorisme/3836596">Burkina Faso - Ghana</a> <br>4] <a href="https://www.africanews.com/2026/02/25/guinea-detains-16-sierra-leonean-soldiers-amid-border-dispute/">Guinea - Sierra Leone</a><br>5] <a href="https://guardian.ng/news/niger-residents-flee-to-benin-republic-as-terrorists-invade-borgu-again/">Niger</a> </p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stake News Check #23 from 1/30/2026 to 2/12/2026 Institutional Dynamics and Security Challenges in Africa]]></title><description><![CDATA[In recent weeks, several political and security developments have shaped the news across Africa.]]></description><link>https://blog.stakeexperts.com/p/stake-news-check-23-from-1302026</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://blog.stakeexperts.com/p/stake-news-check-23-from-1302026</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stake experts]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 15:02:11 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!RyCa!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9933be2e-13dd-46c3-b15c-af69ed314f0d_864x486.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div 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stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption"><strong>Corneille Nangaa, leader of the Congo River Alliance (CRA) rebel movement, DRC &#169; Anadolu</strong></figcaption></figure></div><p>In recent weeks, several political and security developments have shaped the news across Africa. In Burkina Faso, the transitional parliament unanimously adopted a law dissolving political parties and organizations, repealing the main legal frameworks governing the party system. The authorities say the measure is intended to reform the national political system and adapt institutional structures to current challenges, while some analysts view it as a democratic setback.[<a href="https://fr.africanews.com/2026/02/10/burkina-faso-une-loi-met-fin-au-cadre-juridique-des-partis-politiques/">1</a>]</p><p>In Nigeria, the United States and Abuja confirmed the upcoming deployment of 200 American military instructors tasked with providing training and technical support to Nigerian forces. The cooperation aims to strengthen coordination of complex operations against armed groups, amid ongoing security threats.[<a href="https://www.rfi.fr/fr/afrique/20260211-200-militaires-am%C3%A9ricains-vont-%C3%AAtre-d%C3%A9ploy%C3%A9s-au-nigeria-pour-former-l-arm%C3%A9e">2</a>]</p><p>On the security front, the Islamic State in the Sahel claimed responsibility for an attack on the international airport and an airbase in Niamey, Niger. Nigerien authorities said security forces repelled the assailants and reported that several were killed. On the same day, a separate attack claimed by the Islamic State West Africa Province targeted a military base in northeastern Nigeria.[<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/30/niger-airport-airbase-attack-islamic-state">3</a>]</p><p>In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the AFC/M23 rebel coalition claimed responsibility for a drone attack targeting Kisangani airport. Provincial authorities stated that the drones were intercepted before reaching their target. The claim comes amid continued tensions in eastern DRC and as ceasefire discussions are underway under international mediation.[<a href="https://fr.africanews.com/2026/02/04/en-rdc-lafcm23-revendique-une-attaque-de-drone-contre-laeroport-strategique-de-kisangani/">4</a>]<br><br>Finally, in Libya, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of former leader Muammar Gaddafi and wanted by the International Criminal Court, was killed at his residence near Zintan, according to several media outlets and close sources. The exact circumstances of his death remain subject to differing accounts, and an investigation has been opened.[<a href="https://www.rfi.fr/fr/afrique/20260203-libye-sa%C3%AFf-al-islam-kadhafi-fils-de-l-ancien-dirigeant-libyen-est-mort">5</a>]</p><p><br>Source : <br>1]<a href="https://fr.africanews.com/2026/02/10/burkina-faso-une-loi-met-fin-au-cadre-juridique-des-partis-politiques/">Burkina Faso</a> <br>2]<a href="https://www.rfi.fr/fr/afrique/20260211-200-militaires-am%C3%A9ricains-vont-%C3%AAtre-d%C3%A9ploy%C3%A9s-au-nigeria-pour-former-l-arm%C3%A9e">Nigeria</a> <br>3]<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/30/niger-airport-airbase-attack-islamic-state">Niger</a> <br>4]<a href="https://fr.africanews.com/2026/02/04/en-rdc-lafcm23-revendique-une-attaque-de-drone-contre-laeroport-strategique-de-kisangani/">DRC</a> <br>5]<a href="https://www.rfi.fr/fr/afrique/20260203-libye-sa%C3%AFf-al-islam-kadhafi-fils-de-l-ancien-dirigeant-libyen-est-mort">Libya</a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stake News Check #23 du 30/1/2026 au 12/2/2026  Dynamiques institutionnelles et enjeux sécuritaires en Afrique]]></title><description><![CDATA[Au cours des derni&#232;res semaines, plusieurs d&#233;veloppements politiques et s&#233;curitaires ont marqu&#233; l&#8217;actualit&#233; africaine.]]></description><link>https://blog.stakeexperts.com/p/stake-news-check-23-du-3012026-au</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://blog.stakeexperts.com/p/stake-news-check-23-du-3012026-au</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stake experts]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 14:52:41 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5j6Q!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F90d34194-dd73-4fa2-9fb0-9d19d69b357a_1024x576.jpeg" 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Au Burkina Faso, le Parlement de transition a adopt&#233; &#224; l&#8217;unanimit&#233; une loi actant la dissolution des partis et formations politiques, abrogeant les principaux textes encadrant le syst&#232;me partisan. Les autorit&#233;s justifient cette mesure par la volont&#233; de refonder la vie politique nationale et d&#8217;adapter le cadre institutionnel aux d&#233;fis actuels, tandis que certains analystes y voient un recul d&#233;mocratique.[<a href="https://fr.africanews.com/2026/02/10/burkina-faso-une-loi-met-fin-au-cadre-juridique-des-partis-politiques/">1</a>]</p><p>Au Nigeria, les &#201;tats-Unis et Abuja ont confirm&#233; le d&#233;ploiement prochain de 200 instructeurs militaires am&#233;ricains charg&#233;s de missions de formation et de soutien technique aupr&#232;s des forces nig&#233;rianes. Cette coop&#233;ration vise notamment &#224; renforcer la coordination d&#8217;op&#233;rations complexes contre les groupes arm&#233;s, dans un contexte de menace persistante.[<a href="https://www.rfi.fr/fr/afrique/20260211-200-militaires-am%C3%A9ricains-vont-%C3%AAtre-d%C3%A9ploy%C3%A9s-au-nigeria-pour-former-l-arm%C3%A9e">2</a>]</p><p>Sur le plan s&#233;curitaire, le groupe &#201;tat islamique au Sahel a revendiqu&#233; une attaque men&#233;e contre l&#8217;a&#233;roport international et une base a&#233;rienne &#224; Niamey, au Niger. Selon les autorit&#233;s nig&#233;riennes, les assaillants ont &#233;t&#233; repouss&#233;s par les forces de s&#233;curit&#233;, qui ont annonc&#233; avoir neutralis&#233; plusieurs d&#8217;entre eux. Le m&#234;me jour, une attaque distincte revendiqu&#233;e par l&#8217;&#201;tat islamique en Afrique de l&#8217;Ouest a vis&#233; une base militaire dans le nord-est du Nigeria.[<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/30/niger-airport-airbase-attack-islamic-state">3</a>]</p><p>En R&#233;publique d&#233;mocratique du Congo, la coalition rebelle AFC/M23 a revendiqu&#233; une attaque de drones contre l&#8217;a&#233;roport de Kisangani. Les autorit&#233;s provinciales indiquent que les engins ont &#233;t&#233; intercept&#233;s avant d&#8217;atteindre leur cible. La revendication intervient dans un contexte de tensions persistantes dans l&#8217;est du pays et alors qu&#8217;un processus de cessez-le-feu est en discussion sous m&#233;diation internationale.[<a href="https://fr.africanews.com/2026/02/04/en-rdc-lafcm23-revendique-une-attaque-de-drone-contre-laeroport-strategique-de-kisangani/">4</a>]</p><p>Enfin, en Libye, Sa&#239;f al-Islam Kadhafi, fils de l&#8217;ancien dirigeant Mouammar Kadhafi et recherch&#233; par la Cour p&#233;nale internationale, a &#233;t&#233; tu&#233; &#224; son domicile pr&#232;s de Zintan, selon plusieurs sources m&#233;diatiques et proches. Les circonstances exactes de sa mort font l&#8217;objet d&#8217;annonces divergentes, tandis qu&#8217;une enqu&#234;te a &#233;t&#233; ouverte.[<a href="https://www.rfi.fr/fr/afrique/20260203-libye-sa%C3%AFf-al-islam-kadhafi-fils-de-l-ancien-dirigeant-libyen-est-mort">5</a>]<br><br><br>Source : <br>1)<a href="https://fr.africanews.com/2026/02/10/burkina-faso-une-loi-met-fin-au-cadre-juridique-des-partis-politiques/">Burkina Faso</a><br>2)<a href="https://www.rfi.fr/fr/afrique/20260211-200-militaires-am%C3%A9ricains-vont-%C3%AAtre-d%C3%A9ploy%C3%A9s-au-nigeria-pour-former-l-arm%C3%A9e">Nigeria</a><br>3)<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/30/niger-airport-airbase-attack-islamic-state">Niger</a><br>4)<a href="https://fr.africanews.com/2026/02/04/en-rdc-lafcm23-revendique-une-attaque-de-drone-contre-laeroport-strategique-de-kisangani/">RDC</a><br>5)<a href="https://www.rfi.fr/fr/afrique/20260203-libye-sa%C3%AFf-al-islam-kadhafi-fils-de-l-ancien-dirigeant-libyen-est-mort">Libye</a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stake News Check #22 from 1/16/2026 to 1/29/2026 Africa: Elections, Political Transitions, and Diplomatic Realignments]]></title><description><![CDATA[Over recent weeks, political and diplomatic developments across Africa have been marked by several significant events.]]></description><link>https://blog.stakeexperts.com/p/stake-news-check-22-from-1162026</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://blog.stakeexperts.com/p/stake-news-check-22-from-1162026</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stake experts]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 15:46:11 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!W0jx!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6221e366-3542-42a0-8b9c-235c36ae5838_800x449.webp" length="0" 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In Benin, the January 2026 legislative elections resulted in a National Assembly composed exclusively of parties supporting President Patrice Talon, namely the Progressive Union for Renewal and the Republican Bloc, as opposition parties failed to reach the electoral threshold required to secure parliamentary seats. [<a href="https://ift.tt/n1xsICr">1</a>]<br><br>In the Sahel, In the Sahel, heavy gunfire and loud explosions were reported overnight from Wednesday to Thursday near Niamey International Airport, where air defense systems are believed to have intercepted unidentified projectiles, possibly drones. The area, which hosts several strategic military installations, saw a significant security deployment before calm returned after approximately two hours. Authorities stated that the situation was under control without providing further details, and no official information was released regarding the origin of the incidents or the possible existence of casualties.[<a href="http://www.bbc.com/afrique/articles/cvg5eqwn412o">2</a>]<br>Meanwhile, Niger welcomed a new ambassador from the Russian Federation, amid strengthened bilateral cooperation, particularly in the security and economic fields. Previously, Russia&#8217;s ambassador to Niger was based in Mali. However, in August last year, President Vladimir Putin appointed Viktor Voropayev as Russia&#8217;s ambassador to Niamey, Niger&#8217;s capital. Voropayev officially took up his post on Thursday. [<a href="https://ift.tt/9MAdFEX">3</a>]<br><br>Meanwhile, the African Union announced the lifting of sanctions imposed on Guinea following the 2021 coup d&#8217;&#233;tat, after the holding of a presidential election in December. The organization&#8217;s Peace and Security Council considers this vote a major step in the political transition. Mamady Doumbouya, elected with 86.7% of the vote according to the Supreme Court, was sworn in as president, and Guinea was reinstated in the African Union&#8217;s activities after more than four years of suspension.[<a href="https://ift.tt/fdQSjD1">4</a>] <br><br>In Nigeria, military authorities stated that several officers will face judicial proceedings for their alleged involvement in a coup plot targeting President Bola Tinubu in 2024, which the government had initially denied.Shortly after denying the alleged coup plot, Tinubu reshuffled the country&#8217;s top military brass. Investigations has identified several officers with allegations of plotting to overthrow the government.[<a href="https://ift.tt/egEpOz4">5</a>] <br><br>Finally, in Uganda, incumbent President Yoweri Museveni was declared the winner of the presidential election with more than 70% of the vote, according to electoral authorities. The vote took place in a tense climate, marked by an internet shutdown and allegations of fraud raised by the opposition led by Bobi Wine. The authorities rejected these claims as Yoweri Museveni begins a seventh term after nearly four decades in power. [<a href="https://ift.tt/qYykFjP">6</a>] <br><br><br><strong>Sources<br></strong>1 <a href="https://ift.tt/n1xsICr">Benin</a><br>2 <a href="http://www.bbc.com/afrique/articles/cvg5eqwn412o">Niger</a><br>3 <a href="https://ift.tt/9MAdFEX">Niger</a><br>4 <a href="https://ift.tt/fdQSjD1">Guinea</a><br>5 <a href="https://ift.tt/egEpOz4">Nigeria</a><br>6 <a href="https://ift.tt/qYykFjP">Uganda</a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stake News Check #22 du 16/1/2026 au 29/1/2026: Afrique : élections, transitions politiques et recompositions diplomatiques]]></title><description><![CDATA[Au cours des derni&#232;res semaines, l&#8217;actualit&#233; politique et diplomatique en Afrique a &#233;t&#233; marqu&#233;e par plusieurs &#233;volutions.]]></description><link>https://blog.stakeexperts.com/p/stake-news-check-22-du-1612026-au</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://blog.stakeexperts.com/p/stake-news-check-22-du-1612026-au</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stake experts]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 15:35:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_CxI!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0c1bf4cd-9a68-4e60-bf33-5d7881a3905f_1008x567.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_CxI!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0c1bf4cd-9a68-4e60-bf33-5d7881a3905f_1008x567.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_CxI!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0c1bf4cd-9a68-4e60-bf33-5d7881a3905f_1008x567.jpeg 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Au B&#233;nin, les &#233;lections l&#233;gislatives de janvier 2026 ont abouti &#224; la composition d&#8217;une Assembl&#233;e nationale exclusivement constitu&#233;e de partis soutenant le pr&#233;sident Patrice Talon, l&#8217;Union Progressiste le Renouveau et le Bloc R&#233;publicain, les formations d&#8217;opposition n&#8217;ayant pas franchi le seuil &#233;lectoral requis pour obtenir des si&#232;ges. [<a href="https://ift.tt/n1xsICr">1</a>]<br><br>Dans le Sahel, des tirs nourris et de fortes explosions ont &#233;t&#233; signal&#233;s dans la nuit de mercredi &#224; jeudi pr&#232;s de l&#8217;a&#233;roport international de Niamey, o&#249; des syst&#232;mes de d&#233;fense a&#233;rienne auraient intercept&#233; des projectiles non identifi&#233;s, possiblement des drones. La zone, qui abrite plusieurs installations militaires strat&#233;giques, a fait l&#8217;objet d&#8217;un important d&#233;ploiement s&#233;curitaire avant que le calme ne revienne apr&#232;s environ deux heures. Les autorit&#233;s ont indiqu&#233; que la situation &#233;tait sous contr&#244;le, sans fournir de d&#233;tails, et aucune information officielle n&#8217;a &#233;t&#233; communiqu&#233;e sur l&#8217;origine des incidents ni sur l&#8217;existence &#233;ventuelle de victimes. [<a href="http://www.bbc.com/afrique/articles/cvg5eqwn412o">2</a>]<br>&#201;galement, le Niger a accueilli un nouvel ambassadeur de la F&#233;d&#233;ration de Russie, dans un contexte de coop&#233;ration bilat&#233;rale renforc&#233;e, notamment dans les domaines s&#233;curitaire et &#233;conomique. Auparavant, l&#8217;ambassadeur de Russie au Niger &#233;tait bas&#233; au Mali. Toutefois, en ao&#251;t de l&#8217;ann&#233;e derni&#232;re, le pr&#233;sident Vladimir Poutine a nomm&#233; Viktor Voropa&#239;ev ambassadeur de Russie &#224; Niamey, la capitale nig&#233;rienne. Viktor Voropa&#239;ev a officiellement pris ses fonctions jeudi. [<a href="https://ift.tt/9MAdFEX">3</a>]<br><br>Par ailleurs, l&#8217;Union africaine a annonc&#233; la lev&#233;e des sanctions impos&#233;es &#224; la Guin&#233;e &#224; la suite du coup d&#8217;&#201;tat de 2021, apr&#232;s la tenue d&#8217;une &#233;lection pr&#233;sidentielle en d&#233;cembre dernier. Le Conseil de paix et de s&#233;curit&#233; de l&#8217;organisation estime que ce scrutin constitue une &#233;tape majeure dans la transition politique. Mamady Doumbouya, &#233;lu avec 86,7 % des voix selon la Cour supr&#234;me, a &#233;t&#233; investi pr&#233;sident, et la Guin&#233;e a &#233;t&#233; r&#233;int&#233;gr&#233;e dans les activit&#233;s de l&#8217;Union africaine apr&#232;s plus de quatre ans de suspension.[<a href="https://ift.tt/fdQSjD1">4</a>]<br><br>Au Nigeria, les autorit&#233;s militaires ont indiqu&#233; que plusieurs officiers feront l&#8217;objet de poursuites judiciaires pour leur implication pr&#233;sum&#233;e dans un projet de coup d&#8217;&#201;tat visant le pr&#233;sident Bola Tinubu en 2024, que le gouvernement avait initialement ni&#233;. Peu apr&#232;s avoir rejet&#233; l&#8217;existence de ce projet, le pr&#233;sident Tinubu a proc&#233;d&#233; &#224; un remaniement du haut commandement militaire du pays. Des enqu&#234;tes ont depuis identifi&#233; plusieurs officiers soup&#231;onn&#233;s d&#8217;avoir particip&#233; &#224; un complot visant &#224; renverser le gouvernement.[<a href="https://ift.tt/egEpOz4">5</a>]<br><br>Enfin, en Ouganda, le pr&#233;sident sortant Yoweri Museveni a &#233;t&#233; d&#233;clar&#233; vainqueur de l&#8217;&#233;lection pr&#233;sidentielle avec plus de 70 % des voix, selon les autorit&#233;s &#233;lectorales. Le scrutin s&#8217;est d&#233;roul&#233; dans un climat tendu, marqu&#233; par une coupure d&#8217;internet et des accusations de fraude formul&#233;es par l&#8217;opposition men&#233;e par Bobi Wine. Les autorit&#233;s ont rejet&#233; ces all&#233;gations, alors que Yoweri Museveni entame un septi&#232;me mandat apr&#232;s pr&#232;s de quatre d&#233;cennies au pouvoir.[<a href="https://ift.tt/qYykFjP">6</a>]</p><p><strong><br><br><br>Sources<br></strong>1 <a href="https://ift.tt/n1xsICr">B&#233;nin</a> <br>2 <a href="http://www.bbc.com/afrique/articles/cvg5eqwn412o">Niger</a><br>3 <a href="https://ift.tt/9MAdFEX">Niger</a><br>4 <a href="https://ift.tt/fdQSjD1">Guin&#233;e</a><br>5 <a href="https://ift.tt/egEpOz4">Nigeria</a><br>6 <a href="https://ift.tt/qYykFjP">Ouganda</a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stake News Check #21 du 02/1/2026 au 15/1/2026: Décisions gouvernementales et tournants diplomatiques en Afrique]]></title><description><![CDATA[Plusieurs &#233;v&#233;nements majeurs ont r&#233;cemment marqu&#233; l&#8217;actualit&#233; nationale, continentale et hors du continent.]]></description><link>https://blog.stakeexperts.com/p/stake-news-check-21-du-0212026-au</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://blog.stakeexperts.com/p/stake-news-check-21-du-0212026-au</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stake experts]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2026 16:06:38 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9C9j!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6dd40e91-96f5-46e8-a6a7-9d0faa002e3e_770x513.webp" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9C9j!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6dd40e91-96f5-46e8-a6a7-9d0faa002e3e_770x513.webp" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, pr&#233;sident de la Somalie &#169; al jazeera</figcaption></figure></div><p>Plusieurs &#233;v&#233;nements majeurs ont r&#233;cemment marqu&#233; l&#8217;actualit&#233; nationale, continentale et hors du continent. Les relations entre le B&#233;nin et le Niger sont &#224; nouveau tendues apr&#232;s des expulsions crois&#233;es de personnels diplomatiques, survenues dans un contexte de fortes suspicions &#224; la suite d&#8217;une tentative de coup d&#8217;&#201;tat d&#233;jou&#233;e au B&#233;nin le 7 d&#233;cembre 2025. Cette escalade intervient alors que les relations bilat&#233;rales restent fragilis&#233;es depuis la prise de pouvoir au Niger par le g&#233;n&#233;ral Tiani et la fermeture persistante des fronti&#232;res nig&#233;riennes avec le B&#233;nin. [<a href="https://matinlibre.com/2026/01/05/expulsions-croisees-de-personnels-dambassade-benin-niger-la-tension-monte-a-nouveau/">1</a>]</p><p>En Afrique de l&#8217;Est, la Somalie a annul&#233; l&#8217;ensemble de ses accords avec les &#201;mirats arabes unis, invoquant des atteintes &#224; sa souverainet&#233; et &#224; son unit&#233; nationale, notamment en lien avec des accords portuaires, s&#233;curitaires et militaires, dans un contexte de tensions li&#233;es au Somaliland.[<a href="https://www.africanews.com/2026/01/13/somalia-cancels-all-agreements-with-united-arab-emirates/">2</a>]</p><p>Au Soudan, le gouvernement est officiellement revenu &#224; Khartoum pour la premi&#232;re fois depuis le d&#233;but de la guerre en avril 2023, apr&#232;s que l&#8217;arm&#233;e a repris le contr&#244;le de la capitale. Les autorit&#233;s ont annonc&#233; des priorit&#233;s ax&#233;es sur la s&#233;curit&#233;, la reconstruction des services publics et la stabilisation &#233;conomique, alors que la crise humanitaire demeure grave dans plusieurs r&#233;gions du pays.[<a href="https://www.aa.com.tr/en/africa/sudan-government-returns-to-khartoum-after-more-than-two-years-of-war/3796351">3</a>]</p><p>En Ouganda, l&#8217;&#233;lection pr&#233;sidentielle s&#8217;est ouverte dans un climat marqu&#233; par une coupure d&#8217;internet impos&#233;e par les autorit&#233;s, des retards logistiques et de fortes mesures de s&#233;curit&#233;. Le pr&#233;sident sortant Yoweri Museveni brigue un septi&#232;me mandat face &#224; plusieurs candidats, tandis que des inqui&#233;tudes persistent quant &#224; la transparence du scrutin. [<a href="https://www.africanews.com/2026/01/15/polls-open-in-uganda-amid-internet-blackout-as-museveni-seeks-seventh-term/">4</a>]<br><br>Enfin sur le plan international, le d&#233;partement d&#8217;&#201;tat am&#233;ricain a annonc&#233; la suspension du traitement des visas d&#8217;immigration pour les ressortissants de 75 pays &#224; compter du 21 janvier, dans le cadre d&#8217;un durcissement des r&#232;gles visant les personnes susceptibles de recourir &#224; l&#8217;aide publique aux &#201;tats-Unis, sans que la liste officielle des pays concern&#233;s ne soit rendue publique.[<a href="https://www.africanews.com/2026/01/14/us-state-department-to-suspend-visa-processing-for-75-countries/">5</a>]<br><br><br><strong>Sources<br></strong>[<a href="https://matinlibre.com/2026/01/05/expulsions-croisees-de-personnels-dambassade-benin-niger-la-tension-monte-a-nouveau/">Benin-Niger</a>]<br>[<a href="https://www.africanews.com/2026/01/13/somalia-cancels-all-agreements-with-united-arab-emirates/">Somalie</a>]<br>[<a href="https://www.aa.com.tr/en/africa/sudan-government-returns-to-khartoum-after-more-than-two-years-of-war/3796351">Soudan</a>]<br>[<a href="https://www.africanews.com/2026/01/15/polls-open-in-uganda-amid-internet-blackout-as-museveni-seeks-seventh-term/">Ouganda</a>]<br>[<a href="https://www.africanews.com/2026/01/14/us-state-department-to-suspend-visa-processing-for-75-countries/">Afrique</a>]</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stake News Check #21 from 1/02/2026 to 1/15/2026: Government Decisions and Diplomatic Turning Points in Africa]]></title><description><![CDATA[Several major developments have recently shaped African and international news.]]></description><link>https://blog.stakeexperts.com/p/stake-news-check-21-from-1022026</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://blog.stakeexperts.com/p/stake-news-check-21-from-1022026</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stake experts]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2026 15:57:52 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!DvA0!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3e621658-903f-49a1-9cc4-b010905909d6_605x340.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!DvA0!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3e621658-903f-49a1-9cc4-b010905909d6_605x340.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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Relations between Benin and Niger have escalated again following reciprocal expulsions of diplomatic staff, amid heightened suspicions linked to a failed coup attempt in Benin on 7 December 2025. These tensions come against the backdrop of already strained bilateral relations since General Tiani&#8217;s rise to power in Niger and the continued closure of Niger&#8217;s borders with Benin.[<a href="https://matinlibre.com/2026/01/05/expulsions-croisees-de-personnels-dambassade-benin-niger-la-tension-monte-a-nouveau/">1</a>]</p><p>In East Africa, Somalia has cancelled all agreements with the United Arab Emirates, citing actions undermining its sovereignty and unity, including cooperation related to ports, security, and defence, amid growing tensions linked to Somaliland.[<a href="https://www.africanews.com/2026/01/13/somalia-cancels-all-agreements-with-united-arab-emirates/">2</a>]</p><p>In Sudan, the government has officially returned to Khartoum for the first time since the war began in April 2023, following the army&#8217;s recapture of the capital. Authorities outlined priorities focused on security, rebuilding public services, and economic stabilization, while the humanitarian situation remains severe in several parts of the country.[<a href="https://www.aa.com.tr/en/africa/sudan-government-returns-to-khartoum-after-more-than-two-years-of-war/3796351">3</a>]</p><p>In Uganda, presidential elections opened under an internet blackout imposed by the authorities, alongside logistical delays and heavy security deployment. Incumbent President Yoweri Museveni is seeking a seventh term amid ongoing concerns over electoral transparency.[<a href="https://www.africanews.com/2026/01/15/polls-open-in-uganda-amid-internet-blackout-as-museveni-seeks-seventh-term/">4</a>]<br><br>Finally, at the international level, the US State Department announced it will suspend immigrant visa processing for nationals of 75 countries starting 21 January, as part of stricter rules targeting individuals deemed likely to rely on public assistance in the United States, although the official list of affected countries has not been published.[<a href="https://www.africanews.com/2026/01/14/us-state-department-to-suspend-visa-processing-for-75-countries/">5</a>]<br><br><br><strong>Sources</strong> <br>[<a href="https://matinlibre.com/2026/01/05/expulsions-croisees-de-personnels-dambassade-benin-niger-la-tension-monte-a-nouveau/">Benin-Niger</a>]<br>[<a href="https://www.africanews.com/2026/01/13/somalia-cancels-all-agreements-with-united-arab-emirates/">Somalia</a>]<br>[<a href="https://www.aa.com.tr/en/africa/sudan-government-returns-to-khartoum-after-more-than-two-years-of-war/3796351">Sudan</a>]<br>[<a href="https://www.africanews.com/2026/01/15/polls-open-in-uganda-amid-internet-blackout-as-museveni-seeks-seventh-term/">Uganda</a>]<br>[<a href="https://www.africanews.com/2026/01/14/us-state-department-to-suspend-visa-processing-for-75-countries/">Africa</a>]</p>]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>