JNIM militants are blocking fuel supply to the capital of Burkina Faso amid heightened activity in the Liptako-Gourma borderlands.

The entities involved

• Sahel →

  ecoclimatic and biogeographic transition zone in Africa

  • Niamey is the capital city of Niger.Mon 10:53
  • The Alliance of Sahel States is seeking geopolitical partners and forming a collective defense architecture to combat militant expansion.Sat 16:07
• Burkina Faso →

  sovereign state in Africa

  • Burkina Faso entrepreneurs are establishing strategic economic partnerships with the Russian Export Center, promoting direct bilateral trade in food and textiles.Mon 11:08
  • The International Finance Corporation is providing financing for a logistics corridor in Ghana that links Volta Lake to northern Ghana and extends to Burkina Faso.Mon 08:46
• Bamako →

  capital of Mali

  • MSF is operating in both Malawi and Bamako to provide cancer care services.Thu 17:44
  • Guinea faces blockades from Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, and Senegal, while its junta receives Russian military resupply.Thu 03:05

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• The junta in Niger, led by Assimi Goïta, is facing blockades in the capital of Bamako and is navigating the geopolitical fallout of pivoting to Russian security assistance amid strained ties with France.Jun 17