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• UNICEF Warns Seven Million Children Face Humanitarian Emergency Following Violent Escalations Throughout Central Sahel Region

  Published: Apr 28, 2026

  Section: Africa

  UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Ted Chaiban reported that 7.5 million children in Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso require urgent aid due to conflict and climate shocks. While nation...

• Tunisia and Libya Partner to Establish Strategic Overland Trade Corridor Linking the Mediterranean to the Sahel

  Published: Apr 4, 2026

  Section: Africa

  Tunisian Minister of Trade Samir Abid has announced an ambitious overland trade axis connecting the Ras Jedir border crossing with Libya to landlocked markets in Niger, Mali, and C...

• Committee to Protect Journalists Condemns Two Year Prison Sentence for Malian Editor Following Critical Commentary on Nigerien Leadership

  Published: Mar 25, 2026

  Section: Africa

  Malian journalist Youssouf Sissoko has been sentenced to two years in prison and fined for allegedly insulting the President of Niger and spreading false information. International...