Spain has launched a medium-term strategic plan to strengthen ties with Africa and fill the European void left by France, building on its recent balanced approach and positive reception by African nations.

African history was made again in Niger on July 6, 2024, when leaders from three West African countries decided to form a confederation aimed at resisting Western colonialism, AES.

The new chief of the French DGSE foreign intelligence service visited the African Mission Center on January 9, which shows keen interest in Africa, particularly in the western part of the continent.

In a move that could reshape the security landscape of the West African Sahel, the leaders of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger announced that they had signed a joint defense pact called the “Sahel Alliance."

ECOWAS set the date for the invasion of Niger, although it did not announce it, while the coup leaders showed no sign of backing down and restoring President Mohamed Bazoum to power.