SAHELIEN VIDEOS
Sahel récap’ from april 7 to 11, 2025
• In Mali, special envoys for the Sahel from the BENELUX countries (Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg) and Germany met with Mali’s Foreign Minister on...
Exclusive: The French military has killed at least 43 civilians in Mali since 2018
TALATAYE, Mali — On the morning of March 25th, 2021, Adamou Ag Hamadou left his house in the village of Talataye, northeastern Mali. When...
“Apathy is gone”: After deadly protests, a precarious calm in Senegal
By Elimane Ndao
In early March, daily protests against President Macky Sall rocked Senegal. Security forces reacted violently to the protests and killed 10 young...
Senegalese women fight back against rising abuse and violence during the pandemic
By Elimane Ndao
Since the beginning of the pandemic in Senegal, physical, economic and psychological violence against women has increased by 15 to 30 percent,...
A last tribute to Soumaïla Cissé in Bamako
By Mody Kamissoko
Hundreds of people filled the Palais de la Culture in Bamako on Friday, January 1st, 2021, to pay a last tribute to...
Malian farmers lose their crops to climate change
By Mody Kamissoko
African states like Mali are among the least polluting nations in the world, but often bear an outsized cost of the effects...
With no police or military presence, communities in Mali’s Méma region settle conflicts on their own
Méma is situated at a pastoral crossroads between the Malian regions of Segou, Mopti, Timbuktu and the Mauritanian border that welcomes hundreds of herders...
Security and reconciliation: Roch Kaboré’s second term challenges for Burkina Faso
By Alpha Diallo
After five years of near constant terrorist attacks, the President of Faso, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, was re-elected for a second five-year...
Senegal will launch its Covid-19 vaccination campaign by March 2021
By Elimane Ndao
Senegal will launch its Covid-19 vaccination campaign by March 2021, according to Elhadj Mamadou Ndiaye, spokesperson for the Ministry of Health.
"Senegal has...
Taoudéni: 750 km from Timbuktu, Mohamed lives on the artisanal mining of rock salt
This region of northern Mali has been known for centuries for its rock salt mines. Although this salt is popular, industrial exploitation is struggling...
Mali : More than 240 000 children deprived from schooling
Of the 28 schools and one medersa covered by the Anderamboukane Pedagogical Center, only 10 are functional. Many teachers are absent. In Mali, 807...
Mali : worrying security situation in Menaka
In the area, insecurity persists despite the patrols of the various forces present on site. A few days after our shooting, dozens of civilians...
Niger : The Tendé, a unifying instrument of nomadic peoples
Ancestral music and unifier of the nomadic peoples, the Tendé is played for entertainment but also serves to strengthen the cohesion between people during...
Niger – Agadez : «In four months of detention in Libya, five people have died before my eyes»
In Niger, since the adoption of the law against the smuggling of migrants in May 2015, smugglers and migrants are becoming more discreet. In...
Niger : no news of US humanitarian abducted a year ago
American humanitarian Jeff Woodke was abducted a year ago in Abalak, Tahoua region, by a group of armed men. Jeff Woodke has been working...
Mali : Timbuktu manuscripts find new life in Bamako
Exfiltrated during the occupation of northern Mali in 2012 by the terrorists, the ancient manuscripts of Timbuktu regain a new breath in Bamako.
Here, SAVAMA...
A meeting with the Malians of the diaspora who settle, invest and realize themselves
In Mali, migration is a very old practice. The number of Malians living abroad is estimated at more than 4 million, including nearly 120...
Mali: Menaka strengthens its security against the various attacks in the region
The Menaka region, like the rest of the other regions of northern Mali faces an increase in insecurity. This is mainly due to the...