Financed by surpluses generated when international mineral prices rise above the state-set benchmark, the fund will not be used for short-term budgetary expenditure, but ring-fenced for long-term, strategic infrastructural and industrial projects.

While Western media continues to describe hit-and-run attacks on civilian fuel tankers by Al-Qaeda fighters who cannot hold positions as a “blockade”, a much more complex struggle for and against Mali’s sovereignty unfolds on the ground.

Two weeks before, the armed forces had fought off the highly-coordinated attacks on six cities by about 12,000 jihadist and separatist fighters on April 25.

Kenya will host the 2026 France–Africa Summit, the first to be held in an English-speaking African country. Activists, political observers, and analysts view the summit as part of France’s broader attempt to reconfigure its influence and strategic interests in Africa at a time when the Sahel is increasingly slipping from its traditional sphere of control.

While Western media continued prophesying the fall of the popular, sovereignist government that expelled French troops, the cabinet met on April 29 to push forward with developmental projects.

African regional blocs, including the Alliance of Sahel States and the African Union, as well as the head of the UN have condemned the senseless attacks by terrorist groups in Mali.

Mali faced a wave of terrorist attacks on Saturday morning, in a surprising and coordinated assault targeting multiple cities. The army is actively responding, launching counter-operations to repel the attackers.

The France–Africa Summit is set to take place on May 11–12, 2026, framed around innovation and growth. However, progressive movements challenge this narrative, viewing it instead as part of a broader imperial repositioning in Africa. In response, they have organized a counter-summit to challenge its agenda and implications.

April 17 is a day that reminds us that the Burkinabé, African, and international peasantry must be the heartbeat of livelihoods in our communities and must therefore be at the center of the claims being made to sovereignty.

Recent comments by Ibrahim Traoré on democracy have spread widely in Western media following an interview, but interpretations that he rejects democracy appear to misrepresent his position.

Combining limited nationalization with conditional foreign ownership amid the rally in gold prices, Mali has generated substantial mining revenue – channeled back to communities through the Local Mining Development Fund.

Within hours after the European Parliament adopted a resolution demanding the “immediate and unconditional release” of Niger’s ousted, France-backed former president Mohamed Bazoum, the Nigerien government reiterated that it “will not accept any directive” from Europe.