French military presence in Mali
Daily Round-Up | Israel strikes Gaza a day after deadly raid in West Bank, and other stories

In today’s episode, we bring you stories of Israeli airstrikes on Gaza, France’s decision to further scale down its military presence in Africa, protests in Peru, and the ICC’s decision to resume investigation in the Philippines

Charting the rise of anti-French sentiment across Northern Africa

Anti-French sentiment has increasingly been on the rise across the Sahel and North Africa due to its role in destabilizing the region with military interventions

Trazando el aumento del sentimiento antifrancés en el norte de África

El sentimiento antifrancés ha aumentado en el Sahel y el norte de África debido a su papel en la desestabilización de la región con intervenciones militares.

Mapping Faultlines: French troops leave Mali but their legacy is chaos and violence

In this episode of Mapping Faultlines, NewsClick’s Prabir Purkayastha talks about the recent French withdrawal from Mali and their legacy of violence and instability in the entire region

France withdraws from Mali, but continues to devastate Africa’s Sahel

France’s attempt to play “good armed groups” against “bad armed group,” combined with the civilian casualties of its military operations turned the people of Mali away

France announces troop withdrawal from Mali after nearly a decade and other stories

Today we look at the withdrawal of French troops from Mali after 9 years, a report on Dutch colonial violence during Indonesia’s independence war, and more

Mali coup Military attempts another coup in Mali, arrests president and prime minister

The detention followed a minor reshuffle in the transitional government in which two military representatives were removed. The military had staged a coup in August 2020, forcing then president Boubacar Keita to resign