EXPLAINER
Why are humanitarian crises in African countries so ignored?
The latest Most Neglected Crises report on world’s most invisible humanitarian emergencies lists African nations first.
Advertisement
Content Feed
Government accused of making people targets during August attack by al-Qaeda-linked armed group.
Groups with links to al-Qaeda and ISIL accused of ‘massacring villagers, displaced people, and Christian worshippers’.
At least 10 coup attempts have been recorded in Central and West Africa since the August 2020 military takeover in Mali.
With half the country not under government control, al-Qaeda affiliate JNIM is increasingly targeting civilians.
The bodies of more than 200 people have been found after an attack by an al Qaeda-linked armed group in Burkina Faso.
Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin, an armed group linked to al-Qaeda, claims responsibility for the attack.
The order comes days after a Swedish government minister announced that aid to Mali would be ‘phased out’.
The formation of Sahel alliance by Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger overshadows ECOWAS summit, set to open in Abuja.
Move is latest sign the countries are moving away from traditional regional and Western allies following spate of coups.
Experts say ECOWAS’s tensions with Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso could roll back years of regional diplomacy.
