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The fate of Operation Barkhane will be decided on the sidelines of the European Union-African Union Summit in Brussels, Belgium in the next few days.

The project aims to amplify the voices of women, youth and local and indigenous communities calling for climate justice.

The head of French diplomacy, Jean Yves Le Drian, has announced in a media release that France would no longer fight terrorism in Mali.

The seven Senegalese soldiers, taken hostage since 24 January by Casamance rebels, were released on Monday 14 February, APA has learnt from media sources.

The possibility for Colonel Assimi Goita, the head of Mali’s ruling junta to run for the next presidential election has been ruled out by the draft revision of the Transition Charter.

France and the European Union will decide this week on their military presence in Mali.

Many African governments are neglecting the climate emergency while the continent is facing the highest risk of climate and biodiversity crises, Greenpeace warned.

The president of Guinea-Bissau persists in accusing the drug cartels of being behind the failed coup attempt against him ten days ago.

The head of the junta in Burkina Faso, which overthrew President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré over a fortnight ago, will be sworn in on February 16 before the Constitutional Council.

At the end of the meeting, Dakar expects a “strong declaration, less political and more engaging.”