Category: Sahel

  • AZAWADIAN REFUGEES IN MAURITANIA IS LAUNCHING AN URGENT APPEAL

    In a context of international silence and worrying refoulements, Azawadian refugees in Mauritania are launching an urgent appeal.  Victims of persecution, deprived of their most fundamental rights, and threatened with extradition to Mali, they denounce the violations they have suffered and demand justice, protection, and dignity. Through this message relayed…

  • DOUBLE DRONE STRIKE IN TIN AICHA AND ZOUÉRA, TIMBUKTU REGION

    The first drone strike targeted the area of Tin Aicha and the second strike targeted the Zouéra market at the peak of its activity. Civilians were burned. Among the victims was an entire family.

  • AZAWAD: SUBTLE CULTURAL THEFT …

    SUBTLE CULTURAL THEFT OF TUAREG ART WITH ONE HAND WHILE KILLING THEM WITH THE OTHER… We see it all the time – attempts to appropriate the culture of the Kel Tamasheq, the people of the desert. It´s not just about admiring another culture, (admiration is not the problem as long…

  • Censorship 2.0: HOW THE AES MILITARY JUNTAS SILENCE THEIR OPPONENTS ON FACEBOOK

    Instead of ensuring security and responding to citizens’ aspirations, military regimes in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger are investing hundreds of millions of CFA francs to silence critical speech… on Facebook. A new war has begun: a war against free expression, waged through mass reporting, fake links, and organized cyberbullying.

  • THE SOUND OF PEN ON PAPER CAN AWAKEN AN ENTIRE NATION

    A war or a revolution is not fought with weapons alone. We are all soldiers in this battle, and our platforms are our battlefield. Let us raise the voice of Azawad until the whole world hears it.