As part of Denmark’s ‘new Africa strategy’ said on Monday it was shutting its embassies in Mali and Burkina Faso as military coups have "severely limited the scope for action in the Sahel region". However, the Scandinavian country said it would open embassies in Senegal, Tunisia and Rwanda. Denmark also said it would bolster diplomatic staff at its embassies in Egypt, Kenya, South Africa, Nigeria and Ghana. Following the closures in Bamako and Ouagadougou, a special representative will be appointed for the African Great Lakes and Sahel region, it said.
Burkina Faso, Niger, and Mali, three former French colonies in Africa's Sahel region that experienced military coups from
In what is seen a significant diplomatic move, Ghana President John Dramani Mahama has appointed a former national security chief
According to reports by AFP, the Azawad Liberation Front (FLA), a coalition of separatist rebel groups in northern Mali, have
Four Moroccan truck drivers traveling from Burkina Faso to Niger who went missing on Saturday have been found, according to
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