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Putin held a telephone conversation with Senegalese President Bassirou Diomay Faye

The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs immediately updates its map on Morocco, which includes Western Sahara within the country’s borders

Macron says disputed territory of Western Sahara belongs to Morocco at a speech in Moroccan Parliament “The present and future of this region [Western Sahara] are part of Moroccan sovereignty”

Geolocation of a JNIM raid on the Kpékankandi outpost in Togo shot by a drone just west of the outpost. This outpost is located less than 250 meters from the border with Burkina Faso. (10.9865000, 0.6356389)Source: @WerbCharlie Togo: Also released today by JNIM was drone footage of an attack on a military outpost at Kpékankandi

Confirmed: Metrics show a nation-scale disruption to internet service in Senegal with connectivity registering at 8% of ordinary levels; the incident is attributed to widespread power outages with Senelec reporting distribution failures after an incident at Hann Substation

16 killed, 22 injured in bus-truck collision in Senegal

United States Announces Nearly $536 Million in Additional Humanitarian Assistance for Sub-Saharan Africa

The Ministry of Defense arrested 77 drug dealers and thwarted attempts to bring approximately 11 quintals of processed cannabis across the border with Morocco. It seized 3.88 kilograms of cocaine and 1,571,623 hallucinogenic tablets in a weekly tally. The Ministry of Defense arrested 77 drug dealers and thwarted attempts to smuggle nearly 11 quintals of processed cannabis. Across the border with Morocconn 3.88 kg of cocaine and 1,571,623 hallucinogenic tablets seized in weekly tally

Taylor Swift concert terror plot foiled in Austria: - Police have arrested a 19-year-old Austrian citizen with North Macedonian roots, and a 18-year-old; The 19-year-old had pledged allegiance to ISIS- Chemicals were seized during the house search; The tip-off came from a foreign security agency; All three concerts in Vienna have been canceled

Algeria withdraws its ambassador from France in protest against Paris's recognition of Morocco's plan regarding the Sahara

France recognizes Morocco's sovereignty over the "Sahara" as the sole basis for reaching a political solution to the issue

Benin: JNIM AQIM claims an attack against the army in the Karimama sector "on July 24 [] 13 dead"

The frigate of the Russian Navy Admiral Gorshkov arrived on a business call to the Algerian port of Oran

Algeria denounces France decision to recognize the autonomy plan for the Western Sahara - statement from Algerian government

Senegalese Prime Minister, Ousmane Sonko, raises the possibility of closing French military bases in the country. He has promised to strengthen closer ties with Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger who kicked out French troops

Pentagon: The US State Department approves a possible deal to sell Javelin missiles to Morocco at a cost of $260 million

Live network data show today's telecoms disruption in Africa has intensified; the incident has high impact to West Africa with significant reductions in connectivity evident across the continent; operators report multiple subsea cable failures

The Nigerian army has issued a rare statement denying reports of an alleged coup plot.The Nigerian Defence Headquarters said it was categorically false. It follows reports that the Presidential Guard had been mobilised because of the suspected coup

ECOWAS lifts its economic sanctions against Guinea

Al-Qaeda informs on their attack on the Burkina Faso - Benin border, killing four Beninese soldiers and seizing various loot

Senegal: Banning a protest march scheduled for today against the postponement of the presidential elections

Confirmed: Traffic data show mobile internet access has been limited in Senegal as president Macky Sall’s government orders the restriction cellular data in capital Dakar to prevent "threats and disturbances to public order" amid protests over the postponement of elections

Senegal police fired teargas at hundreds of opposition supporters in the capital Dakar on Sunday, an AFP journalist witnessed, the first such clashes after President Macky Sall announced the postponement of a presidential election

Senegal TV station suspended for 'inciting violence': ministry

Moody's: The exit of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger from the West African Monetary Union will have a negative impact on the Development Bank

Reuters: Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso decide to withdraw immediately from the West African regional economic bloc, ECOWAS.

Mali ends the Algiers agreement signed in 2015

Blinken: Côte d'Ivoire is an essential partner for us and other countries, and we appreciate its leadership in combating extremism

Joint statement from the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Albania, Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, the Netherlands, New Zealand, North Macedonia, Norway, Palau, Poland, Portugal, the Republic of Korea, Romania, San Marino, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, the High Representative of the European Union, and the Secretary of State of the United States of America: We condemn in the strongest possible terms the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s (DPRK) export and Russia’s procurement of DPRK ballistic missiles, as well as Russia’s use of these missiles against Ukraine on December 30, 2023, and January 2, 2024. The transfer of these weapons increases the suffering of the Ukrainian people, supports Russia’s war of aggression, and undermines the global non-proliferation regime

[Mali]: FAMa and Wagner forces reportedly dropped a barrel bomb from a helicopter on a nomadic camp in Aghalak (18.3902, 1.8233), Kidal, on December 30. The bomb did not explode and caused no casualties. A first in the country but current in Syria