Daily Archives: 21st December 2025

Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have launched a joint military force to counter Islamist insurgencies in the Sahel, highlighting growing security and political tensions in West Africa as Nigeria seeks to assert itself as a regional stabiliser. Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger formed a joint military force, FU‑AES, to counter Islamist insurgencies in the Sahel…

Nigeria’s push to rebuild domestic energy capacity received a major boost after Heirs Energies secured a $750 million financing facility from the African Export-Import Bank, one of the largest Africa-backed energy deals closed this year. Heirs Energies secured a $750 million financing facility from Afreximbank to expand domestic energy production in Nigeria. The funding aims…