West Africa: Lithium in the Sahel - How Armed Groups Are Exploiting the Global Scramble for the Critical Mineral

Analysis - Every electric vehicle, smartphone and laptop battery begins with one essential ingredient: lithium. [RFI] Mali's junta leader General Assimi Goïta has pardoned a French intelligence agent serving a 20-year prison sentence, a rare conciliatory move after years of strained relations between the west African nation and its former colonial ruler. Reporting via AllAfrica. WOR continues to monitor the Sahel conflict for further developments and severity changes.

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