Sahel

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The military leaders of Burkina Faso and Niger say they would quit the G5 anti-terror force in Africa's Sahel area, the latest blow to the fight against insurgents in one of the world's most troubled regions. The G5, created in 2014, has…

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France refuses any "paternalism" but also any "weakness" in Africa, said Emmanuel Macron on Monday, as the Sahel faces an "epidemic of putsches", most recently in Niger, where the French ambassador is still in post despite an ultimatum from…

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At the cost of bloody fighting, massacres, and displacement of civilians, the militants group in the Greater Sahara (EIGS) is now in a position of strength in northeaster Mali, which serves as a base for its expansionist aims in Niger and…

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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says he’s “deeply concerned by the gains terrorist groups are making in the Sahel, and elsewhere.” Guterres read from prepared remarks delivered at a Security Council meeting on counterterrorism…

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Migration, war, climate change and food insecurity were at the top of the agenda at the two-day Mediterranean Dialogues conference in Rome. "The Sahel is renowned today through the phenomenon of terrorist violence that occurred for the…

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The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament has condemned the rising insecurity in the region. The Community Parliament also expressed worry over the continued loss of lives, as well as avoidable humanitarian crisis…