France ends West African operation
JOHN IRISH and TANGI SALAUN PRESIDENT Emmanuel Macron has announced that France’s operation battling Islamist militants in the Sahel region
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Al Qaeda leader in Sahel killed
THE French army has killed an al Qaeda leader during an operation in the Sahel region who is believed to
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French journalist kidnapped in Mali
FRENCH Foreign Affairs minister Jean-Yves Le Drian confirmed yesterday that a French journalist who disappeared last month in Mali’s northern
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Chad military claims victory over rebels
CHAD’S military has claimed victory in its weeks-long battle with northern rebels that led to the death of President Idriss
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U.S. embassy to withdraw staff as Chad rebels advance
THE United States has ordered its non-essential staff in Chad to leave the African country as rebel fighters approached the
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Niger mourns 137 victims
FLAGS flew at half-staff and Koranic verses played on state media yesterday as Niger began observing three days of national
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U.S. offers $80 million to Sahel countries
THE United States will give more than $80 million in humanitarian aid to countries in the Sahel region, U.S. State
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91 die as militant wreak havoc in Sahel region
ISLAMIC militants continue to wreak havoc in the Sahel region, where they have, in separate attacks, killed over 91 people,
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Morocco sees Sahel jihadists as magnet for local cells
JIHADIST groups in the nearby Sahel region, which recruit and train their followers online, represent Morocco’s biggest militant threat, the
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More soldiers sent into the Sahel
MADJIARA NAKO and MICHEL ROSE FRENCH President Emmanuel Macron ruled out an immediate reduction of French troops battling Islamist militants
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