Blinken announces $150 mln in new aid for Sahel
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced $150 million in new humanitarian assistance for Africa’s Sahel region, saying it would
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Al Qaeda affiliate claims it killed four Russian mercenaries in Mali
AL Qaeda’s affiliate in Mali claimed it had killed four mercenaries from Russia’s private military firm Wagner Group in an
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France announces capture of senior Islamic State figure in Mali
FRANCE announced that soldiers from its operation battling Islamist militants in the Sahel region of West Africa had captured Oumeya
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Malian and foreign soldiers believed to have killed hundreds in town siege, Human Rights Watch says
MALIAN troops and suspected Russian mercenaries allegedly executed around 300 civilian men over five days during a military operation in
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French military to quit Mali in possible boost to jihadists
JOHN IRISH and TIEMOKO DIALLO FRANCE and military allies said they would leave Mali after almost a decade based there
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Coups cheered in West Africa as Islamist insurgencies sap faith in democracy
EDWARD MCALLISTER THE last time rebellious soldiers attempted to overthrow Burkina Faso’s government in 2015, Marcel Tankoano was among thousands
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EU to blacklist five members of Mali’s junta, diplomats say
ROBIN EMMOTT and JOHN IRISH THE European Union has agreed to impose travel bans and asset freezes on five members
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After a fourth coup in West Africa, it’s time to rethink international response
THE latest coup in Burkina Faso is the fourth in Africa’s Sahel region in less than 18 months. The other
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French minister in Sahel amid talk of Russian hired guns for Mali
FRANCE’S Armed Forces Minister has arrived in Niger as part of a two-day visit to allies in the Sahel region,
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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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