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Sahel: Insurgents raid Silgadji village in Burkina Faso, kill at least ten
Sahel: France takes more steps toward conflict escalation in the Sahel
Opinion by Arezki Daoud: (you can also listen the opinion by clicking on the audio player above) | France's hawks, those who like to project the image of a superpower, are hoping for some miracle tipping point to take place in the Sahel. Their latest idea is to...
Sahel: Insurgents raid villages in north Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou, Jan 21, 2020 - Militants killed 36 civilians when they attacked villages in northern Burkina Faso, the government said Tuesday, appealing for local volunteers to bolster its fight against jihadists. A "terrorist group" killed 32 civilians when they...
Sahel: Somber assessment about Burkina Faso’s stability, say MEA Risk LLC
Advisory firm MEA Risk LLC released a brief to its client suggesting that the instability in Burkina Faso and neighboring countries will likely escalate going forward. The audio portion of the brief is posted above. The MEA Risk note says Burkina Faso is a complex...
Sahel: Roadside bomb kills six soldiers in Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou, Jan 17, 2020 - Six Burkina Faso soldiers were killed Friday when their vehicle was hit by a roadside explosive in a northern province, security sources said, in the latest attack on the country's armed forces. No group claimed immediate responsibility...
Crisis in Sahel: France’s quagmire
The Sahel is experiencing utter destabilization. Almost all countries of the region, starting with Mali, then Niger, Chad, more recently Burkina Faso, and to a certain extent northern Nigeria, are falling apart and suffering from a series of factors that conspire to...
Sahel: Insurgency and criminal activity in the Sahel
Criminal activities such as arms and drug trafficking are crucial to the survival of jihadist groups in the Sahel, creating links with organised crime, a South African research centre said Tuesday. A study conducted by the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) over two...
Sahel: Counter-insurgency campaign intensifies in Burkina Faso
On the Mali-Burkina border, Burkina Faso, Nov 25, 2019 (By Amaury HAUCHARD) - It was the heart of the forest and there, in a marsh, lay a carpet of water lilies, their delicacy unveiled in the dawn light. But the beauty belied the danger -- the Tofa Gala forest, on...
Humanitarian disaster in the Sahel, millions facing famine
Geneva, Nov 19, 2019 - More than 2.4 million people need urgent food aid across the central Sahel region, encompassing Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, where rising jihadist violence has triggered a humanitarian crisis, the UN said Tuesday. "If we do not act now to...
Sahel: Dozens killed in ambush on convoy of Canadian gold miner Semafo in Burkina Faso
An escalation of attacks across the Sahel is now affecting mining operations, with Canadian firm Semafo reporting casualties among its employees. At least 37 people were killed and dozens more wounded according to local authorities. MEA Risk LLC reports that...
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