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Sahel: Burkina Faso junta issues decree to requisition gold from mining companies ($)F

Burkina Faso is drowning in economic and financial hardship and the ongoing security environment mean that the country is looking for every possible avenue to find money. A country ruled by a junta that forced itself into power through a coup, without too many friends...
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Sahel: Intense fight in northern Burkina Faso claims dozens of livesF

At least 51 soldiers were killed in an ambush by suspected jihadists in northern Burkina Faso, the army said on Monday, adding that 160 of the assailants died during counter-attacks. The ambush took place on Friday in Oudalan province near the restive frontier with...
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Africa security: Gulf of Guinea facing growing threat of instabilityF

Criminals in northern Ghana tried to blow up a bridge using explosives for the first time in a region where the government fears growing violent spillover from a jihadist war across the border in Burkina Faso, a top official said. Ghana along with Gulf of Guinea...
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Security crisis to worsen in Sahel and West Africa with Russia vowing greater military engagementF

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday pledged assistance to West African states battling jihadists, as Moscow seeks to expand its influence on a continent in a diplomatic tug-of-war between global powers.  Lavrov hailed the alliance that has been forged...
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