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Sahel: UN and NATO mulling over support to Sahelian armies in combating militant groupsF

NATO is studying options to bolster support for the multinational G5 Sahel force in the troubled three-borders region of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso, where a surge in jihadist violence has cost thousands of lives, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a...

A destabilized region: Awful week in the SahelF

Introduction by Arezki Daoud: For years, several analysts made dire predictions about where the Sahel was headed. Insurgencies, political turmoil, environmental disaster and humanitarian crises were among the series of problems forecast by experts. Today, all these...

Sahel: Violence in the Sahel continues to escalate with no end in sightF

Deadly competition between two insurgent groups spreads terror in Lake Chad Here is a factfile on Boko Haram and its rival ISWAP following the killing of 24 Chadian troops in the troubled Lake Chad area: The insurgency initiated by Boko Haram in 2009 has left more...

Sahel: Insurgency is destabilizing Burkina Faso, with mass population displacementF

Record numbers of people in Burkina Faso have become internally displaced or fled abroad as a result of jihadist violence, the UN's Refugee Agency said on Friday. In the first half of 2021, 237,000 people fled to other parts of Burkina Faso, compared to 96,000...

The Sahel is in permanent state of climate shock, the world’s most vulnerable to extreme droughts, floods and heatwavesF

Sep 20, 2022

The World Bank on Monday urged five West African countries to diversify their economies to adapt to climate change,...

Sahel: Jihadists ambush patrol in Oursi, Burkina Faso, kill eight troopsF

Sep 19, 2022

An attack on a military unit in Burkina Faso's jihadist-hit north has killed eight soldiers, the army said Wednesday....

Sahel: Burkina Faso defense chief fired as the destabilization of Burkina Faso continuesF

Sep 14, 2022

Burkina Faso junta chief Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, who took power in a January coup, has sacked...

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