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Sahel: Bad governance, terrorism and foreign meddling cause displacement of two million people in the SahelF

More than two million people have been forced to flee their homes within their own countries' borders owing to violence engulfing Africa's Sahel region, the United Nations said on Friday. The humanitarian response is "dangerously overstretched" in an area covering...

Sahel: Catholic priest missing in jihadist-hit Burkina FasoF

A priest has gone missing in southeastern Burkina Faso, triggering fears of a kidnapping in the Sahel state, which is struggling with a five-year-old jihadist offensive, the Catholic Church said Wednesday. The bishop of Banfora, Lucas Kalfa Sanou, said Father Rodrigue...

Sahel: Funding the insurgency with illegally acquired goldF

Several "suspected terrorists" were arrested and more than 40,000 sticks of dynamite and detonator cords for illegal gold mining  -- a new source of funding for armed groups in the Sahel -- were seized in a joint operation with the UN, Interpol said on Monday. Jointly...

Sahel: Why the G5 Sahel force remains completely ineffectiveF

Three years ago West African nations launched a joint force touted as a giant's stride in the fight against Islamist militants sweeping across the Sahel. But lack of equipment, funds and training, together with problems in deployment and coordination on the ground,...

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