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Sahel: Impoverished Chad faces influx of Cameroon refugeesF

At least 10,000 people, mostly women and children, have fled into Chad from northern Cameroon this week after deadly clashes between herding and fishing communities, the UN said Sunday.  Twelve people were killed and dozens wounded in the violence, which erupted...
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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...
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Chad: Protest in N’Djamena against military juntaF

Several hundred people marched in Chad's capital N'Djamena on Thursday to protest the ruling military junta as police were out in force, an AFP journalist saw.  The Transformers party and civil society groups had called for people to come out against "the confiscation...
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Sahel: Despite announcing troop drawdown plan, France insists it will not leave the SahelF

France to start closing military bases in Mali by year-end President Emmanuel Macron said Friday that France would start closing its bases in northern Mali before the end of the year, part of a drawdown of French troops fighting Islamist extremists in the Sahel. "The...
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