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Sahel: Growing concern over crackdown on media in the SahelF

Thirty media outlets and press freedom groups on Wednesday called for Mali and Burkina Faso's ruling juntas to safeguard journalists in the face of mounting threats. In an open letter published on World Press Freedom Day, the signatories said they were alarmed by...
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Sahel: Chief of staff of Mali junta leader killed in ambush near MauritaniaF

A key figure in Mali's ruling junta died when an official convoy came under attack in the jihadist-hit north of the country, a document from the presidency said Thursday. Oumar Traore -- chief of staff of Colonel Assimi Goita, the Sahel country's transitional...
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Sahel: Death toll in Mali due to insecurity was up 54% in 2022 to nearly 1,300F

The number of people killed in Mali continued to increase in 2022, a UN report said Wednesday, also linking more than a third of human rights violations to security forces. The UN mission in Mali, MINUSMA, was created in 2013 to help stabilise the country as it...
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More releases of kidnapped persons in Sahel may signal easing of conflict between West and insurgents to focus on Russian threatF

Photo: AQIM's Abu Ubaidah Youssef al-Annabi: Arezki's opinion:  It may be too early to conclude that there is an easing of tension between Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) and France, in particular. But there are some tidbits of evidence that suggest a potential...
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