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Mali: New terror attack in Mopti claims lives of more than a dozen villagersF

A jihadist attack on a village in central Mali has killed 13 civilians, local officials told AFP on Friday. A local politician said "terrorists" killed 13 civilians and burned homes in the village of Kani-Bonzon on Thursday, adding that the death toll could be as high...
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Sahel: IED kills three UN soldiers, injures five others in central MaliF

Three United Nations peacekeepers were killed and five were seriously injured on Tuesday when their convoy struck a roadside bomb in central Mali, the UN mission said.  "A MINUSMA Force convoy hit an Improvised Explosive Device #IED today," it said in a tweet that...
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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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