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Sahel: Growing pressure on Mali to release detained soldiers from Ivory CoastF

The United Nations on Monday urged Mali to free 46 detained Ivorian soldiers, after the junta in Bamako attacked UN chief Antonio Guterres over his comments on the two-month standoff. The UN secretariat in a statement voiced "grave concern" and said it "calls for the...
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The Sahel is in permanent state of climate shock, the world’s most vulnerable to extreme droughts, floods and heatwavesF

The World Bank on Monday urged five West African countries to diversify their economies to adapt to climate change, warning they are extremely vulnerable to extreme weather patterns. A report said Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, and Niger -- all in the arid...
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Sahel: Germany suspends reconnaissance patrols in Mali due to inability to get flyover rightF

Germany has again suspended its reconnaissance patrols in eastern Mali that are part of a UN peacekeeping mission after failing to get flyover rights, the military said Monday.  The permission is needed for flights between Gao, home to the German military's main base...
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Sahel: Row between Mali and Ivory Coast intensifiesF

Mali's ruling junta has heightened its diplomatic and verbal joust with Ivory Coast over 46 detained Ivorian soldiers, warning other West African states to stay out of the spat. In a statement read on state television on Thursday evening, interim Prime Minister...
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