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Sahel: Russian plane to be delivered to Mali crashes near Gao, pilot killedF

A Russian pilot died Tuesday when a plane that Russia had recently delivered to Mali's armed forces crashed near the northern city of Gao, a military official told AFP. The source, speaking on condition of anonymity, gave no details about the crash other than to say...
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Sahel: Niger suspends oil deliveries to Mali after Bamako launched verbal attack on Niger’s presidentF

Niger has suspended the shipping of oil products through the Sahel nation to neighbouring Mali for "security reasons" in the face of a jihadist insurgency, customs sources told AFP Tuesday. An internal customs service note dated September 21 declared "the suspension...
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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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