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Sahel: IED kills 16 soldiers between Koro et Bandiagara in MaliF

Sixteen soldiers were killed and 10 wounded in  an attack in central Mali on Wednesday, security and health officials in the war-torn Sahel state said.  In a statement, Mali's army said the troops had been the target of a "complex IED attack" -- referring to an...
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Sahel: Russia’s entry into the Sahel raises concern in the regionF

Chad's foreign minister warned against outside interference on Thursday, referencing Russian paramilitaries operating in neighboring countries. Cherif Mahamat Zene said "external interference, wherever it comes from, poses a very serious problem for the stability and...
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Sahel: Mali ex-interim president and PM freed from house arrestF

Former Malian interim president Bah Ndaw and  his prime minister Moctar Ouane have been freed from house arrest, the West African bloc ECOWAS said on Friday.    In a statement, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) said  it "welcomes" the move by Mali...
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Mali arrests former Prime Minister over alleged corruptionF

By Serge Daniel Former Malian prime minister Soumeylou Boubeye Maiga was arrested on Thursday as part of a corruption investigation, his lawyer Kassoum Tapo said.   Maiga, 67, was a close ally of former president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, who was overthrown in a coup by...
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Sahel: Mali bans hookah smokingF

Aug 24, 2022

"Shisha-abana," exclaims Bilal, a grocer in Mali's capital Bamako, in the national language Bambara: "Shisha is...

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