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Sahel: Jihadists in Mali resorting in gruesome practice of amputating hands and feet of suspected thievesF

UN peacekeepers in Mali on Thursday offered to help bring to justice jihadists behind the amputation of suspected thieves' hands and feet, an apparent revival of a practice that had all but vanished. Speaking on condition of anonymity, local sources in Tin-Hama in...

Sahel: French journalist Olivier Dubois kidnapped in MaliF

By Serge Daniel, Amaury Hauchard in N'Djamena - Missing French journalist Olivier Dubois says he has been kidnapped in Mali by a jihadist group with links to Al-Qaeda, according to a video circulating on social media on Wednesday. Here is what we know about the latest...

Mali: Three UN peacekeepers wounded in Mali attackF

Three United Nations peacekeepers were on Sunday seriously injured in a rocket attack on a military base in the north of the conflict-ridden Sahel state, UN and local officials said.  Olivier Salgado, the spokesman for the UN's MINUSMA mission in Mali, said the attack...

Sahel: The collapsing ecosystem of Niger RiverF

By Amaury Hauchard - Ousmane Djebare Djenepo, wearing sunglasses and an easy smile, stands upright to show off the mighty Niger River which is flowing around his traditional wooden canoe, or pirogue. The 76-year-old Malian is one of tens of thousands of fishermen who...

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