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Mali: Presidential and legislative elections in Mali set for February 2022F

Presidential and legislative elections in Mali will take place next February, the country's post-coup government announced Thursday, saying it was honouring the timetable it promised to the international community. The first round of voting will take place on February...

Sahel: More European troops headed to Mali. Danish special forces are nextF

Denmark plans to deploy about 100 special forces to Mali early next year to boost the elite anti-jihadist European task force Takuba headed by France, the government announced Thursday. "The terrorist threat posed by the Islamic State group and Al-Qaeda remains...

Mali: UN says insurgents who attacked peacekeepers killed in counter-attackF

More than 40 jihadists, including a senior commander, were killed last week after they attacked United Nations peacekeepers in northern Mali, the UN force MINUSMA said on Monday. A UN source previously said about 20 of around 100 assailants were killed in a three-hour...

Africa: With terror groups intensely fixated on Africa, security outlook feels gloomyF

By Didier Lauras - From the arid expanses of the Sahel into the Sinai Peninsula and now Mozambique, Africa is proving fertile ground for jihadist groups looking to bolster their notoriety by exploiting conflicts that have often festered for years.   The fighters who...

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