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Sahel: Burkina Faso’s Goudebou Camp reopens for Malian refugeesF

By Armel Baily -  "I'm happy -- it's like coming back home," said Malian refugee Ousmane Wanaher, 34, returning to the camp in northeastern Burkina Faso from which he had been driven out by jihadist attacks a year ago. The 9,000-capacity Goudebou camp is a cherished...
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Sahel: No French troop drawdown from the Sahel, Macron announces escalation aheadF

Macron says France to “decapitate” Al-Qaeda in the Sahel France will intensify its efforts to help "decapitate" Qaeda-linked groups in the Sahel, President Emmanuel Macron told regional leaders via video conference on Tuesday, according to AFP. Macron said the efforts...
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Sahel: UN peacekeepers from Togo wounded in attack near Kerena in MaliF

Around 20 United Nations peacekeepers were wounded in an attack on their base in central Mali on Wednesday, a UN spokesperson said, offering a provisional toll.  Unidentified militants attacked a temporary base near Kerena, a village in the war-torn centre of the...
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Mali: Insurgents in armored vehicles kill ten Mali soldiers in BoniF

Ten troops were killed in Mali's troubled central region early Wednesday when their camp came under attack from jihadists, security sources said. Their position at Boni, located between Douentza and Hombori in the Mopti region, was attacked by "heavily armed...
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