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Sahel: Military posts in northern Mali attackedF

Suspected militants attacked several Malian and foreign military bases with mortars and rockets in the north of the country on Monday, military sources said. No casualties were immediately reported in the attacks on Menaka, Gao and Kidal in what appeared to be a rare...

Sahel: French forces intensify their operations in the Sahel, report killing Al Qaeda’s Ba Ag MoussaF

France announced Friday that its anti-jihadist force in Mali had killed the military commander of an Al-Qaeda-aligned group linked to attacks in the region. The killing of Ba Ag Moussa is a major boost for the thousands-strong French Barkhane force stationed in the...

Sahel: Mali politics sinking to new low with military’s attempt at power grabF

A leading opposition group on Wednesday warned of a military stranglehold on Mali's post-coup government and called for "resistance.... to save democracy" in the Sahel state. The statement from the opposition June 5 Movement, or M5, follows a decree published on...

Sahel: Former president of Mali, Amadou Toumani Toure dies in BamakoF

Mali's former president, Amadou Toumani Toure, who steered the Sahel nation to democracy and led it for a decade before being ousted in a coup, has died in Turkey aged 72, a family member and a doctor said on Tuesday. Toure "died during the night of Monday to Tuesday...

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