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Niger: US national kidnapped in TahouaF

An American citizen has been kidnapped by gunmen in southern Niger, a senior official told AFP on Tuesday.  The American, described as the son of a missionary living in Niger, was abducted by six men armed with Kalashnikovs on the outskirts of Massalata, a village...

Sahel: UN chief signals potential for dialogue with insurgents in the Sahel, but Paris won’t allow itF

Editor's commentary by Arezki Daoud: France won’t let it happen Perhaps this is another opportunity for the world and regional powers, as well as to the Malians themselves to recognize a number of key facts. That starts with the idea that a central government in...

Infighting inside the Sahel’s Jihadi movementF

To the uninitiated, Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State (IS) group may be pursuing the same long-term goal of spreading Islamic law through territorial expansion and deadly violence. But actually, their ideology and methods differ so fundamentally that they are...

Niger frees campaigners detained in protests over military contractsF

Niger's judicial system has ordered the release of three campaigners held for more than six months after staging protests over a military procurement scam, one of their lawyers said Wednesday. Their cause was taken up by human rights groups, including Amnesty...

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