Shield and Alert: Sahel Bound

Burkina Faso: Attackers kill civilians in the Sahel ProvinceF

An armed attack in northern Burkina Faso, an area plagued by jihadist violence, has left about 10 civilians dead, security and local sources told AFP on Thursday. A large group of armed men descended on the village of Sampelga, some 40 kilometres (25 miles) from the...
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Mali: MINUSMA convoy attacked near GaoF

Armed men attacked a logistics convoy of the UN mission in the north of Mali on Thursday, a source at the UN peacekeeping mission told AFP. "Unidentified armed individuals opened fire against a logistics convoy of the Minusma force moving from the (locality of)...
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Senegal: President Macky Sall made the right decision by not seeking third termF

By Adrien Marotte and Soulé Dia: Relief swept Senegal and its supporters on Tuesday after President Macky Sall declared he would not seek a contested third term in office, a move that defused fears of bloodshed. Reactions at home and abroad were almost universally...
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Sahel: UN Mission to leave Mali, but no timetable set yetF

By Amélie Bottlier-Depois: With the imminent end of the UN's Mali peacekeeping mission seemingly no longer in doubt, negotiations at the UN are still foundering over the timetable for their departure, which Bamako wants "without delay", according to diplomatic...
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