Shield and Alert: Sahel Bound

Sahel: Over 16 million people need aid in Burkina Faso, Mali and NigerF

More than 16 million people affected by conflict and climate change in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger need humanitarian aid, according to an NGO report published on Monday. This represents a 172 percent rise on 2016, the US International Rescue Committee said in its...

Sahel: Humanitarian crisis unfolding along Chad’s border with Sudan with influx of new refugeesF

The UN said Thursday more than 100,000 Sudanese refugees had fled to neighbouring Chad since the conflict in Sudan broke out over six weeks ago, bringing the tally to more than half a million. Khartoum and other parts of Sudan have been gripped by warfare between the...

Nigeria: New president starts job on shaky ground after nearly tripling fuel pricesF

By Alexandre Martins Lopes with Louise Dewast in Abuja and Aminu Abubakar in Kano: Commuting to work in Lagos, Nigeria's megacity of some 20 million people, has long been a hellish affair, but a surge in petrol prices is making it even worse. Fuel prices have almost...

Bourkina Faso: 50 insurgents killed in Loroum as they tried to ambush food convoyF

Two civilians and at least 50 "terrorists" were killed in jihadist-hit northern Burkina Faso when a food convoy being escorted by troops was ambushed, the armed forces said on Thursday. The incident happened on Wednesday near Tibou in Loroum province bordering Mali,...

Sudan: Deadly violence grips DarfurF

Sudan: Deadly violence grips DarfurF

Aug 29, 2023

Sudan's army chief on Tuesday visited Egypt on his first trip abroad since the outbreak of war in April, with the...

Sahel: Sanctions imposed against Niger to trigger catastrophic humanitarian crisisF

Sahel: Sanctions imposed against Niger to trigger catastrophic humanitarian crisisF

Aug 29, 2023

The United Nations warned Tuesday that the political crisis in Niger and the sanctions imposed against the coup regime...

Sahel: Mounting tensions in northern Mali, as army strikes positions of ethnic TuaregsF

Sahel: Mounting tensions in northern Mali, as army strikes positions of ethnic TuaregsF

Aug 29, 2023

Former rebels in northern Mali on Tuesday accused the armed forces of carrying out new strikes on their positions,...

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