Shield and Alert: Sahel Bound

Sahel: Thousands displaced by Niger conflict set to returnF

More than 18,000 people who have fled conflict in jihadist-hit western Niger are being given help to return as security for the area is beefed up, officials told AFP on Monday. "Some started heading back by themselves a couple of days ago and this morning a voluntary...
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Sahel: Mali-UN relations worsening by the day as Malian forces are accused of committing mass murderF

Mali's military junta on Saturday denounced as "fictitious" and "biased" a UN report that said the army and foreign fighters executed at least 500 people during a 2022 anti-jihadist operation. Denouncing revelations that the UN had used satellites to gather...
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Sahel: 11 men jailed over Chad ‘coup bid’ promised pardonsF

Eleven men accused of planning a "coup d'etat" in Chad have been sentenced to 20 years in prison, the attorney general in N'Djamena told AFP Sunday, but the presidency said they would be pardoned. In early January, the government announced that 10 army officers and...
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Mali: Government of Mali confronted with accusations of “summary executions, rape and torture”F

The Malian army and foreign fighters executed at least 500 people during an anti-jihadist operation in Mali in March 2022, according to a much-awaited UN report released on Friday.  The figures by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) amount to the worst...
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