Shield and Alert: Sahel Bound

Sahel: Chief of staff of Mali junta leader killed in ambush near MauritaniaF

A key figure in Mali's ruling junta died when an official convoy came under attack in the jihadist-hit north of the country, a document from the presidency said Thursday. Oumar Traore -- chief of staff of Colonel Assimi Goita, the Sahel country's transitional...
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Several killed in conflict between herders and farmers in south of ChadF

Clashes between herders and farmers in southern Chad have left at least 22 people dead, authorities said Wednesday accusing rebels based in neighbouring Central African Republic of igniting the trouble. Farmers from the Kodo community on Monday attacked Fulani herders...
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Sudan: As military-men fight over power, Khartoum falls into chaosF

Thousands of residents on Wednesday fled Sudan's capital, where witnesses said bodies lay in the street from fighting between the army and paramilitaries after a 24-hour truce failed to take hold. Five days of fighting in Khartoum and elsewhere in the northeast...
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Sahel: Despite closing its borders, Chad sees hundreds of Sudanese soldiers flee into its territoryF

Around 320 Sudanese soldiers have fled the fighting raging in their country to neighbouring Chad, the country's defence minister said Wednesday. "They arrived in our territory, were disarmed and detained" on Sunday, General Daoud Yaya Brahim told a press conference,...
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