Shield and Alert: Sahel Bound

Sahel: Germany announces end of its participation in the UN mission in Mali a full year aheadF

The German government said on Wednesday it had decided to end its participation in the UN mission in Mali by next May over problems with the ruling junta. Chancellor Olaf Scholz's cabinet said Berlin would pull its 1,110 troops in the UN mission MINUSMA out of the...
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Sahel: Growing concern over crackdown on media in the SahelF

Thirty media outlets and press freedom groups on Wednesday called for Mali and Burkina Faso's ruling juntas to safeguard journalists in the face of mounting threats. In an open letter published on World Press Freedom Day, the signatories said they were alarmed by...
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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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