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Sahel: Mali acquires lethal drones from TurkeyF

On January 4, 2024, the Malian military acquired six Turkish Bayraktar TB2 drones. The military authorities say the drones will be used to “surveil the national territory, detect suspicious targets, track them and strike them, if necessary, with surgical precision.” ...

Sahel: The country of Niger faces Covid and cholera at onceF

First Covid Delta cases emerge in Niger The first cases of Delta variant of Covid-19 have been recorded in the impoverished Sahel state of Niger, which until now has been relatively spared in the pandemic, the authorities said Friday. Genetic sequencing found six...

Sahel: Mali ex-interim president and PM freed from house arrestF

Former Malian interim president Bah Ndaw and  his prime minister Moctar Ouane have been freed from house arrest, the West African bloc ECOWAS said on Friday.    In a statement, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) said  it "welcomes" the move by Mali...

Mali arrests former Prime Minister over alleged corruptionF

By Serge Daniel Former Malian prime minister Soumeylou Boubeye Maiga was arrested on Thursday as part of a corruption investigation, his lawyer Kassoum Tapo said.   Maiga, 67, was a close ally of former president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, who was overthrown in a coup by...

Sahel: 16 soldiers killed in jihadist-hit southeast NigerF

An attack by hundreds of Boko Haram fighters on a town in Niger's jihadist-plagued southeast killed 16 soldiers and wounded nine others, Defence Minister Alkassoum Indatou told AFP on Wednesday. In the assault late on Tuesday "the positions of our defence and security...

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