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Mali Keeps Pressuring Algeria, Accusing it of InterferenceF

Mali has accused Algeria of interference and supporting terrorist groups after top Algerian diplomat criticized its counter-terrorism strategy. Bamako alleges Algeria maintains ties to insurgent groups, a reference to the Toureg tribes, [am4show have='g1;'...

Sahel: Mali and Canadian mining firm Barrick are talking againF

Mali’s junta and Canadian gold mining firm Barrick Gold went back to the negotiating table to find a compromise in their ongoing feud.  The two spent months fighting over the Loulo-Gounkoto gold mine, where the Malian authorities recently seized nearly three tons of...

Sahel: France Concludes Military Presence in ChadF

France has officially ended its military presence in Chad, returning the Kossei base to the Chadian government.  This marks the end of a long-standing French military footprint in the Sahel after similar exits from Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger. [am4show have='g1;'...

Sahel: Mali fires six senior army officers, including top army leader, as Tuareg groups in the north unifyF

Six senior Malian military officers, including the army chief of staff and head of the national guard, were relieved of their functions on Wednesday, the country's junta-run government said. The four others are the heads of military security, the gendarmerie police...

Sahel: Ministers of three countries controlled by juntas meet after visit of Russia’s LavrovF

Foreign ministers from three West African countries that have undergone military coups met in Burkina Faso on Thursday on the heels of a trip to the region by Russian envoy Sergei Lavrov.  The talks brought together ministers from Mali, Guinea and Burkina -- countries...

Burkina Faso: Makeshift gold mine caves in near Hounde, killing several minersF

Ten people were killed when a makeshift gold mine collapsed in western Burkina Faso, a miners' association said on Thursday. "In the early hours of February 8, miners... were trapped" near the town of Hounde, according to Abasse Derra, an official with the local gold...

Burkina Faso: New terror attack in Sahel province kills 18 peopleF

At least 18 people have been killed in two attacks in Burkina Faso, sources briefed on the incidents told AFP on Sunday, as violence rages in the Sahel nation. The country faces a jihadist insurgency that swept in from neighbouring Mali in 2015, with thousands of...

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