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Sahel: Burkina Faso holds talks on security crisisF

Burkina Faso on Thursday launched a two-day huddle gathering governing and opposition parties to discuss the country's worsening jihadist insurgency. The initiative, launched by President Roch Marc Christian Kabore, coincides with a surge of attacks in the...

Benin: Growing risk of Jihad contagion from the Sahel in West Africa’s BeninF

Jihadists operating near Benin's borders with Burkina Faso and Niger may coopt intensifying communal conflicts in the country's north as they seek to extend their influence, a Dutch security report said on Thursday. AFP reports that several jihadist groups operate in...

Nigeria: Boko Haram chief Abubakar Shekau declared dead by rival ISWAPF

By Aminu Abubskar When Nigeria's military claimed Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau had been badly wounded in an air strike 2016, the jihadist chief soon appeared in a video to deny another of the many reports of his impending death. Over the weekend, it was an audio...

Niger: Two Chinese workers kidnapped in MbangaF

Armed men have kidnapped two Chinese employees of a mining company in a volatile area near western Niger's borders with Mali and Burkina Faso, the regional governor said Monday. "Two Chinese nationals were kidnapped... by armed men in Mbanga" on Sunday night, the...

Sahel: Understanding the Mali crisisF

Aug 16, 2022

On August 18 2020, crowds in the Malian capital Bamako applauded as young colonels toppled a civilian government...

Sahel: Militants kill more soldiers and civilians in MaliF

Aug 9, 2022

Forty-two Malian soldiers died in an attack at the weekend by suspected jihadists, the army said Wednesday in a...

Libya: Dozens of suspects go on trial for alleged membership to ISF

Aug 8, 2022

The trial opened Monday in Libya's western city of Misrata of 56 suspected Islamic State group militants captured...

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