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Sahel: Roadside bomb kills soldiers in south NigerF

Four soldiers were killed and eight others seriously injured by a roadside bomb in southeastern Niger, a region hit by jihadist attacks, the government said. The troops were pursuing "terrorists" on Monday following an attack the previous day on a military position in...

Sahel: Violence intensifies in Mali as France announces the killing of 15 insurgentsF

France's armed forces said Friday they had killed around 15 jihadists near Mali's border with Burkina Faso, where an al-Qaeda-linked group is active.  Two operations took place at the weekend in the Boulikessi sector in central Mali, military headquarters said.  On...

Sahel: Foreign forces unable to bring stability to Mali, four UN peacekeepers killed in Bambara MaoudeF

The death toll from an attack on UN peacekeepers in Mali has risen to four after another soldier died from his wounds, the United Nations said Thursday. A detachment of Ivorian peacekeepers was travelling between Douentza and Timbuktu in the northwest on Wednesday...

Breaking: Algeria: Terror attack in Tebessa kills five civiliansF

On 14 January 2020, a homemade bomb blast killed five civilians and wounded three others in eastern Algeria on Thursday, the defence ministry said, according to AFP. The attack happened at Oued Khenig-Roum near the municipality of Telidjane. . It added that a jihadist...
Sahel: Disasters hit Niger hardF

Sahel: Disasters hit Niger hardF

By Boureima Hama Few countries in the world struggle with as many burdens as Niger. The arid Sahel state is the...

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