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Sahel: Ivory Coast hands down four life terms to 4 Mali nationals for 2016 jihadist attackF

A court in Ivory Coast on Wednesday handed down life terms to four Malian men convicted of abetting a jihadist attack on a beach resort that left 19 people dead. The court in Abidjan, the country's  commercial hub, found the four "guilty of the deeds for which they...
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Egypt: Three policemen killed, others wounded in attack in Suez Canal cityF

Three Egyptian policemen were killed and four others, including a police officer, wounded Friday in an attack in the Suez  Canal city of Ismailia, security and medical sources said.  Two cars approached a checkpoint in a residential neighbourhood of the city and two...
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Sahel: 46 Ivory Coast soldiers detained by Mali get 20 years in prison, setting stage for regional diplomatic crisisF

Update: Mali court sentences 46 Ivorian soldiers to 20 years in prison: prosecutor Forty-six Ivorian troops whose detention in Mali sparked a diplomatic row between the two countries have been sentenced to 20 years in prison, the public prosecutor said Friday. Three...
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Sahel: Clash at Niger-Nigeria border leaves five Boko Haram fighters deadF

Five Boko Haram jihadist fighters have been killed and two Niger soldiers wounded in clashes in southeast Niger near the Nigerian border, local authorities said Friday. The military clashed with the jihadist fighters in the towns of Bague and Tchoungoua in the Diffa...
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