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Sahel: Intense violence in Mali sends thousands fleeingF

Tens of thousands of people, many of them children, have fled to a town in northeastern Mali after fighting erupted in the jihadist-torn region, a local official said Wednesday. Since March, more than 65,000 people have arrived in the town of Menaka near the border...

Sahel: UN reports killing of civilians in a Mali army attack involving foreign troopsF

At least 50 civilians were killed and hundreds arrested in central Mali in April during an operation by the army and "foreign" personnel, the UN's peacekeeping mission said Wednesday.  There was no immediate response from Mali's authorities to the allegations, just...

Sahel: Burkina Faso military launches counterinsurgency operations in the northF

A soldier has been killed and at least 28 "terrorists neutralised" in two military operations in the north and east of Burkina Faso, the army said Monday. The landlocked Sahel state is in the grip of a seven-year-old insurgency that has claimed more than 2,000 lives...

Libya: Dozens killed in militia clashes in TripoliF

By Hamza Mekouar Flights resumed and shops re-opened in Libya's capital Tripoli on Sunday after clashes between backers of rival governments killed at least 32 people and sparked fears of major new conflict.  Armed groups had exchanged fire that damaged several...

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