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US-Russia competition expands to Mali and the SahelF

The top US military commander for Africa on Thursday suggested that impoverished and jihadist-hit Mali was paying Russian private military company Wagner $10 million a month. France, Mali's former colonial ruler, has accused Wagner's mercenaries of "supporting" Mali's...
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Sahel: Regime in Mali initiates talks with former rebels without France’s blessingF

Former Malian rebels have signed a pact designed to "facilitate ties" with the Sahel state's ruling junta, a spokesman for the armed groups said on Thursday. The ex-rebels, who range from former Tuareg separatists to Arab nationalists, had already signed a peace...
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Conflicts: How the UAE pays mercenaries in Darfur to wage war in Libya in support of Khalifa HaftarF

Providing mercenaries in Libya's internal conflict has become the main source of revenue for armed groups from Sudan's own war-torn Darfur region, the United Nations said in a report Friday.   The report, drawn up by UN experts in charge of monitoring the arms embargo...
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Sahel: Burkina junta lifts nationwide curfewF

Burkina Faso's junta lifted Wednesday a nationwide curfew they imposed after seizing power in a coup last month, the military announced. The restrictions were imposed on January 24 after mutinous soldiers arrested President Roch Marc Christian Kabore following a...
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