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Sahel: Burkina Faso to raise troop level to intensify war against insurgentsF

Burkina Faso announced Thursday a recruitment drive for 5,000 soldiers to serve in the army for at least five years to aid the country in its fight against jihadists. The country, one of the world's poorest, has been battling a deadly insurgency since 2015. "An...
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Tunisia: Presidential ‘hate speech’ on migrants causes public outcryF

Tunisian rights groups accused on Wednesday President Kais Saied of racism and hate speech after he said "hordes" of sub-Saharan African migrants were causing crime and posed a demographic threat. Saied, who has seized almost total power since a dramatic July 2021...
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Egypt to build high-speed rail linkF

French company NGE announced Thursday it had been awarded a contract to build Egypt's first high-speed rail link, a 330 kilometre section connecting the Mediterranean and Red Sea coasts. The link will form the first section of a 660 kilometre (410 mile) line that will...
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Sahel: Low-key flag-lowering ceremony marks end of French military operation in Burkina FasoF

By Armel Baily: Burkina Faso announced on Sunday that operations by the French army in the jihadist-hit West African state were officially over, after bilateral relations soured in recent months. Senior officers from Burkinabe and French forces in the country held a...
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