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Sahel: How to destroy a nation: ordinary Malians speak of their horrific lifeF

By Amaury Hauchard Some are men of arms, who have taken up a gun out of need or for a cause. Others are just ordinary civilians, struggling to survive from one day to the next and make sense of the mayhem. These are the people of central Mali, which in 2015 spiralled...
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A destabilized region: Awful week in the SahelF

Introduction by Arezki Daoud: For years, several analysts made dire predictions about where the Sahel was headed. Insurgencies, political turmoil, environmental disaster and humanitarian crises were among the series of problems forecast by experts. Today, all these...
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Egypt: Sisi walking a risky road, announces increase in the price of breadF

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said Tuesday his administration is ready to raise the price of subsidised bread as part of its continued austerity push towards economic recovery. "The time has come for the price of a loaf of bread to increase from 5 piastres...
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Libyans facing an expansive Eid El-Adha holidayF

Muslims in war-scarred Libya mark Eid al-Adha from Tuesday, but few will be able to afford the sheep or goat traditionally slaughtered during the festival. The guns may have fallen silent in the North African country, but its people are now fighting a deep economic...
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