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Algeria and Niger Relaunch Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline After Diplomatic Freeze
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SECURITY & DEFENSE
The militarization of the Sahel: Governments run by soldiers ($)
Morocco and Spain arrest two people they say are supporters of Islamic State
Burkina Faso: Attackers kill civilians in the Sahel Province
Mali: MINUSMA convoy attacked near Gao
Libya strongman Haftar issues new threat over oil revenue
Libya: Base hosting Wagner mercenaries supporting warlord Haftar attacked by drones
Drone strikes early Friday hit an airbase in Libya's east used by mercenaries of the Russian paramilitary group Wagner, without causing any casualties, a military official told AFP. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the origin of the overnight...
Sahel: UN Mission to leave Mali, but no timetable set yet
By Amélie Bottlier-Depois: With the imminent end of the UN's Mali peacekeeping mission seemingly no longer in doubt, negotiations at the UN are still foundering over the timetable for their departure, which Bamako wants "without delay", according to diplomatic...
Mali: Civilians killed by terrorists in Gabero region
At least 13 civilians have been killed by suspected jihadists in chronically unstable northern Mali, elected officials who requested anonymity said on Wednesday. "The provisional toll is now 13 dead, a dozen wounded and hundreds of people fleeing several villages in...
Sahel: Nearly 80 troops and insurgents die in clash in northcentral Burkina Faso
At least 31 Burkinabe soldiers and three allied volunteer militiamen (VDP) have been killed in an attack by suspected jihadists in the country's north, security sources said Tuesday. Dozens were also killed in a separate attack on Monday, the latest in one of the...
Sahel: Cocaine trafficking surges in the Sahel, as armed groups seek to profit from illicit trade
Annual cocaine seizures in the Sahel surged from 13 kilograms (28 pounds) in 2020 to 863 kilos just two years later as armed groups sought to profit from the illicit trade, the United Nations' drug agency said in its 2023 report. The largest seizures of the drug in...
INSURGENCIES & TERRORISM
Mali: Three UN peacekeepers wounded in Mali attack
Sahel: Lawlessness in northern Chad
Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula continues on its path to complete instability
Mali: Fighting between hunters and insurgents wrecks havoc on Mopti region
Sahel: West Niger gripped by deadly violence
Sahel: Terror attack in Burkina Faso claims lives of eight militiamen
Niger’s new president term starts amid intense violence
Africa: With terror groups intensely fixated on Africa, security outlook feels gloomy
Libyan authorities on the hunt for killers of Al Warfalli, arrest suspect
Sahel: Attacks on Niger targets continue
Eleven people were killed on Wednesday in western Niger, a flashpoint for jihadist attacks, when armed men on motorbikes raided three villages near the Malian border, local officials said. "The assailants arrived on several motorbikes at around 5pm. They killed three...