Sahel

1,500 service members from the armies of 34 African and partner training nations have assembled for the Flintlock exercises in Senegal and Mauritania
Mauritania is winning fight against Sahel jihadism
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Mali is the only country for which there are hard figures on the number of child war victims
UN says Sahel children devastated by violence
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A French soldier during an anti-terrorist operation in the Sahel
France hopes US will not slash support for fighting Islamists in Sahel
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IS jihadists
Al-Qaeda overtaken by Islamic State in Sahel
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Nigerien President Mahamadou Issoufou
Sahel's anti-jihadist plan shaken by huge attack in Niger
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A French soldier holds a detector while searching for the presence of IEDs in northern Burkina Faso
In Sahel, French troops hunt jihadist landmines
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Burkina Faso has suffered a series of attacks on Christian targets since February
14 killed in Burkina Faso church attack
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The French are growing increasingly impatient with what they see as the low level of engagement by its European allies.
France’s anti-jihadist Sahel operation wages on
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An artisanal gold miner holds a gold nugget at an unlicensed mine in Gaoua, Burkina Faso
How jihadists struck gold in Africa's Sahel
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Mauritanian soldiers stand guard at a G5 Sahel task force command post
Paris criticises Riyadh over failed Sahel commitments
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Refugees in the Pissila camp, north of the capital Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
UN sounds warning on mounting crisis in Sahel
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Malian soldier
24 Mali soldiers killed in clashes with Islamists
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French soldier standing guard at the Paskal camp at Timbuktu's airport
Foreign forces in Sahel seem to be on losing ground
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UN foot soldiers patrol in the destroyed Fulani village of Sadia-Peulh
Despair, jihadism and revolt: Mali's torn heart
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Malian soldiers pictured in Bamako, Mali
Malian government says 49 dead in jihadist attack
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Malian troops
Mali government calls for unity
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