Sahel

France has more than 5,100 military personnel based in Mali and the West African Sahel region
Malian protesters demand French military departure
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The deaths brought to 47 the number of French soldiers killed in Mali since France first intervened militarily in January 2013
Three French soldiers killed in Mali
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Coordinated raids on French military bases, but no casualties
Al-Qaeda attacks three French military bases in Mali
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The army managed to liberate Farabougou village in a mission aided by the air force
Mali's army liberates village besieged by jihadists
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Goita (L) is Mali's vice president in charge of security and defence issues
Mali coup leaders free former prime minister, generals
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US Defence Secretary Mark Esper (L) meeting with Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune
US defence chief, Algeria leader discuss regional security
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Aerial view of tents at the Azraq camp for displaced Syrians near the town of Maaret Misrin in Syria's northwestern Idlib province
US to provide $720 million Syria aid
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Colonel Assimi Goita, leader of Malian military junta
Ba N'Daou named interim Mali president
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Pressure is growing on junta to appoint civilian government
ECOWAS demands Mali appoint civilian government immediately
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African countries and the wider international community have expressed alarm over the coup d’etat
Mali’s military junta seeks to put off elections till 2023
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Dicko is one of Mali's most influential power brokers
Mali protest leader to withdraw from politics
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Mutinying soldiers detained Keita at gunpoint
Mali mutineers promise civilian transition after president's ouster
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June 5 Movement appears to have heeded earlier calls for de-escalation
Mali opposition presses on with call for president to quit
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Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita
Mali president offers concessions to unblock stalemate
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UN chief says peacekeeping force must remain in Mali
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Refugees pictured in the Pissila camp, north of the capital Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Threat of coronavirus looms over Sahel refugees
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