Sahel

Refugees pictured in the Pissila camp, north of the capital Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Threat of coronavirus looms over Sahel refugees
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A Malian woman holds a polling paper during a meeting for the campaign of the parliamentary elections in Bamako
Malians to vote in long-delayed parliamentary election
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A soldier of the Malian army is seen during a patrol on the road between Mopti and Djenne, in central Mali
Around 30 Mali soldiers killed in jihadist attack
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Displaced women prepare the dinner in a courtyard in Sevare in central Mali on February 26
Malian villagers flee Sahel war to uncertainty
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(From L) Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani, Nigerien President Mahamadou Issoufou, Burkinabe President Roch Marc Christian Kabore and Chadian President Idriss Deby
Mauritania takes over G5 Sahel leadership
Lamine Ghanmi
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Burkinabe paratrooper commandos run training exercises in Thies, Senegal
African Union to deploy troops in Sahel region
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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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