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Mar- 2021 -17 MarchAfrica
Toll From Mali Attack Blamed on Jihadists Rises to 11
At least 11 soldiers were killed and 11 more are missing after an attack in northeastern Mali blamed on jihadists, the army said, updating a previous toll.
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17 MarchAfrica
Fifty-Eight Killed in ‘Barbarous’ Niger Attacks Near Mali Border
Fifty-eight people have been killed in "barbarous" attacks on a bus and nearby villages in Niger close to the country's border with Mali, the government said on Tuesday.
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11 MarchAfrica
Burkina Faso Makes Tentative Steps Towards Dialogue With Jihadists
Sources say contacts between Burkina Faso's government and jihadists have taken part in the north. The initiative is limited in scope, they say, and Islamic State remains beyond the pale.
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3 MarchAfrica
Burkina Faso Road Bomb Kills Six in Ambulance
Six people, including a pregnant woman and a young girl, were killed in northern Burkina Faso when the ambulance they were traveling in struck a highway bomb, authorities said Wednesday.
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Feb- 2021 -26 FebruaryAfrica
Nine Gendarmes Killed in Central Mali Attack
Nine gendarmes were killed in an attack near the central Malian town of Bandiagara, in an area where jihadist groups are rampant, a military official said on Friday.
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25 FebruaryTerrorism
Burkina Faso Military Kills 11 ‘Terrorists’ in Jihadist-Plagued North
Burkina Faso's armed forces said Thursday they had killed 11 "terrorists" during an operation in the country's jihadist-plagued north after a recent surge in attacks.
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24 FebruaryAfrica
Two Mali Soldiers Killed, Seven Injured in Ambush
Two soldiers were killed and seven others injured, Mali's military said, in an ambush in a central region regularly hit by jihadist attacks.
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23 FebruaryAfrica
Senegal Must Ready for ‘Battle’ With Jihadists, Says President
Senegal's president said his native country and neighboring West African states must "prepare to do battle" to stop jihadist expansion beyond the Sahel.
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18 FebruaryAfrica
Eight Killed in Attack in Northern Burkina Faso
At least eight people were killed on Thursday near Burkina Faso's northern border with Niger, an area notorious for jihadist attacks, a security source and local official said.
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17 FebruaryAfrica
France Maintains Sahel Force to ‘Decapitate’ Al-Qaeda Groups
President Macron pledged to keep French troops in the Sahel region of western Africa, to help "decapitate" Al-Qaeda-linked insurgent groups that local governments are struggling to hold back.
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