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Aug- 2020 -

18 August

Mutineering Troops Seize Mali’s President and Prime Minister

Rebel troops seized Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and Prime Minister Boubou Cisse in a dramatic escalation Tuesday of a months-long crisis.

18 August

Africa

Staff Writer With AFP

Mutiny Fears After Gunfire Heard at Army Base in Mali

Gunfire broke out at a key army base near Mali's capital Bamako on Tuesday, witnesses and a security official said, triggering fears of a mutiny in the crisis-stricken Sahel state.

13 August

Africa

Staff Writer With AFP

Niger Attack Raises Stakes for French Forces in West Africa

Six French nationals were among eight people killed in a suspected jihadist attack in Niger on Sunday, raising fresh questions about a massive French troop deployment aimed at bolstering security in West Africa's Sahel region.

11 August

Africa

Staff Writer With AFP

Militants in Central Mali Set Jail Ablaze in Attack Killing Two

Militants in volatile central Mali killed a prison officer and a gendarme late Monday night in a raid that saw a jail set ablaze and five inmates escape.

10 August

Africa

A Niger soldier on patrol on April 3, 2015 in Malam Fatori, in northeastern Niger

Staff Writer With AFP

French Aid Workers Among Eight Killed by Gunmen in Niger

Gunmen on motorcycles killed eight people including a group of French aid workers as they visited a part of Niger popular with tourists for its wildlife, officials said.

7 August

Africa

Burkina Faso's armed forces, pictured during training, have carried out security sweeps in an attempt to stem jihadist violence.

Staff Writer With AFP

Almost 150 Extrajudicial Killings by Malian, Burkinabe Troops: UN

Almost 150 people were extrajudicially killed by Malian and Burkinabe security forces in Mali between April and June.

Jul- 2020 -

31 July

Africa

Staff Writer With AFP

Al-Qaeda-Linked Group Claims Attack on French Forces in Mali

Al-Qaeda-affiliated jihadists in Mali claimed responsibility on Thursday for a suicide raid on French forces in the north of the Sahel state this month, which left one soldier dead.

27 July

Africa

Staff Writer With AFP

Civilians Killed in Cameroon’s Anglophone Regions: HRW

Cameroon's army is being accused of human rights abuse after an estimated 285 people have been killed in English speaking regions according the Human Rights Watch.

15 July

Africa

Staff Writer With AFP

Senegal Builds Military Camp Near Border With Troubled Mali

Senegal began building a military camp near its border with violence-torn Mali to address "cross-border threats (and) trafficking," the defense ministry said.

15 July

Africa