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Dec- 2023 -6 DecemberAfrica
Chad, Mauritania Pave Way to Dissolve G5 Anti-Jihadist Alliance
The two remaining members of West Africa's G5 Sahel alliance said they were paving the way to dissolving the anti-jihadist grouping, after the other three founding countries left.
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Nov- 2023 -22 NovemberAfrica
Mali Separatists Deny Mass Grave Claims in Strategic Town
Tuareg-dominated rebels in northern Mali rejected the army's claims that it discovered a mass grave after taking the northern town of Kidal.
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2 NovemberAfrica
UN Peacekeepers Wounded in Mali Blast: Spokesman
Several peacekeepers from the UN mission in Mali were "seriously injured" on when their convoy fell victim to an improvised explosive device.
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Oct- 2023 -31 OctoberAfrica
UN Peacekeepers Evacuate Strategic Camp in Northern Mali
UN soldiers evacuated a camp in the strategic town of Kidal in Mali's volatile north, which has been wracked by jihadist and separatist violence.
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24 OctoberAfrica
UN Departs New Base in Mali’s Tense Kidal Region
UN peacekeepers in Mali left their camp at Aguelhok in the tense Kidal region, under a withdrawal ordered by the country's military leaders.
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2 OctoberAfrica
Mali Army Says New Fighting With Separatist Rebels in North
The Malian army said new fighting had broken out in the north between the military and armed rebel groups, the latest in a series of attacks on the army in the troubled West African country.
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Sep- 2023 -28 SeptemberAfrica
Mali Military Reports Two Attacks on Army Posts
The Malian army has reported attacks on two of its posts, with an Al-Qaeda-linked jihadist group claiming responsibility for one of them.
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20 SeptemberAfrica
Burkina Approves Law for Sending Troops to Post-Coup Niger
Burkina Faso's transitional legislature approved a law authorizing the dispatch of troops to neighboring Niger, which faces threatened military intervention to restore civilian rule following a coup.
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18 SeptemberAfrica
Armed Men Seize Two Army Camps in Northern Mali: Officials
Armed men took over two military camps in northern Mali, two officials said, with a spokesman for an alliance of predominantly Tuareg armed groups claiming the attack.
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16 SeptemberAfrica
Mali, Niger, Burkina Sign Mutual Defense Pact
Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger signed a mutual defense pact, ministerial delegations from the three Sahel countries announced.
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