Sahel
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Oct- 2021 -22 OctoberAfrica
Mali Govt. Denies Approving Jihadist Negotiations
Mali's government has denied that it plans to negotiate with jihadists, walking back an earlier statement from its religion ministry.
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7 OctoberAfrica
Sixteen Soldiers Killed in Central Mali Attack
Sixteen soldiers were killed and 10 wounded in an attack in central Mali.
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Sep- 2021 -23 SeptemberAfrica
Thousands in Mali Demonstrate in Support of Army Rulers
Thousands of people demonstrated in Mali's capital backing the nation's military rulers and protesting perceived foreign meddling in the Sahel state.
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16 SeptemberAfrica
French Forces Kill IS Sahel Jihadist Leader Wanted by US
The head of the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara wanted for deadly attacks on US soldiers has been killed in an operation by French troops.
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10 SeptemberAsia Pacific
UN Chief Calls for ‘Dialogue’ With the Taliban, Fears for the Sahel
UN chief Antonio Guterres expressed fears that the hardline Islamists' return to power in Afghanistan could embolden jihadists in the Sahel.
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Aug- 2021 -25 AugustEurope
French MQ-9 Reaper Block 5 Drone Executes First Airstrike
France announced that one of its MQ-9 Reaper Block 5 drones successfully executed its first airstrike in an "operational setting."
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Jul- 2021 -14 JulyAfrica
France’s Sahel Military Force Will End in Early 2022: Macron
France's anti-jihadist military force in the Sahel region, which today involves over 5,000 troops, will end in the first quarter of 2022.
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13 JulyAfrica
Burkina Attack Leaves 10 Dead, Including 7 Defense Volunteers
Ten people were killed in northern Burkina Faso, seven of them members of a civilian defense force, security sources said Monday, in an attack in a region that has been repeatedly hit by jihadists.
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9 JulyAfrica
France to Start Closing Military Bases in Mali by Year-End: Macron
President Emmanuel Macron said Friday that France would start closing its bases in northern Mali before the end of the year, part of a drawdown of French troops fighting Islamist extremists in the Sahel.
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Jun- 2021 -25 JuneAfrica
Car Bomb Wounds 15 UN Peacekeepers in North Mali
A car bomb in northern Mali has wounded 15 UN peacekeepers, the United Nations said on Friday, in the latest attack in the war-torn Sahel state.
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