Sahel

‘Terrorists’ kill 17 civilians in Belehede, northern Burkina Faso, minister says

Militants killed 17 civilians in a nighttime attack in Belehede village in the Department of Tongomayel in the Sahel region of northern Burkina Faso

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Two Niger police officers killed in attack on police station near capital Niamey

Two police officers were killed when gunmen attacked a police station north of the Niger capital Niamey

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Mali: Dozens killed in Dogon villages near Burkina Faso border

Dozens of people were killed and many others wounded in attacks in the ethnic Dogon villages of Gangafani and Yoro in Mopti region of central Mali

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Joint Mali-France commando operation kills 20 ‘terrorists’ in Menaka

More than 20 "terrorists" were killed in joint operation against Islamic State in the Greater Sahara conducted by French and Malian forces in coordination with Niger's military

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Mali: Massacre in Dogon village leaves 35 people dead

A gruesome overnight attack on a Dogon village in central Mali left 35 people dead, in the latest violence to strike the region

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UN report calls for maintaining Mali mission, bolstering Mopti deployment

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for for maintaining MINUSMA peacekeeper numbers in Mali and increasing its presence in Mopti

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Islamic State puts the Sahel in West Africa – for now

Islamic State recently began to attribute attacks in the Sahel to its West Africa Province affiliate. Robert Postings asks: what does this mean for Islamic State in the Greater Sahara?

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Chad journalist and soldiers killed near N’Gounboua after Boko Haram attack

At least four Chadian soldiers and a television reporter were killed when their vehicle hit a mine near N'Gounboua in eastern Chad's Lake province

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Three killed in attack on church in Touflé, northern Burkina Faso

Four people were killed Sunday at a Catholic church in Touflé in northern Burkina Faso, the latest in a series of attacks on Christian targets in the region

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Peacekeeper killed in attacks on Nigeria and Chad troops in Mali

A Nigerian peacekeeper was killed and another injured in a gun attack in Timbuktu and three Chadian peacekeepers were injured in an IED attack in Tessalit

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