Sahel

Roadside bombs kill Burkina Faso police and military personnel in the Gourma

Five members of the security forces were killed in roadside bomb attacks in Burkina Faso's East region at the weekend, officials said

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23 Mali soldiers dead as militants attack Dioura camp in Mopti region

Militants killed 23 Malian soldiers in a raid on an army camp in central Mali after a dawn attack that the armed forces believe was led by a deserter

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Burkina Faso rights group says military ‘executed’ dozens during counter-terror operation

Burkina Faso rights group MBDHP accused the military of carrying out "summary executions of at least 60 people" during a February counter-terror operation

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Roadside bomb blast in Mali kills 9 soldiers in G5 Sahel joint force

Nine Malian soldiers attached to the G5 Sahel Joint Force were killed when a vehicle in which they were traveling was struck by a roadside bomb

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Denmark proposes deployment to France’s Operation Barkhane in the Sahel

The Danish government announced that it plans to send troops and transport helicopters to support France's Operation Barkhane in the Sahel

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IED hidden in corpse kills 17 in central Mali

Seventeen people were killed in a blast caused by a booby-trapped corpse in Diankabou in central Mali, security sources and a local official said

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Mali: France airstrike kills 15 in Mopti as EU training base in Koulikoro attacked

French forces with Operation Barkhane and Malian forces killed 15 suspected members of Katiba Macina in an airstrike in Mopti

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French forces kill JNIM deputy leader El Hamame in Mali, Parly says

French forces have killed a top al-Qaeda and JNIM leader, Yahya Abou El Hamame, in an operation in Mali, defense minister Florence Parly said

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Burkina Faso army doctor killed by bomb hidden in corpse near Djibo

A bomb hidden in a corpse dressed in military uniform killed an army doctor and wounded two police officers in northern Burkina Faso

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Terrorism ‘expanding’ in Sahel, African Union security chief warns

The African Union peace and security chief Smail Chergui deplored the spread of "terrorism" in the Sahel region.

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