Sahel
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Sep- 2018 -17 SeptemberAfrica
Burkina Faso armed forces conduct air strikes, clearing operations near Pama and Gayeri
Burkina Faso's armed forces conducted air strikes and clearance operations in the Pama and Gayeri areas in the country's east, the Chief of the General Staff said
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15 SeptemberAfrica
Twin attacks in Burkina Faso’s Kompienga province leave at least 8 dead
At least eight civilians were killed in twin attacks in eastern Burkina Faso's Kompienga province, where jihadists have been gaining ground in recent months
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5 SeptemberAfrica
Burkina Faso soldiers killed in roadside bomb attack
Two Burkina Faso soldiers were killed and five others wounded in a roadside bomb attack in the southeastern Kompienga province the AIB news agency reported
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Aug- 2018 -28 AugustAfrica
Burkina Faso security forces personnel killed in roadside bomb blast
At least six members of the Burkina Faso security forces were killed after their vehicle struck a roadside bomb between Pama and Fada in the eastern Kompienga province
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27 AugustAfrica
Mali: Two civilians, ‘senior ISIS official’ among 4 killed in French airstrike
A senior official of the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara, a bodyguard and two civilians were killed in northeastern Mali in a French airstrike, the French Armed Forces said
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23 AugustBlog
French desert troops take to boats in Mali
French desert troops recently took to boats to patrol the Niger River in Mali, the first time that they have been used in France's Barkhane counter-terrorism operation in the Sahel
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21 AugustAfrica
Mali: Estonia troops to begin operations in Gao
Estonian troops in Mali have finalized their preparations and will begin their support of France's Operation Barkhane counter-terrorism mission
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17 AugustAfrica
UK Chinook helicopters in Mali ‘fully operational’
Three RAF Chinook heavy lift helicopters are now fully operational and are supporting French counter-terrorism operations in Mali, the UK Ministry of Defence said
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14 AugustAfrica
Six dead in Burkina Faso ‘terrorist’ attack near Boungou gold mine
Six people, five of them police, were killed in a "terrorist" bomb and gun attack near a gold mine in eastern Burkina Faso, the defense ministry said.
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Jul- 2018 -25 JulyAfrica
EU to fund new Mali headquarters for G5 Sahel force
The EU will finance a new headquarters for the G5 Sahel's anti-terror force in Mali after the destruction of the former headquarters in an attack
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