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China pushes its agenda, exploiting Western vacuum in Africa’s Sahel region — analysts

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Amid the upheaval in Sahel in the last decade, characterized by a series of military takeovers, growing insecurity and surging anti-Western sentiment, China has seized on the opportunity to expand its military, geopolitical, and economic presence in this volatile region, analysts say. Despite the challenges facing the region, the scramble among major powers for the […]
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Algeria’s connection with terror groups in Sahel region raised by French Le Monde

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Algeria’s near silence following the death of leader of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), killed in Mali early this month by French troops, has raised a set of questions about a possible connection between terror groups in the Sahel region and the North African country, which has been spared by terror attacks since 2013. […]