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Tag: Sahel
In Niger, France is testing new military strategy fighting Islamist militants in Sahel
The recent joint operation between dozens of troops from Niger and France’s legendary Foreign Legion reflects the new approach President Emmanuel Macron wants to use ... Read More
Sahel ‘at crossroads’: conflict-ridden region needs support to fight armed groups, warns UN
International and regional efforts to combat armed groups linked to al-Qaeda, the Islamic State and other extremist groups have failed to stop their expansion in ... Read More
Germany stresses security commitment for Sahel region
Germany’s Defense Minister, Boris Pistorius, Wednesday said the European country will use Niger as base as it remains committed to the Sahel region flagged by ... Read More
Sahel is becoming ‘immensely dangerous’ ‘no-go area’ for journalists, RSF warns
Reporters Without Borders fears reporting in Africa's Sahel region will soon be 'mission impossible’, as the international NGO reveals in its latest report published on ... Read More
Blinken hails Niger as model of cooperation, promises to ‘deliver results’ in Sahel
The United States and its Western allies must demonstrate they “can deliver results” in Africa's Sahel region, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said ... Read More
Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana host AFRICOM panafrican drills
Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire are hosting US Africa military command AFRICOM drill bringing together 29 countries in view strengthening the capacities of armies of the ... Read More
France loses influence in Sahel
France, the former colonial master in the Sahel, is receiving a series of blows as its foothold shrinks on the back of growing anti-French sentiment ... Read More
Burkina Faso: dozens of soldiers, civilians killed in jihadist-hit north
At least 28 people, including soldiers and civilians, have been killed in two separate attacks by rebel fighters in northern Burkina Faso, a regional governor ... Read More
Laurent Gbagbo urges ECOWAS to set up regional counterterrorism brigade
Laurent Gbagbo, Cote d’Ivoire’s ex-leader, has called on regional grouping ECOWAS to establish counter-terrorism brigade to curtail terrorism that has plagued the region. Gbagbo was ... Read More
Sahel’s development, stability to be achieved through industrialization — AU/UN experts
"The issue of inclusive industrialization in the Sahel is of prime importance” given the challenges the conflict-torn region is currently facing — this is the ... Read More