Algeria, Niger, Nigeria resume talks on Trans-Sahara gas pipeline | News
The revival talks come at a strategic time as the European Union seeks to wean itself off Russian gas following
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ISIL-affiliate gains ground in the Sahel as massacres mount | News
ISIL-affiliated fighters, whose power was once thought to be waning in the Sahel, have expanded their reach recently, marking their
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Forty fighters ‘neutralised’ in drone strikes in Niger | Conflict News
The gunmen were travelling on motorcycles near Niger’s border with Burkina Faso, France’s military says. French drone strikes have killed
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France says it has captured Islamic State bigwig in Mali | News
Oumeya Ould Albakaye, Islamic State in Greater Sahara’s chief in two provinces of Mali and Burkina Faso was captured in
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Africa being ‘punished’ by fossil fuel investment ban – Niger | News
Niger’s leader criticised G7 decision to stop foreign fossil fuel investments after years exploiting natural resources. Africa is being “punished”
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Eleven military policemen killed in northern Burkina Faso | Armed Groups News
The landlocked country has now replaced Mali, birthplace of the conflict in the Sahel, as the epicentre of the crisis.
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Arms seized in Niger from regional gov’t stockpiles – report | Al-Qaeda News
New report finds evidence that some seized ammunition in Niger came from West African state stockpiles. Significant proportions of weapons
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UN: 18 million facing severe hunger in Sahel region | Food News
It cites the effects of Russia’s war in Ukraine, the COVID-19 pandemic, climate-induced shocks and rising costs as the reasons.
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Chadians protest as anti-French sentiments hit new highs in Sahel | Armed Groups News
Dozens of Chadian policemen are patrolling the streets of the capital N’Djamena after using tear gas to disperse students protesting
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Mali government pulls military out of regional G5 Sahel force | Armed Groups News
Since 2012, armed groups have sought to unseat the democratically elected government, which has been overthrown twice in two years
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