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The Algerian national flag flies in the capital Algiers. (File/AFP)

Algeria to return its ambassador to Niger after Sahel rift

  • The announcement came after a diplomatic crisis between Algeria and its neighbors in the Sahel
  • Niger — along with Mali and Burkina Faso — withdrew their ambassadors to Algeria after Algiers downed a Malian army drone in April last year
By AFP ·
Deadly conflict in the Sahel sends herders fleeing to Africa’s coastal cities

Deadly conflict in the Sahel sends herders fleeing to Africa’s coastal cities

By AP ·
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. (AFP)

Sahel nations must unite to contain raging violence: UN chief

By AFP ·
Analysis How cocaine trafficking contributes to the Sahel’s seemingly intractable instability

How cocaine trafficking contributes to the Sahel’s seemingly intractable instability

By GABRIELE MALVISI ·
Washington makes military aid overtures to Sahel juntas

Washington makes military aid overtures to Sahel juntas

By AFP ·
Mali arrests generals, French national accused in alleged destabilization plot video

Mali arrests generals, French national accused in alleged destabilization plot

By Reuters ·
Aid cuts fuel fears on militant-hit Lake Chad’s shores video

Aid cuts fuel fears on militant-hit Lake Chad’s shores

By AFP ·
NGOs caught between juntas and militants in turbulent Sahel

NGOs caught between juntas and militants in turbulent Sahel

By AFP ·
Ambushes, mines, kidnappings: the Sahel’s roads of fear

Ambushes, mines, kidnappings: the Sahel’s roads of fear

By AFP ·
Morocco’s Atlantic gambit: linking restive Sahel to ocean video

Morocco’s Atlantic gambit: linking restive Sahel to ocean

By AFP ·
Armed men in western Niger kill 34 soldiers and wound 14, authorities say

Armed men in western Niger kill 34 soldiers and wound 14, authorities say

By AP ·
This undated photograph provided by the French Army shows three Russian mercenaries in northern Mali. (AP)

Surging violence in Sahel rings alarm bells

By AFP ·
AU calls for action to tackle extremist threat in Sahel region

AU calls for action to tackle extremist threat in Sahel region

By AFP ·

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