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Not just a hideout: Sahel forests provide base for militants

Not just a hideout: Sahel forests provide base for militants

  • In Mali, militants from JNIM, Al-Qaeda’s Sahel branch, operate from the vast 80,000-hectare
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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

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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

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UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. (AFP)

Sahel nations must unite to contain raging violence: UN chief

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

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

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Washington makes military aid overtures to Sahel juntas

Washington makes military aid overtures to Sahel juntas

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

Mali arrests generals, French national accused in alleged destabilization plot

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

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

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NGOs caught between juntas and militants in turbulent Sahel

NGOs caught between juntas and militants in turbulent Sahel

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

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

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

Morocco’s Atlantic gambit: linking restive Sahel to ocean

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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

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

Surging violence in Sahel rings alarm bells

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