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          Taliban prisoners preparing to leave a government prison in Kabul, Afghanistan, as part of an arrangement to persuade the insurgent group to start peace talks. EPA

          Brutal year: 2019's deadliest terror groups

          November 25, 2020
          The UN warned on Monday that funding shortages could have “disastrous implications” on the security crisis in the Sahel.

          UN: cash shortages hamper anti-terror war in Sahel

          AfricaNovember 16, 2020
          Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman, left, said no US forces were hurt during the hostage rescue mission in Nigeria on October 31, 2020. AP Photo

          US forces free American hostage kidnapped in Niger

          AfricaOctober 31, 2020
          Fighters with the Al Qaeda-linked group Ansar Dine stand guard in Timbuktu, Mali. AP

          UN humanitarian chief: Sahel is very close to tipping point

          AfricaOctober 14, 2020
          This August 9, 2020 image shows the wreckage of the car where six French aid workers, their local guide and the driver were killed by unidentified gunmen riding motorcycles in an area of southwestern Niger AFP

          France to boost Sahel security after citizens killed in Niger, says Macron

          EuropeAugust 11, 2020
          President Macron and the leaders of the G5 Sahel group lay a wreath in memory of French soldiers killed in a helicopter collision last year. AFP

          Six French nationals, two guides killed in Niger

          AfricaAugust 10, 2020
          Child refugees from Pakistan stand outside their home at a Hindu refugee settlement in New Delhi. Reuters

          How we should be observing World Refugee Day

          CommentJune 20, 2020
          RAF Chinooks began operating in Mali with the French military during July 2018 and since then have moved over one-thousand tonnes of freight and over twelve-thousand passengers. Courtesy RAF Odiham Twitter account

          France launches coalition to fight extremism in the Sahel

          AfricaJune 12, 2020
          Abdelmalek Droukdel, aka Abu Musab Abdul Wadud, the leader of Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), in northern Mali before he was killed in a French operation. AFP

          What next for North Africa following Al Qaeda chief killing?

          June 07, 2020
          United Nations peacekeeping force in Mali, showing UN peacekeeping armoured vehicles on patrol at a undisclosed location in Mali, 27 March 2019. EPA

          International Day of UN Peacekeepers: Mission numbers fall in 2019

          WorldMay 29, 2020
          The leaders of the G5 Sahel group. AFP

          EU floats prospect of African debt relief to combat Covid-19

          EuropeApril 28, 2020
          Smouldering ashes left after an attack by Boko Haram fighters on a funeral in northeast Nigeria. AFP

          More than 40 Boko Haram extremists found dead in Chad prison

          WorldApril 18, 2020
          IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva said the fund was likely to revise its growth forecast for the global economy. AFP

          IMF approves debt relief for 25 countries to help them fight Covid-19

          EconomyApril 16, 2020
          French troops carry weapons at the 101 military airbase near Bamako before their deployment to the north of Mali. France is using both air and ground power in the joint offensive with Malian soldiers AFP

          Britain is joining an ‘unwinnable’ fight in the Sahel: think tank

          AfricaApril 11, 2020
          The military in Burkina Faso have been battling armed groups with links to Al Qaeda and ISIS since 2017. AFP

          Coronavirus: Sahel humanitarian crisis 'spiralling' amid pandemic

          AfricaApril 02, 2020
          Thousands fleeing terrorism, mainly women and children, have arrived in Pemba, Mozambique. AP Photo

          Thousands flee terrorist attacks in northern Mozambique

          AfricaMarch 31, 2020
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