Jihadism and Russia: a toxic mix in the Sahel
West needs a strategy to counter southern spread of instability into coastal states
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Why al-Qaeda’s Sahel branch is blocking fuel to Mali ⊖
Bamako is running out of fuel and patience as al-Qaeda-linked fighters tighten their siege. Can Mali contain the crisis?
57 days ago
Around four million people displaced across Africa’s Sahel, UN warns
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a story from Al Jazeera 🚨 › Al Jazeera English
Women and children represent 80 percent of those forcibly displaced in countries including Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger.
72 days ago
The US and Russia’s proxy war is bleeding Africa
Behind anti-colonial slogans, the Sahel is the front line of a new Cold War - and Africans bear the cost.
85 days ago
Dinosaurs to supercrocs: Niger’s bone keepers preserve its ancient fossils
The Sahel country is one of the few African nations to boast rare dinosaurs, but safeguarding them is a challenge.
3 months ago
Armed men on motorbikes keep conflict in motion in the Sahel
In Benin and across West Africa, riders viewed with suspicion as motorcycles now synonymous with armed fighters.
4 months ago
Russia Expands Nuclear Ambitions in Africa With Niger Power Plant Deal
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a story from The Moscow Times ✅ › The Moscow Times
The agreement signals another milestone in Moscow’s growing influence across the Sahel, where Western partnerships have frayed in recent years.
Le Spectre de Boko Haram review – how terror works its way into the minds of children
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
Cyrielle Raingou’s documentary absorbs the horror of the terrorist group’s impact on Cameroon by following the mischief of a pair of truant brothers
Shot matter-of-factly, there is however a fairytale…
‘No one is safe’: Civilians, foreigners caught in escalating Mali violence
Indian nationals abducted while Mali's army and armed groups clash, raising concerns crisis could resonate beyond Sahel.
5 months ago
Who are JNIM, the jihadist ‘ghost enemy’ gaining momentum in the Sahel?
Islamist extremist group has capitalised on instability to control a swath of the region
The scene is wearily familiar. It is dusk at a ramshackle military outpost, surrounded by miles of scrubby dese…