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Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger Finalize Plans for Confederation

par This Is Beirut, 18/05 15:14 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Burkina Faso ECOWAS France junta Mali Niger Russia West Africa

Junta-run Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have finalized plans to form a confederation after turning their backs on former colonial ruler France to seek closer ties with Russia. Their foreign ministers met Friday in Niger's capital Niamey to agree on a text establishing the Confederation of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES). "The objective was to ...

Jihadist Attack Kills 20 Civilians in Mali

par This Is Beirut, 03/07 13:46 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Africa Jihadists Mali Sahel Terrorism

An attack blamed on jihadists in central Mali killed more than 20 civilians on Monday, two officials from the provincial authority said, in the latest killings in the troubled Sahel region. "At least 21 civilians have been killed" in the village of Djiguibombo, several dozen kilometres (miles) from the town of Bandiagara, one of the officials ...

Jihadists Sieze Control of Mali's International Airport

par This Is Beirut, 18/09 14:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Bamako Jihadists Mali

An Al-Qaeda-linked jihadist group on Tuesday claimed responsibility for a deadly attack in Mali's capital Bamako that saw them temporarily take control of part of the international airport. Images broadcast on the communication channels of the Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimeen (JNIM) group showed fighters strolling around and firing randomly ...

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