Burkina Faso and Niger have followed Mali in announcing they are to withdraw from an international force known as the G5 that was set up to fight Islamists in the Sahel region. All three countries ...

The G5, created in 2014, has secured only meagre results, with Mali also quitting the original ... sovereignty to quit all instances of the G5 Sahel, including the joint force" as of November ...

Mali left the force last year ... Burkina Faso and Niger said, "the G5 Sahel cannot serve foreign interests to the detriments of our people, and even less the dictates of any power in the name ...

Defence ministers from the G5 Sahel countries - Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger - are planning more joint military operations and greater "hearts and minds" engagement. This will ...

TASS/. Moscow will continue to support the G5 Sahel group (Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Chad and Mauritania) by providing weapons, equipment and training peacekeepers in order to combat the threat ...

Mali’s president and prime minister were detained ... Much-needed changes' France has also struggled to train local troops grouped in a G5 Sahel anti-jihadist alliance that remains outmatched ...

and a much-trumpeted initiative to create a joint 5,000-man G5 Sahel force is making poor progress. In Mali, anger at insecurity has fuelled discontent over coronavirus restrictions and the ...

Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso announced ... defence pact known as the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), withdrawing from an international force, G5, that was set up to fight Islamists in the region.

Analysis - Terrorists attacks in Tinzwaten Mali, Niger oil pipeline, Barsalogho Burkina Faso and Barkaram island... It should be remembered that the advent of terrorism and the war in Libya have ...

Now, on the margins of the G5 Sahel summit in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, regional leaders have voiced support for the Desert to Power initiative. The heads of state said they will seek to attract ...

Since 2018, Africa has been the global epicentre of violent extremism, with devastating effects on the lives and livelihoods ...

This revamp of LG's flagship phone moves to a smaller, metal design with a removable bottom to add special modules and access the battery. Major new features include fingerprint sensor, additional ...