Attacks by Islamic extremists are rampant in Africa’s Sahel. Here’s what we know about them
Here’s what we know about the security situation in Sahel: Over the last decade, the region has been shaken by extremist ...
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Countries in the Sahel further withdraw from ECOWAS
Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger — all led by military juntas — have announced plans to introduce a new biometric passport. It’s the latest step in their withdrawal from the regions’ main bloc of nations: ...
The Hill6d
Dwindling Western influence amid uncertainty in the Sahel region
the Sahel is not just a theater of conflict but a pivotal chessboard in a broader struggle for influence. While ECOWAS has sought to heal this growing divide and bring back the three countries ...
Royal United Services Institute9d
Shifting Alliances: The Sahel's Geostrategic Evolution in a Multipolar Era
Nevertheless, it is important to highlight that most Western international actors have not withdrawn from the Sahel, and most of the aid and humanitarian assistance programmes in the region are still ...
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Hungary Seeks Foothold In Restive Sahel As West Pulls Out
Landlocked Chad is the last Sahel country to host French soldiers after Paris was forced to pull out of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger in recent years. But sources told AFP in June that Paris was ...
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Sahel, Lake Chad Basin countries coordinate joint polio eradication plan
In a significant move to combat the ongoing challenge of variant poliovirus transmission in Central and West Africa, Ministers of Health from the Lake Chad Basin countries and Sahel sub-region have ...
San Francisco Examiner13d
Hungary seeks foothold in restive Sahel as West pulls out
Hungary has bucked a trend by Western nations to withdraw from the Sahel region of Africa where Russia has increased its presence, and plans to deploy soldiers to Chad, whose leader Mahamat Idriss ...