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Influx of foreign fighters mirrors weak border surveillance
The recent influx of foreign fighters into Nigeria, particularly from the Sahel region, has raised significant concerns ...
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Exit Of Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger From Ecowas A Minor Hiccup –Tuggar
ShareMinister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, speaks in this interview monitored on Arise Television on the final exit of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso from the Economic Community of West African ...
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Senegal and Mali Strengthen Military Ties to Boost Regional Security
In recent years, West Africa has seen a surge in terrorist attacks. The Sahel remains the epicenter, accounting for 47% of terrorism-related deaths worldwide in 2023, according to the Global Terrorism ...
The Punch on MSN23h
Shonga: Rice farmers seek intervention as dry season flood submerges 3,000 hectares
As Nigeria grapples with the problem of food security, the recent flooding of Shonga Rice Farm in Edu Local Government of ...
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A bold plan to save Africa’s shrinking giraffe herds
They walked south-southeast across the Sahel, along the Niger River, and skirted Niamey before settling in the Koure region, on a dry and dusty plateau. A Fulani herder named Amadou Hama ...
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We lost investments, livelihood to flood - Kwara rice farmers
Sulieman Mohammed, who has started witnessing his breakthrough in dry season rice production was devastated when a flood last week, washed away his entire investment. The incident left him in agony ...
Power vacuum in west Africa’s Sahel: 3 ways China could fill the gap as west exits
China stands a good chance of taking advantage of the dwindling western presence in the Sahel region of west Africa.
Why Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger’s new plan to tackle extremist violence is likely to fail
The junta-led countries of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have announced a new joint military force to combat jihadist groups ...
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Power Vacuum in West Africa's Sahel - 3 Ways China Could Fill the Gap As West Exits [analysis]
With France fast losing its influence in west Africa's Sahel region and an unpredictable US president in power, will China fill the vacuum?The Sahel region covers 10 countries: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, ...
At least 10 soldiers in Niger are killed in an ambush, the army says
Niger’s ruling military junta says that an ambush by a “group of criminals” killed at least 10 Nigerien soldiers near the country’s border with Burkina Faso.
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Niger Red Cross ban comes amid 'dire humanitarian' situation
Sentiments against what is perceived as foreign interference have been rife in the Sahel region in recent yearsImage: DW Niger under 'no obligation to explain motivation' The ICRC, which has been ...
Newsday6d
At least 10 soldiers in Niger are killed in an ambush, the army says
DAKAR, Senegal — Armed assailants in western Niger killed at least 10 soldiers ... the Alliance of Sahel States. But the security situation in the Sahel, a vast region on the fringes of the ...