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Burkina Faso faces armed conflict, COVID-19 and floods

Fati Soré is one of the many displaced people in the Sahel, who fled to the city of Kaya in central Burkina Faso. She came here with her children from Pensa, a village located some 90 kilometres away. The region is in the grips of armed conflict. “Before, we farmed our land and raised our […]

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Niger: Army accused of executing over 70 civilians, probe says

Soldiers in Niger performed dozens of civilians for the duration of the counterinsurgency marketing campaign towards jihadists in the past this year, a probe has reported. Niger has suffered years of battle with Islamic militants working in the Sahel, with lots of troopers and civilians killed to date. “There have indeed been executions of unarmed […]

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Breaking: Mali’s junta starts talks on return to civilian rule

Mali’s military junta began talks on its promised transition to civilian rule on Saturday after mounting pressure from neighbours since it overthrew the nation’s leader in a coup. President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita was detained on August 18 after his seven-year rule. Opposition protests by the June 5 Movement urged he stepped down after endemic corruption […]