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Ghana 's President Nana Akufo-Addo is pictured during a virtual summit of leaders of the Economic Community of West African States on January 28. Ivory Coast Presidence Press Service via Reuters

West African bloc suspends Burkina Faso after coup

AfricaJanuary 29, 2022

Danish Defence Minister Trine Bramsen (centre) said European allies are deciding what 'future counter-terrorism mission should look like in the Sahel region'. AFP

Europe allies look for new plan to tackle extremists in Mali

EuropeJanuary 28, 2022

Policemen of the UN Stabilisation Mission in Mali (Minusma), patrol in front on the Great Mosque in Timbuktu. AFP

Refugee crisis in Sahel belt of Africa reaching critical level, UN says

USJanuary 14, 2022

Soldiers patrol the road of Gorgadji, Burkina Faso, in the Sahel region in 2019. Reuters

UAE pushes for ‘redoubled’ Sahel anti-terror effort

WorldJanuary 10, 2022

Malian soldiers and members of the new Takuba force on patrol near the Niger border in Dansongo Circle, Mali, on August 23. Reuters

Militants massacre 31 civilians and kill UN worker in Mali

AfricaDecember 04, 2021

Filao trees, planted to slow coastal erosion along the Atlantic Ocean, line the beach near Kebemer, Senegal. The trees form a curtain that protects the beginning of the Great Green Wall. AP

Sahel violence hits Great Green Wall eco-project

UKNovember 15, 2021

France's Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian addresses the 76th session of UN General Assembly, in a recorded message. Photo: UNTV

Political turmoil in Sahel could undermine anti-terror gains, France warns UNGA 2021

UNGASeptember 27, 2021

Beach in Hithadhoo, Maldives, where many of the islands are only one metre above sea level. Getty Images

Climate change driving security concerns in Sahel and small island states

UNGASeptember 23, 2021

French president Emmanuel Macron. Reuters

France says head of ISIS in Sahara has been killed

AfricaSeptember 16, 2021

Mali's interim president, Col Assimi Goita, in blue, during Eid Al Adha prayers before he was attacked by armed men. AFP

Mali leader 'safe' after assassination attempt

AfricaJuly 20, 2021

Armoured vehicles are driven down the Champs-Elysees during the Bastille Day parade.

French troops fighting in Sahel take centre stage on Bastille Day

EuropeJuly 14, 2021

President Emmanuel Macron waves from the entrance of the Presidential Palace on the day he announced French troops would be reduced by half in the Sahel region of West Africa despite the terrorist threat. AFP

Emmanuel Macron announces French forces Sahel drawdown

UKJuly 09, 2021

A Togolese soldier keeps watch from a makeshift checkpoint in Yemboate, the northern Togo border post with Burkina Faso, on February 17, 2020. AFP

Togo keeps fearful watch on extremist threat from the Sahel

AfricaMay 21, 2020

Malian troops stand guard prior to the visit of the French Prime Minister at the Operation Barkane military French base in Gao, Mali. AFP

EU extends military mission in the Sahel

EuropeMarch 23, 2020

Sha Emirates is set to open in Al Jurf in 2023. Courtesy SHA Wellness Clinics / Imkan

World-famous wellness clinic to open first Middle East spa

WellbeingNovember 27, 2019

Islamist rebels of Ansar Dine during their seige of towns in northern Mali last year. France fears scores of its own citizens are potential recruits for Islamist militants after arrests in Paris this month of men alleged to be intent on fighting French and African forces in northern Mali. Romaric Ollo Hien / AFP

Europe fears fight against militancy will shift to the home front

February 20, 2013

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