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          Sahel

          Read the latest security and political news from the African region

          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

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