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Twin explosions rock UN camps in Mali

Two explosions rocked UN camps in the northern Mali city of Gao on Sunday, causing damage but no casualties, AFP journalists at the scene...

Colombian nun kidnapped in Mali returns home 

A Colombian nun who was kidnapped and held by jihadists in Mali for more than four years returned to her home country on Tuesday. "Welcome,...

Jihadist attack on mining convoy kills five in Mali

A suspected jihadist attack killed five gendarmes escorting a convoy from a mining company in western Mali on Tuesday, the army said. It is one...

Burkina Faso once more in mourning after jihadist massacre

The impoverished Sahel state of Burkina Faso was plunged once more into mourning on Thursday, as the toll of people killed by suspected jihadists...

Two kidnapped Mauritanians freed in Mali

Two Mauritanians who were kidnapped in Mali along with three Chinese citizens were freed on Tuesday, a source close to the Mauritanian government said. The...

At least four Mali soldiers die in attack 

At least four Malian soldiers died Sunday in an attack by suspected jihadist gunmen near the border with Mauritania, the army said. An administrative mission...

US star Angelina Jolie visits refugee camp in Burkina Faso

Oscar-winning actor Angelina Jolie on Sunday visited a refugee camp in Burkina Faso sheltering thousands of Malians who have fled jihadist violence in the...

Two Mali soldiers killed in ambush by suspected jihadists

Two Malian soldiers were killed in an ambush by suspected jihadists in the country's conflict-riven north, military sources said on Sunday. "Two of our men...

Security Council condemns Burkina Faso attack

The United Nations Security Council "condemned in the strongest terms" Tuesday the attack in northern Burkina Faso on Friday and Saturday that left more...

Five civilian volunteers, one soldier killed in Burkina Faso ambush

Six people including civilians were killed when a military detachment was ambushed in northern Burkina Faso, security sources said Sunday. The nation, among the world's...

Suspected jihadists kill six Mali soldiers in twin attacks

Twin attacks on the army in central Mali overnight killed six soldiers while some 30 suspected jihadists were also left dead in response, the...

Hundred killed in attacks on two western Niger villages

Around 100 people were killed by "terrorists" attacking two villages in western Niger, the local mayor said Sunday, the latest in a string of...

In jihadist-hit Burkina areas, no elections — and no state

Two days before Burkina Faso's President Roch Marc Christian Kabore held a campaign rally in the northern town of Dori earlier this month, the...

At least 50 die in Burkina attacks blamed on jihadists

Ten people were killed when an aid convoy was ambushed in Burkina Faso, the government said Sunday, bringing to at least 50 the death...
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