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CLEAN : In southwestern France, locals react to withdrawal of troops in Mali
Residents of Pau react to the decision by French President Emmanuel Macron to pull troops out of Mali (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Burkina Faso rally held against French military cooperation
A coalition of Burkina Faso civil society organisations, composed of more than 72 members, holds a rally to call for the termination of military cooperation with France (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Human rights defender says "model student" Niger is "corrupt", "anti-democratic"
Democracy in Niger -- internationally considered a "model student" among African countries -- has broken down and civil society, the media and independent bloggers are routinely silenced, says Maikoul Zodi, coordinator of a coalition of...
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CLEAN : Macron pays homage to Nigerien soldiers killed in Islamist attack
French President Emmanuel Macron and his Nigerien counterpart Mahamadou Issoufou pay homage to 71 Nigerien soldiers killed in an Islamist attack earlier this month before he wraps up a weekend visit to the five allied Sahel countries...
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CLEAN : Amid calls for "change", Chad president Déby hunting sixth term
President Idriss Déby Itno, who has been in power since 1990, will seek a sixth term in office on 11 April, against six candidates (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Jihadist-hit Niger urges crackdown on Libya arms traffic
Niger President Mohamed Bazoum urges his country's allies to step up the fight against arms trafficking from Libya, which he says is fuelling the Sahel's jihadist insurgency (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Ivory Coast inaugurates counter-terrorism 'academy'
Ivorian Prime Minister Patrick Achi and Defence Minister Téné Birahima Ouattara alongside French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian inaugurate the International Academy for Combating Terrorism (FR: Académie internationale de lutte...
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CLEAN : New Commander of EU Training Mission in Mali takes office
The European Union Training Mission in Mali (EUTM Mali) holds an inauguration ceremony for its new commander, Brigadier General Jochen Deuer (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : UN: France chairs meeting on security in Sahel and Gulf of Guinea
French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna co-chairs a meeting on security in the Sahel and Gulf of Guinea at the United Nations in New York (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Western Sahara conflict needs urgent
CLEAN : Western Sahara conflict needs urgent
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CLEAN : Niger sentences opposition figure to jail for baby trafficking
Hama Amadou, an opposition leader in the Sahel state of Niger is sentenced to a year's jail on a charge of baby smuggling after a trial that his attorneys denounced as a fix
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CLEAN : Sahel anti terror force sees teething problems in first mission
The maiden mission of a counterterrorism force that aims to tackle jihadist groups in the troubled Sahel experienced logistical problems but they are not insurmountable according to the military's first appraisal of the operation
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CLEAN : Prostest against French military presence in Mali
Hundreds of people in Bamako protest against the presence of foreign troops in their country just days ahead of a summit meant to clarify France's military role in the region (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : France's Macron gives press conference at NATO summit discusses Russia Sahel
French President Emmanuel Macron gives a press conference at the end of a NATO summit in Watford UK discussing the Sahel Russia and a video in which he and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appear to mock US President Donald Trump...
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CLEAN : Threat of coronavirus hangs over Sahel displaced
The rise of coronavirus in Africa's war-torn Sahel has sparked sharp fears for the region's hundreds of thousands of displaced people, often packed inside camps. In the Senou camp, on the outskirts of Mali's capital Bamako (Footage by...
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CLEAN : G5 Sahel force inaugurates new HQ in Bamako
The G5 Sahel Joint Force, a Sahelian military force against jihadism, inaugurates its new command post near Bamako two years after the attack on the previous one in central Mali (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : French FM rules out dialogue with Mali jihadists
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, on a trip to Mali, rules out dialogue with jihadists driving an eight-year-old insurgency in the Sahel state while and the head of Mali's transitional government speaks of an "opportunity...
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CLEAN : Journalists at risk in war-torn African region, the Sahel
Recent killings and kidnappings of reporters in the Sahel have highlighted the severe risks faced by journalists in the war-torn African region, with some describing the work as "high-risk" (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : France hits back at "scandalous" 'abandonment' claims by Mali
There is an extremely close, regular dialogue between the French and Malian authorities," a spokesman for France's Ministry of Defence says at a press conference, at which he denounces "scandalous" remarks made by Mali on Saturday at the...
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CLEAN : French soldiers patrol Timbuktu ahead of withdrawal
French troops patrol the streets of the Malian city of Timbuktu days ahead of leaving on Tuesday, in a symbolic departure more than eight years after Paris first intervened in the conflict-torn Sahel state (Footage by AFPTV via Getty...
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CLEAN : UN's Guterres says 'full investment' needed to help Niger army
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says during a visit to Niamey that the international community "must invest fully" to help Niger's army fight jihadist groups that are targeting it and several neighbouring countries (Footage by...
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CLEAN : Burkina welcomes back first African architect to win Pritzker prize
Burkina Faso-born architect Diebedo Francis Kere is welcomed with cheers and pride to Ouagadougou after becoming the first African to win the Pritzker Prize, architecture's most prestigious award, in its more than 40-year history...
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CLEAN : Burkina Faso: protest in favor of regime change as situation remains unclear
Several hundred people, some waving Russian flags, gather in the Place de la Nation in Ouagadougou to demand military cooperation with Russia, to reject French military presence in the Sahel and to call for the departure of junta leader...
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CLEAN : Sahel countries mobilize to fight migrant trafficking terrorism
CLEAN : Sahel countries mobilize to fight migrant trafficking terrorism