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CLEAN : Italian missionary kidnapped in Niger
Gunmen from neighboring Burkina Faso have kidnapped an Italian missionary in southwest Niger the latest abduction of a foreign worker in the troubled Sahel country according to the government spokesman
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CLEAN : French defence minister in Africa's Sahel
France's defence minister visited Mali on Tuesday at the beginning of a tour of Africa's Sahel region focused on coordinating action against The threat of destabilisation across the vast rebel infested hinterland CLEAN : French defence...
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CLEAN : W.African leaders push for more offensive action at ECOWAS summit
The President of Niger and ECOWAS calls for a more offensive mandate at the extraordinary counter terrorism summit of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) held on Saturday in Ouagadougou (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Anti terror summit opens in Burkina Faso
African leaders are in Burkina Faso for a summit that is expected to lead to an overhaul of the attempts to roll back jihadism in the Sahel region (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : France more engaged than ever in Sahel conflict (secretary of state)
On the sidelines of an international forum dedicated to defence issues in Dakar the French Secretary of State to the Minister of Foreign Affairs Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne comments on the security situation in Mali which has been witnessed an...
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CLEAN : FILE: Attack on Mali military post kills 53 soldiers
Fifty three soldiers were killed in a terrorist attack on a Mali military post in the northeast of the country according to the government (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : The fight against terrorism in Sahel is long term: French Armed Forces Minister
French Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly says the fight against terrorism in the Sahel region is a long-term battle as she visits Burkina Faso (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : STOCKSHOTS: France's Barkhane forces stationed on Mali-Burkina border
Images showing soldiers from the French military Barkhane operation deployed in early November 2019 on the border between Mali and Burkina Faso as part of the Bourgou IV operation to curb the jihadist threat in the Sahel (Footage by...
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CLEAN : Brothers in arms: African and French armies join forces in fight against jihadism in the Sahel
In the border zone between Mali Burkina Faso and Niger French and Burkinabe soldiers march in step (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : French PM on jihadist threat in Sahel region of Africa: we must not give them any chance
Presidents of Mauritania and Senegal Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani and Macky Sall comment on the importance of the fight against jihadist groups in the Sahel (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : G5 Sahel leaders discuss increasing jihadist threat at summit in Niamey
The leaders of the G5 Sahel hold an emergency summit after 71 soldiers were killed in Niger in a jihadist attack (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : G5 Sahel leaders meet after deadly Niger attack
G5 Sahel leaders meet for an emergency summit in Niger to coordinate their response to a Jihadist attack on an army camp that killed 71 military personnel (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : French army deploys its first armed drones in the Sahel
At its military base in Niamey in the heart of the Sahel the French Air Force has just successfully completed a series of three experimental flights of armed drones (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : G5 Sahel states urge international support in fight against terrorism
Leaders of the G5 Sahel call for closer cooperation and international support in the battle against the Islamist threat during a summit in Niamey that comes just five days after a jihadist attack left 71 Niger soldiers dead (Footage by...
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CLEAN : France Sahel allies at turning point in war on jihadists: Macron
France and five allied Sahel countries have reached a turning point in their fight against Islamist militants President Emmanuel Macron says during his weekend visit to Niamey (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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Issoufou and Macron on battling Sahel militants
French President Emmanuel Macron and his Nigerien counterpart Mahamadou Issoufou on Monday presented a united front against extremism in the Sahel region.
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CLEAN : France's FM Le Drian meets Algeria's President Tebboune
France's Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian meets Algeria's President Abdelmadjid Tebboune as part of a visit to Algiers to address regional issues and in particular the situation in Libya and the Sahel (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : G5 Sahel: Malians react to Pau summit
Malians react to France and its five partner nations in the Sahel region of West Africa pledging to bolster their efforts against jihadists waging an increasingly deadly insurgency while urging the United States to keep its troops...
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CLEAN : FILE: France boosts its anti jihad force in Sahel
The French forces of Operation Barkhane engaged in the Sahel against the increasingly murderous actions of jihadist groups will increase from 4,500 to 5,100 men by the end of February (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : France says Pentagon Africa cuts would severely limit counter-terror ops
French Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly warns that expected cuts to the Pentagon's African operations would hamper efforts against jihadist groups especially in the Sahel region (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : FILE: Coronavirus:France confirms 4 coronavirus cases in anti-jihadist Africa force
Four French soldiers deployed in the Sahel region of western Africa in France's anti-jihadist Barkhane force have tested positive for coronavirus, the army says (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Worried Togo finds itself on front line of Sahel's jihadist war
Jihadist fighters attack and kill those who pass on Togo’s northern border with Burkina Faso, where militant Islamism is spreading through Africa’s Sahel region (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Rehearsal of ahead of France's annual Bastille Day flypast over Paris
Usually they are operating in the field, in Mali or the Sahel. But on Tuesday, these army crews will flypast the capital as part of a carefully choregraphed display for the 14 July military parade (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : FILE: Two jihadists convicted, sentenced to death for 2015 Mali attacks
Two jihadists have been found guilty and sentenced to death by a Malian court for the killing of over two dozen people in attacks targeting Westerners in 2015 (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)