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US aid worker and French journalist freed after years held hostage in Africa

Jeffery Woodke and Olivier Dubois, who had been kidnapped by jihadists in the Sahel, were released in Niger

The Guardian - US

French journalist, US aid worker freed in West Africa

Reporter Olivier Dubois had been held by armed groups since 2021, while Jeffery Woodke was kidnapped in 2016.

Al Jazeera

US dubs Niger a beacon of democracy in fight against Sahel terrorism

Visiting Niger this week, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken hailed the Western military partner as a model of democracy in a region battling jihadist insurgencies. He also announced a $150 million humanitarian aid package for the wider Sahel region.

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UN: Ten Million Children in Sahel Face 'Extreme Jeopardy'

Ten million children in west Africa's central Sahel region are now in "extreme jeopardy" and desperately need humanitarian help due to worsening violence, the United Nations warned Friday. The number of children in dire need of aid in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger is twice as many as in 2020,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

‘Catastrophic insecurity’: 10 million children in Sahel need aid

UNICEF says the number of children in extreme jeopardy has doubled since 2020.

Al Jazeera

Blinken says US must show it can ‘deliver results’ to Sahel

First trip to Niger by a US secretary of state comes amid regional security crisis and growing Russian influence.

Al Jazeera

Blinken making ‘historic’ trip to Niger as forces shift in Sahel

Blinken to be first US secretary of state to visit country amid concerns over Sahel security, growing Russian influence.

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US trains West African militaries as jihadi threat spreads

As extremist violence in West Africa’s Sahel region spreads south toward coastal states, the United States military has launched its annual military training exercise which will help armies contain the jihadi threat

The Independent UK

Militant Islamist violence in Africa surges – deaths up nearly 50%, events up 22% in a year

Militant Islamist violence in Africa set new records for violent events and fatalities this past year. This continues a relentless decade-long upward trend. To give a sense of the accelerating pace of this threat, both violent events and fatalities have almost doubled since 2019.

The Conversation

Al Qaeda leader in North Africa grants exclusive interview to FRANCE 24

Algerian Islamist Abu Obeida Youssef al-Aanabi, the current leader of al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), granted an exclusive interview to FRANCE 24 in which he officially confirmed his group is holding French journalist Olivier Dubois, who was kidnapped in Mali in 2021, and discussed the role of jihadism…

France 24

US Official Discusses in Algeria Arms Proliferation in Sahel

Bonnie Jenkins, the US undersecretary of state for arms control, would discuss with senior officials in Algeria security, counter-terrorism, and arms proliferation in Sahel and Libya. Jenkins also has the Russian “Wagner” threats on her agenda. “Jenkins will meet with senior government officials to discuss issues of mutual concern, including…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Niger is Africa's fastest growing country – how to feed 25 million more people in 30 years

Niger, a landlocked country in the dry Sahel region of Africa, struggles to feed its 25 million people. It currently ranks 115th out of 121 countries on the Global Hunger Index, and the number of people not getting enough to eat has increased from about 13% of the population in…

The Conversation

Islamist terrorism is rising in the Sahel, but not in Chad – what's different?

Since the rise of Boko Haram in Nigeria and the emergence of Islamist-Salafist groups in northern Mali in 2013, the Sahel has increasingly been caught in the maelstrom of Islamist terrorism.

The Conversation

Security, trade top issues at annual African Union summit

A main focus of the two-day meeting will be on trying to achieve ceasefires in the Sahel and the eastern DRC.

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Trade, Security Top Issues as African Leaders Meet

African leaders gather Saturday in Addis Ababa for an annual summit, aiming to jumpstart a faltering trade deal while also focusing on the continent's most pressing challenges, including armed conflict and a worsening food crisis. As the continent reels from a record drought in the Horn of Africa and deadly…

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Niger says at least 10 soldiers killed in insurgent ambush

At least 10 Nigerien soldiers were killed in an ambush, and more than a dozen others were injured by armed assailants near the West African Sahel nation's border with neighbouring Mali, Niger's defence minister said in a statement on Saturday.

Tribune News Service

Failing states make Africa terrorism epicenter, UN says

The inability of states to provide basic services and security and create jobs across much of Africa, ranging from the Sahel zone in the west to Somalia in the east and Mozambique in the south has made the continent the global epicenter of extremist violence, the United Nations Development Programme…

Reuters

Israel to Chad: need to curb Iran, Hezbollah clout in Sahel

Chadian President Mahamat Deby, in Israel to open an embassy on Thursday, heard his hosts' concern about what they described as the clout of their arch-foes Iran and Hezbollah in Africa's Sahel region.

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Pope Francis slams 'brutal atrocities' committed in DR Congo

In tonight's edition: The pope consoles Congolese victims of atrocities from the country's volatile east as he welcomes them in Kinshasa on the second day of his trip. Also, the trafficking of medical products in the Sahel is on the rise and costing lives, according to a UN report. Finally,…

Radio France Internationale

France recalls ambassador from Burkina Faso as troops prepare to leave

Officials in Paris on Thursday announced that France was recalling its ambassador from Burkina Faso, a day after agreeing to demands from the ruling military junta to pull out troops from the former French colony in Africa's Sahel region.

The Independent UK

Official: Jihadis abduct at least 50 women in Burkina Faso

An official in Burkina Faso says at least 50 women were abducted by Islamic extremists in the northern Sahel region last week

Radio France Internationale

Searches are underway to find 50 women kidnapped in Burkina Faso

In northern Burkina Faso, reports have begun to emerge of a kidnapping that took place late last week near the town of Arbinda, in a part of the Sahel under jihadist control. Around 50 women were snatched as they gathered fruits and plants in the bush because of severe food…

The Independent UK

Jihadi violence hits Benin, shows spread across West Africa

Violence linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group, which has wracked much of West Africa’s inland Sahel region for more than seven years, is spreading to the region's coastal states and Benin is the hardest hit

Radio France Internationale

African Biennale of Photography in Mali defends culture despite difficulties

Despite a security crisis in the West Africa and Sahel regions, Covid-19, and diplomatic tensions with France, organisers of the African Biennale of Photography have managed to put on the Pan-African exhibition in Bamako, Mali in the spirit of resilience and resistance.

Al Jazeera

The good, bad, and the ugly: West Africa’s big issues in 2022

A recap of top issues in West Africa in 2022, including heated political campaigns and armed groups gaining ground.

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