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Somalia to introduce direct universal suffrage in 2024
AFP, Published on 28/05/2023
» MOGADISHU - Somalia's government and federal member states said Sunday that direct universal suffrage would be introduced with local elections set for June 2024.
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UN outlines five days of horror in Mali's Moura
AFP, Published on 12/05/2023
» DAKAR - A damning report released Friday by the United Nations on a March 2022 incident in Moura, central Mali, describes five days of horror during which at least 500 people were allegedly executed by Malian and "foreign" soldiers.
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Army and 'foreign' fighters accused of atrocity in Mali
AFP, Published on 12/05/2023
» DAKAR: The Malian army and foreign fighters executed at least 500 people during an anti-jihadist operation in Mali in March 2022, according to a much-awaited UN report released on Friday.
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Amnesty accuses Burkina army of village massacre
AFP, Published on 03/05/2023
» OUAGADOUGOU - Amnesty International on Tuesday said Burkina Faso's army was responsible for a village massacre last month, putting the death toll at 147, more than double the official figure.
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60 killed in Burkina Faso 'by men in army uniform'
AFP, Published on 24/04/2023
» OUAGADOUGOU - About 60 civilians were killed in a village in northern Burkina Faso by men wearing military uniforms, the local prosecutor said late Sunday, announcing an investigation into the latest bloodshed in the insurgency-hit country.
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UN chief Guterres makes second visit to Somalia
AFP, Published on 11/04/2023
» MOGADISHU - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres arrived in Mogadishu on Tuesday to kick off a brief visit to Somalia, a country scarred by protracted armed conflict and climate disasters.
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Niger army hunts 'terrorists' in Mali
AFP, Published on 25/03/2023
» NIAMEY: Niger's defence ministry said on Friday that its troops killed 79 "terrorists" in operations last week that involved a foray into neighbouring Mali.
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Freed French journalist returns home to emotional welcome
AFP, Published on 21/03/2023
» VéLIZY-VILLACOUBLAY (FRANCE) - French journalist Olivier Dubois, 48, made an emotional return home on Tuesday following nearly two years in captivity in the Sahel, greeted by his family and President Emmanuel Macron at an airport near Paris.
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French journalist, US aid worker kidnapped in Sahel are freed
AFP, Published on 20/03/2023
» NIAMEY - A French journalist and a US aid worker who had been kidnapped by jihadists in the Sahel have been released, an AFP journalist saw Monday.
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Three escaped jihadist prisoners killed in Mauritania
AFP, Published on 12/03/2023
» NOUAKCHOTT - Three escaped jihadist prisoners were killed in Mauritania during an operation to recapture them, the government said on Saturday.
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