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World news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 weeks ago

West African regional army: Why thousands of soldiers are deploying

ECOWAS plans to deploy 2,000 soldiers by end of 2026 to combat cross-border armed groups, but faces funding challenges and regional fracturing as Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso left the bloc to form their own alliance.
World news
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 months ago

Terrorist turf war battle in north-eastern Nigeria leaves about 200 dead

About 200 ISWAP fighters were killed in a deadly turf war with Boko Haram at Dogon Chiku on Lake Chad's shores.
World news
fromwww.independent.co.uk
6 months ago

Armed group linked to al-Qaida sets fuel trucks ablaze as it blockades imports to Mali

Al-Qaeda-affiliated JNIM attacked and torched fuel tankers from Ivory Coast in Sikasso, seeking to tighten control by banning fuel imports and blockading Mali.
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