What’s ahead for a 50-year-old West African bloc after 3 junta-led countries left the group?
A 50-year-old West Africa regional bloc is facing significant challenges after three junta-led countries — Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso — formally left the group, known as ECOWAS.
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With France’s military influence in Africa gone, can it rely on soft power?
However, across several Francophone countries, official communication, such as public communiques, the news, or even lectures, is delivered in standard French. In Mali, where the military ...
A French journalist recounts 711 days of captivity as a hostage of Islamic extremists in Mali
Olivier Dubois, a French journalist, was kidnapped by JNIM, a branch of al-Qaida in Africa's Sahel region, while on his way ...
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A French journalist recounts 711 days of captivity as a hostage of Islamic extremists in Mali
The Sahel countries of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger in recent years have been upended by military coups and are now led by military juntas, which struggle against rising extremist violence and ...
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A French journalist recounts 711 days of captivity as a hostage of Islamic extremists in Mali
DAKAR, Senegal — (AP) — For a foreign correspondent in Mali, the assignment seemed like a dream: as Islamic extremists upended the region, Olivier Dubois, a French journalist, secured a rare ...