Tag: Sahel
For Olivier Dubois, the end of two years of captivity in the Sahel
The last French hostage in the world has just been released. After 711 days in captivity, French journalist Olivier Dubois arrived at Niamey airport, the capital of Niger, around 3…
French journalist Olivier Dubois, hostage in the Sahel since 2021, has been released
French journalist Olivier Dubois arrived free at Niamey airport in Niger on Monday, nearly two years after he was kidnapped in Mali by the jihadist alliance of the Support Group…
Washington has more to offer the Sahel than Moscow, says Blinken
By Le Figaro with AFP Published on 03/17/2023 at 15:49 , Update on 03/17/2023 at 6:38 p.m. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in an interview with AFP that…
Cotton cultivation in the Sahel – Mali’s white gold ends up abroad – News
Contents Cotton is one of the most important raw materials for Mali. But the country in the Sahel can hardly use the potential. However, some die-hards try local processing. A…
The UN is concerned about the worsening food insecurity in the Sahel
The UN expressed concern on Tuesday, January 10, about the massive deterioration of food security in the Sahel exacerbated in particular by the war in Ukraine with, in six months,…
Sahel: detained since 2018, a German aid worker has been released
German humanitarian Jörg Lange, 63, has been released after being held hostage for four and a half years in the Sahel, his NGO, Help, announced on Saturday. “We are very…
Sahel: a German hostage released more than 4 years after his kidnapping
The 63-year-old humanitarian was kidnapped on April 11, 2018 in western Niger, in a region bordering Mali plagued by recurrent jihadist attacks. German humanitarian Jörg Lange, 63, has been released…
Operation Barkhane: review of nine years of French presence in the Sahel in six key dates
Romain Rouillard 06:00, November 09, 2022modified to 06:16, November 09, 2022 It cost the lives of 58 French soldiers and mobilized up to 5,500 soldiers in the Sahel, engaged in…
Official end of the French military operation “Barkhane” in the Sahel, after almost ten years of existence
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Sahel: Macron will announce on Wednesday the official end of Operation Barkhane
French President Emmanuel Macron will officially announce the end of the anti-jihadist operation Barkhane in the Sahel on Wednesday, just under three months after the withdrawal of French soldiers from…
Humanitarian crisis in Niger and the Sahel: an NGO sounds the alarm
The NGO International rescue committee (IRC) expressed alarm on Thursday 27 October at the humanitarian situation “very seriousin Niger and more broadly in the Sahel, in particular because of the…
World Bank urges Sahel countries to diversify their economies
Cultivated plots on the edge of the Ouadi Moura, in Chad, in March 2019. AMAURY HAUCHARD / AFP In a report published Monday, September 19, the World Bank urged Sahel…