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Concerns mount as Russian troops take over US base in Niger
RFI via Yahoo News· 6 hours agoRussian military personnel have entered an air base in Niger that is hosting US troops – a move that...
OLY Paris 2024 Field Hockey
The Herald Journal· 2 hours agoThe French national Field Hockey team warms up before a test match Friday, May 3, 2024 in Colombes, outside Paris. The stadium will host the men's and...
Niger is telling US troops to leave as it ushers in Russian soldiers. Here’s why.
The Christian Science Monitor· 25 minutes agoRussian military personnel have entered an air base in Niger that is hosting U.S. troops, a senior U.S. defense official told Reuters, a move that follows a decision by Niger’s junta to expel ...
Mali Claims Death of Terrorist Who Helped Lead Deadly Ambush in Niger
New York Times· 3 days agoMali said on Monday that it had killed a high-value Islamist commander who helped lead a 2017 attack...
What Is Wagner Doing in Africa?
The Atlantic· 6 hours agoOne showed a pair of white mercenaries raising a black flag emblazoned with a white skull over a mud-brick fort in the Malian-desert outpost of Kidal....
Mali: Mali Muddles Along
Strategy Page· 5 days agoJanuary 31, 2024: The West African nation of Mali faces another bad year in 2024. Mali is one of the top 20 gold producers. Politics is complicated by high ...
Mali: The Good, The Bad And The Deadly
Strategy Page· 2 days agoJanuary 18, 2021: The five-month-old interim government has a new problem; the recent loss of Soumaila Cissé, the popular and long-time opposition politician favored to win the next presidential ...
Armed groups besieging towns in northeastern Mali driving residents, many children, to hunger
San Francisco Chronicle· 2 days agoA humanitarian crisis is worsening in northeastern Mali where armed groups linked to Islamic State...
Russian troops at same air base as departing American forces in Niger
Stars and Stripes· 10 hours agoRussian forces are now operating inside an air base in Niger where U.S. troops also are positioned,...
Legal loopholes are undermining press freedom in France, report warns
RFI via Yahoo News· 5 hours agoThis year’s World Press Freedom index puts France in 21st place out of 180 countries – a slight...
