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France To Evacuate Citizens From Niger "Very Soon": Embassy
France will "very soon" start to evacuate its nationals from Niger, where a coup last week has unleashed anti-French protests, Paris's embassy in Niamey said Tuesday.
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Browns, Not Greens: How An Arid Africa Country Is Reimagining Golf Courses
When Burkina Faso makes the headlines these days, it's usually because of turmoil or suffering -- its jihadist insurgency, repeated military coups or grinding poverty.
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Deadly Mosque Attack Puts Egypt Sinai Strategy In Spotlight
Egypt's years-long military campaign against a jihadist insurgency in the north of the Sinai Peninsula is under increasing scrutiny following a devastating mosque attack last week.
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Burkina Strike Boldest Yet As Islamist Insurgency Pushes South
In a 2013 speech claiming victory over jihadists in Mali who had seized the north a year earlier, French President Francois Hollande said that if it had not been for his nation's military intervention, "today we would have terrorists here in Bamako".
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Jihadists Pose Generational Threat Even if ISIS Defeated: Experts
Even if the ISIS is one day defeated on its territory, the world could face an even greater threat from tens of thousands of battle-hardened jihadist veterans, experts have warned.
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The Tiny Pill Fueling Syria's War and Turning Fighters Into Superhuman Soldiers
As The Washington Post's Liz Sly recently noted, the war in Syria has become a tangled web of conflict dominated by "al-Qaida veterans, hardened Iraqi insurgents, Arab jihadist ideologues and Western volunteers."
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25 Dead in Islamic State Assault on Key Rebel-Held Syria Town: Report
At least 25 Syrian rebels were killed overnight in an attack by Islamic State group fighters on an insurgent stronghold in Aleppo province, a monitor said today.
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Nigeria Military Poorly Equipped to Fight Boko Haram: Military Chief
Nigeria's military is underfunded and poorly equipped in its battle to check Boko Haram's rampaging insurgency, the country's outgoing chief of defence staff said on Thursday.
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Cameroon Deploys 2,000 Extra Troops to Fight Boko Haram
Cameroon will send about 2,000 military reinforcements to the north to fight Boko Haram, the Nigerian jihadist movement behind bloody cross-border raids and suicide bombings, state television said today.
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Malian Troops Kill Jihadists on Ivory Coast Border: Defence Source
Malian troops killed several jihadists near the country's southern border with Ivory Coast and destroyed the insurgents' camp in a forest straddling the frontier, a Malian army officer said Thursday.
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Egypt Vows to Wipe Out 'Dens of Terror' After Islamic State Attacks
Egypt on Thursday pressed its campaign to crush an escalating insurgency in Sinai, vowing to wipe out "dens of terror" on the peninsula after a spectacular attack by jihadists killed dozens.
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Egypt Vows to Wipe Out 'Dens of Terror' After Islamic State Attacks
Egypt vowed Thursday to crush an escalating insurgency in the Sinai Peninsula after Islamic State group jihadists killed dozens in their most spectacular assault yet in the strife-plagued region.
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Mali's Tuareg Rebels Prepare to Sign Landmark Peace Deal
Mali's Tuareg-led rebel alliance prepared today to sign a landmark deal to end years of unrest in a nation riven by ethnic divisions and in the grip of a jihadist insurgency.
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G7 Leaders to Stand Firm on Security Threats, Ukraine
World leaders at a G7 summit in Germany were today set to present a united front against global security threats ranging from jihadist insurgencies to what US President Barack Obama condemned as "Russian aggression in Ukraine".
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G7 Leaders to Stand Firm on Security Threats, Ukraine
World leaders at a G7 summit in Germany were today set to present a united front against global security threats ranging from jihadist insurgencies to what US President Barack Obama condemned as "Russian aggression in Ukraine".
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France To Evacuate Citizens From Niger "Very Soon": Embassy
France will "very soon" start to evacuate its nationals from Niger, where a coup last week has unleashed anti-French protests, Paris's embassy in Niamey said Tuesday.
-
Browns, Not Greens: How An Arid Africa Country Is Reimagining Golf Courses
When Burkina Faso makes the headlines these days, it's usually because of turmoil or suffering -- its jihadist insurgency, repeated military coups or grinding poverty.
-
Deadly Mosque Attack Puts Egypt Sinai Strategy In Spotlight
Egypt's years-long military campaign against a jihadist insurgency in the north of the Sinai Peninsula is under increasing scrutiny following a devastating mosque attack last week.
-
Burkina Strike Boldest Yet As Islamist Insurgency Pushes South
In a 2013 speech claiming victory over jihadists in Mali who had seized the north a year earlier, French President Francois Hollande said that if it had not been for his nation's military intervention, "today we would have terrorists here in Bamako".
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Jihadists Pose Generational Threat Even if ISIS Defeated: Experts
Even if the ISIS is one day defeated on its territory, the world could face an even greater threat from tens of thousands of battle-hardened jihadist veterans, experts have warned.
-
The Tiny Pill Fueling Syria's War and Turning Fighters Into Superhuman Soldiers
As The Washington Post's Liz Sly recently noted, the war in Syria has become a tangled web of conflict dominated by "al-Qaida veterans, hardened Iraqi insurgents, Arab jihadist ideologues and Western volunteers."
-
25 Dead in Islamic State Assault on Key Rebel-Held Syria Town: Report
At least 25 Syrian rebels were killed overnight in an attack by Islamic State group fighters on an insurgent stronghold in Aleppo province, a monitor said today.
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Nigeria Military Poorly Equipped to Fight Boko Haram: Military Chief
Nigeria's military is underfunded and poorly equipped in its battle to check Boko Haram's rampaging insurgency, the country's outgoing chief of defence staff said on Thursday.
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Cameroon Deploys 2,000 Extra Troops to Fight Boko Haram
Cameroon will send about 2,000 military reinforcements to the north to fight Boko Haram, the Nigerian jihadist movement behind bloody cross-border raids and suicide bombings, state television said today.
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Malian Troops Kill Jihadists on Ivory Coast Border: Defence Source
Malian troops killed several jihadists near the country's southern border with Ivory Coast and destroyed the insurgents' camp in a forest straddling the frontier, a Malian army officer said Thursday.
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Egypt Vows to Wipe Out 'Dens of Terror' After Islamic State Attacks
Egypt on Thursday pressed its campaign to crush an escalating insurgency in Sinai, vowing to wipe out "dens of terror" on the peninsula after a spectacular attack by jihadists killed dozens.
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Egypt Vows to Wipe Out 'Dens of Terror' After Islamic State Attacks
Egypt vowed Thursday to crush an escalating insurgency in the Sinai Peninsula after Islamic State group jihadists killed dozens in their most spectacular assault yet in the strife-plagued region.
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Mali's Tuareg Rebels Prepare to Sign Landmark Peace Deal
Mali's Tuareg-led rebel alliance prepared today to sign a landmark deal to end years of unrest in a nation riven by ethnic divisions and in the grip of a jihadist insurgency.
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G7 Leaders to Stand Firm on Security Threats, Ukraine
World leaders at a G7 summit in Germany were today set to present a united front against global security threats ranging from jihadist insurgencies to what US President Barack Obama condemned as "Russian aggression in Ukraine".
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G7 Leaders to Stand Firm on Security Threats, Ukraine
World leaders at a G7 summit in Germany were today set to present a united front against global security threats ranging from jihadist insurgencies to what US President Barack Obama condemned as "Russian aggression in Ukraine".
