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West Africa: The Sahel - 'In Every Sense of the Word a Crisis'
IPS, 10 June 2020
The combination of rife insecurity, food insecurity and more than 7.5 million people in need of humanitarian assistance has left the Sahel a region in crisis, with the global… Read more »
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West Africa: Amnesty Accuses Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso Forces of Human Rights Abuses
DW, 10 June 2020
Security forces in Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso have been accused of unlawfully killing or causing the disappearance of around 200 people. Amnesty said this could constitute war… Read more »
Sahel Soldiers Kill People With Impunity - Amnesty International
The combination of rife insecurity, food insecurity and more than 7.5 million people in need of humanitarian assistance has left the Sahel a region in crisis, with the global coronavirus pandemic expected to exacerbate the situation, writes Samira Sadeque for IPS. In a new briefing, Amnesty International accuses soldiers in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger of unlawfully killing or causing the disappearance of an estimated 200 people this year.
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10 June 2020
They Executed Some and Brought the Rest with Them: Civilian Lives at Risk in the Sahel',
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The briefing They Executed Some and Brought the Rest with Them: Civilian Lives at risk in the Sahel calls on the governments of Mali, Burkina Faso and ... see more »
InFocus
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Security forces in Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso have been accused of committing a rising number of extrajudicial killings in their battle against jihadist groups in the Sahelian ... Read more »
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U.S. officials have warned that the security situation in the Sahel region is rapidly deteriorating. They said attacks claimed by Islamic militants against civilians and military ... Read more »
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The "terrible reality" of the disastrous crisis in the Sahel results from the interlinking of multiple conflicts, according to Ahmedou Ould Abdallah, a veteran retired United ... Read more »
