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West Africa JNIM jihadists may face internal tensions

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WEST AFRICA

JNIM’s top leader Iyad ag Ghali and key deputy Amadou Koufa, have been in place since the group’s 2017 creation, giving the group some leadership continuity, despite a period of…

New insurgency may lead Niger's junta to negotiate

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NIGER

CNPC investments in drilling, refining and pipeline exports lie at the core of Niger’s economic growth prospects. However, in recent months armed groups rooted in Tuareg and Tubu…

Sudan's civil war will grind on

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SUDAN

Thousands of combatants and civilians have been killed, over 8 million people (around one-fifth of the population) have been displaced and 18 million face severe acute food…