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Algeria
4 Shot During Protest Against Charlie Hebdo in Pakistan
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Niger
Charlie Hebdo: ‘Four dead’ in Niger protest
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Boko Haram
Hundreds said killed by Boko Haram in attacks in northeastern Nigeria
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Jihadists in Mali step up attacks, kill 7 soldiers
Despite a French-led counterterrorism operation in Mali and the Sahel, al Qaeda-linked violence continues to be a problem.
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Boko Haram overruns Multinational Joint Task Force base
Hundreds of Boko Haram fighters assaulted and took control of the Multinational Joint Task Force base in Baga, Nigeria. The base was used by troops from Nigeria, Niger, and Chad to conduct counterterrorism missions.
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France
France wants action on Libya, stops short of African calls for intervention
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Africa
African leaders demand action in Libya
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Boko Haram
Nigerian troops win back cities from extremists
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1 French commando and 20 militants killed in Mali, 9 Nigerien troops killed in Niger
The firefights in both Mali and Niger represent a sharp increase in violence since the beginning of this year.
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Algeria
Algeria Tightens Niger Border Security
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Niger
President Hollande of France said that on Oct. 9 French forces destroyed an al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb convoy in northern Niger that was transporting weapons from Mali to Libya. French forces “neutralized” the militants and captured some of them. France is establishing a new counterterrorism base in Niger.
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Mali
Niger to Stay in Mali Despite Killing of Peacekeepers
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France
French troops edge closer to Libya border to cut off Islamists
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France
US extends Niger drone capabilities in cooperation with France
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Boko Haram
Boko Haram has forced 650,000 Nigerians from homes: UN
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Africa
Interactive: France’s new game plan to counter jihadism in Africa
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France
France’s Hollande warns of Islamist threat in West Africa
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Benin
Goodluck Jonathan: Nothing is more important than bringing home Nigeria’s missing girls
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Boko Haram
Cameroon weakest link in fight against Boko Haram: Nigeria
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Libya
US Training Elite Antiterror Troops in Four African Nations
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Tuareg
Belmokhtar empire based on crime
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Africa
US military presence in Africa growing in small ways
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Africa
US Takes Training Role in Africa as Threats Grow and Budgets Shrink
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Boko Haram
Nigeria Islamists better armed, motivated than army: governor
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Niger
A Boko Haram cell planning attacks on Nigerien towns was arrested in Diffa. Although Niger still refuses to hand over Al-Saadi Gadhafi, a former high-ranking intelligence official in the Gadhafi regime has been extradited to Libya.
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Boko Haram
Displaced by Boko Haram, Nigerians risk invisibility in Niger
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France
Imagery of the Week: Drone Aprons at Niamey
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Central African Republic
UNICEF Urges Action to Prevent CAR ‘Catastrophe’
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Africa
Africa a ‘hothouse’ for extremist groups: US
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Algeria
France revises counter-terrorism strategy in Africa
