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Video: Mauritanian Sahara delights tourists again after years blighted by terror
After years blighted by terror attacks, tourists are beginning to return to Mauritania. Charter flights between Paris and the Mauritanian Sahara resumed in December 2017.…
FMM seeks inquiry into new revelations on journalists’ murder in Mali
France Médias Monde has called on French judges to investigate purported links between the 2013 murder of two RFI journalists and botched negotiations for the release of French…
French journalists’ murder 'linked to al Qaeda hostage ransom'
The murder in 2013 of RFI journalists Ghislaine Dupont and Claude Verlon may be related to botched negotiations for the release of French hostages held by al Qaeda's North…
Alleged mastermind of Ivorian resort attack arrested: RFI
The alleged mastermind of a deadly March 2016 attack on an Ivory Coast resort has been arrested in neighbouring Mali in a joint operation coordinated by French special forces,…
Video: Timbuktu, Mali’s ‘City of 333 Saints’, still in the shadow of Islamists
Despite its liberation by French forces in early 2013, Timbuktu is still fighting crime and terrorism. Aside from the presence of security and defence forces, public services are…
French national among four UN victims of al Qaeda attacks in Mali
A French national was among the four members of the UN's Mali mission killed in Tuesday's attacks around the northern city of Gao, French diplomatic sources revealed Wednesday.…
Remembering Cameroonian victims of Boko Haram
As West African nations prepare for a May 14 regional security summit, activists in Cameroon have launched a campaign to remind citizens of the ongoing Boko Haram threat in the…
Third suspect arrested in Ivory Coast beach attack
Authorities in Mali have arrested a third man believed to be linked to last month’s deadly al Qaeda attack on a beach resort in neighbouring Ivory Coast, military officials said…
Video: Hunting down jihadists in the Malian desert
Two French soldiers died of their wounds this Wednesday after their vehicle hit a landmine in northern Mali on Tuesday. Seventeen French troops have now been killed in the Sahel…
Ivory Coast vows regional cooperation in terror fightback
Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara pledged to work with regional and international partners to fight terrorism Monday, as more shocking details emerged about the country’s…
Four French nationals killed in Ivory Coast resort attack
Four French nationals were among the 18 people killed in Sunday’s attack on an Ivory Coast resort town, the French presidential office announced Monday. The assault was claimed…
Al Qaeda affiliate claims deadly Ivory Coast attack
Al Qaeda’s North African affiliate claimed Sunday’s deadly attack by gunmen on the Ivory Coast beach resort of Grand-Bassam, in which at least 18 people, including three special…