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​People gather at a petrol station in Bamako, Mali, on November 1, 2025, amid a fuel blockade imposed by al Qaeda-linked insurgents.
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Mali’s insurgency spells trouble for West Africa

Mali is on the verge of falling to an Islamist group that has pledged to transform the country into a pre-modern caliphate. The militant group’s momentum has Mali’s neighbors worried.

The last French convoy from Operation Barkhane, prepares to leave Gossi, Mali.
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The UN’s dangerous withdrawal from Mali

The UN this week laid out a timeline for withdrawing peacekeeping troops from the West African state of Mali – a mission that UN chief António Guterres has called “unprecedented” because of the vast logistical and security challenges.

n the photo taken on December 10, 2020, mobilization of women in front of the Congress where the approval in Deputies of the legalization and decriminalization of abortion in Argentina was voted.
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What We're Watching: Argentina's abortion bill, Spain's vaccine registry, Burkina Faso's security push

A collection of student footwears left behind after gunmen abducted students at the Government Science school in Kankara, in northwestern Katsina state, Nigeria December 13, 2020.
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Nigeria's struggles

A horrifying attack by militants in northern Nigeria has again shed light on the country's precarious security situation. What are the conditions — political, economic, and social — that have allowed militant groups like Boko Haram to gain ground in Nigeria?








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