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Nigeria army frees hundreds of cleared 'Boko Haram' suspects

Black boxes from crashed helicopters found in Mali

Niger migrant hub goes from boom to bust as new measures bite

French soldiers killed in Mali helicopter collision

Conflict in the Sahel: Origins, debate and future outlook

Foreign military forces in Mali

France's grinding battle with Sahel jihadists

French and Sahel soldiers step up campaign against jihadists

Jihadists disrupt Burkina Faso's gold output while making money

This base, which is only known as 201, is shrouded in secrecy and very little has been discussed about it its construction and armament capabilities.

Niger opposition figure jailed after return

Five things to know about Africa's CFA franc

Sahel gold boom boosting jihadist coffers: ICG

UN says G5 Sahel force needs more support in anti-jihadist fight

An ambush on a convoy transporting employees of a Canadian mining company in Burkina Faso killed 37 people on Wednesday, the deadliest attack in nearly five years of jihadist violence in the West African country.

Mali's military is struggling to contain an Islamist insurgency

A French peace-keeping soldier was killed in Mali over the weekend as well as two more Mali troops

UN, African and French forces in the G5 Sahel region

Mali's army has been struggling in the face of a jihadist revolt that has spread from the arid north to its centre, an ethnically mixed and volatile region

Niger has been battling increasing cross-border attacks from Nigerian jihadist group Boko Haram

Parked: A car used for transporting goods from Benin to Nigeria, pictured in Badagry, near Lagos, after the border closure