Sahel region

Zelenskyy to meet Macron in Paris to talk weapons

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French president wants to showcase his support for Kyiv despite budgetary restraints.

French general wants to slash ‘unbelievable’ red tape to move troops faster across Europe

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EU needs to up its game on military mobility, but it’s no easy task, General Bertrand Toujouse tells POLITICO.

France closes embassy in Niger

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Months after the coup, Paris says conditions on the ground are ‘making it impossible’ for the embassy to carry out its missions.

Liberté, égalité and military hardware: France sets its sights on Russia’s former allies

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Emmanuel Macron’s European Political Community, launched after Russia invaded Ukraine, is now translating into defense deals.

General Petraeus warns of urban warfare in Gaza

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SNEAK PEEK — David Petraeus, ex-CIA director and four-star general who led coalition forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, warns of carnage should Israel launch a ground invasion into Gaza. — Russia revoked ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, raising the specter of renewed nuclear testing. — The European Commission opened applications for funding under […]

EU to discuss Niger coup fallout, reassess Sahel region approach

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After the recent Niger coup, EU foreign and defence ministers this week are expected to discuss a strategy to deal with the situation and reassess the bloc’s approach to the Sahel region, according to an internal memo seen by EURACTIV.

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 539 of the invasion

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Three killed in Russian strikes on Volyn; Russia raises interest rates to 12%Three people were killed, several people were wounded and buildings were damaged in a large-scale air-attack on Ukraine’s western region of Lviv and the north-western region o…

What happened to Qatargate’s forgotten country, Mauritania? 

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The country wanted to change its image in Brussels and spent €200,000 to do so, according to leaked testimony. The result? A conference … and not much else.

Future of US military mission in Niger in focus after coup

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Last month’s coup in Niger has raised questions over whether the United States can continue the 1,100-strong military presence in the country that officials and analysts say has been key to fighting Islamist militants in the Sahel region.

Pressure grows on Niger coup leaders as deadline looms

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Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune says his country opposes any military intervention in Niger.

France backs efforts to quash Niger coup ahead of Sunday deadline

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Threat of military intervention made by ECOWAS ‘must be taken very seriously,’ French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna says.

France begins evacuating its citizens and other Europeans from Niger

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Airlift follows coup that toppled President Mohamed Bazoum, as tensions grow between the two countriesFrance has started evacuating its citizens and other Europeans from Niger, days after a junta toppled the president, Mohamed Bazoum, and seized power …

Biden administration unwilling to call Niger coup a ‘coup’

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A legal decision that the West African country has had a coup could force the U.S. to stop sending military aid.

Niger coup final nail in France’s Sahel military strategy coffin, experts warn

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The Niger coup marks the end of a largely-failed French military ‘Barkhane’ operation in the Sahel, broadly due to a lack of resources, and an underlying sense of neocolonialism, according to experts EURACTIV spoke with.

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