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The strong presence of elite soldiers among the terror suspects makes clear that the plans for a putsch were not simply the fantasies of a few crazy individuals, as is often claimed.

The Malian army announced that it discovered a mass grave near the base returned by France this week It only took a few hours after the French warnings. The Malian army said on Friday evening that it had discovered a mass grave near the base returned to it four days ago by the French army in Gossi, in the north of the country. Earlier, the French General Staff had published a video showing, according to him, Russian mercenaries of Wagner burying bodies in order according to him to accuse the Fre...

PARIS (Reuters) - Protesters in Niger blocked a French military convoy on Saturday shortly after it crossed the border from Burkina Faso, where it had been stuck for a week due to demonstrations against the former colonial ruler there, France's army said.

PARIS (Reuters) - Protesters in Niger blocked a French military convoy on Saturday shortly after it crossed the border from Burkina Faso, where it had...

PARIS: Protesters in Niger blocked a French military convoy on Saturday shortly after it crossed the border from Burkina Faso, where it had been stuck...

NIGER-FRANCE/:French convoy faces new protests after crossing into Niger from Burkina Faso

At least two people were killed and 16 others injured in western Niger on Saturday when protesters clashed with a French military convoy they blocked after it crossed the border from Burkina Faso, the local mayor said.

French soldiers and Nigerien military police fired warning shots to prevent protesters from approaching their vehicles, before the convoy was able to continue on its way toward the capital Niamey, said army spokesperson Colonel Pascal Ianni

Protesters in Niger blocked a French military convoy on Saturday shortly after it crossed the border from Burkina Faso, where it had been stuck for a week due to demonstrations against the former col…

(Bloomberg) -- Algeria closed its airspace to French military planes, a day after recalling its ambassador to Paris in an escalating row over comments attributed to President Emmanuel Macron.