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A posse of turban-clad soldiers perched on "ships of the desert" may conjure images of the past but Mauritania's camelback ...
They are the Meharists, heirs to the camel-riding army units founded back ... has an interest in maintaining Mauritania's stability in an otherwise unstable region, one European diplomat told ...
They are the Meharists, heirs to the camel-riding army ... region neighbours Burkina Faso and Niger is riven by violence from jihadist groups. To tame the immense, mainly desert territory ...
ACHEMIME (MAURITANIA ... jihadist fighters and the threat of abuse by the Malian army or their Russian mercenary allies. Much of the region's inhabitants are from nomadic tribes, who crisscross ...
The exercise has been organized by the U.S. Special Operations Command Africa (SOCAFRICA) for two decades. This year's ...
An attack on a military base in northern Burkina Faso killed multiple soldiers, while a separate assault in the south left dozens of civilians dead, sources told Reuters on Monday, underscoring ...