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On patrol for jihadists with Mauritania's camel cavalry
A posse of turban-clad soldiers perched on "ships of the desert" may conjure images of the past but Mauritania's camelback ...
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On patrol for jihadists with Mauritania's camel cavalry
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 ...
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On patrol for jihadists with Mauritania's camel cavalry
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 ...
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On patrol for jihadists with Mauritania's camel cavalry
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 ...
Institute for Security Studies (ISS Africa)14d
Algeria-AES diplomatic crisis calls for swift African Union mediation
The current diplomatic crisis between Algeria and the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) presents recently elected African Union ...
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ANALYSIS: African Union must intervene in crisis between Algeria, Mali, others
The AU should seek to achieve three objectives. First, bring Algeria and the AES Confederation together through mediation.