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Norway is to give an extra 3.3 million in aid to countries in West Africa's troubled Sahel region, where a string of successive coups has set off a vast humanitarian crisis. The Nordic nation has already donated 20 million euros so far this year.

Before his sudden demise, the shadowy Wagner Group leader helped unravel 60 years of French domination in Africa

France has suspended visas for students from Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali, which leaves many stranded.

Paris says it is unable to work with putschists, leaving efforts to counter Islamists in Sahel in disarray

After about two months of wrangling between France and the new military regime in Niger, President Emmanuel Macron finally decided, on 24 September, to withdraw the French ambassador and pull out French military forces from Niger.

The French troops who are being forced out of Niger were seen as a key line of defense in efforts led by the West, particularly the U.S. and France, to fight against jihadi violence in Africa’s hard-hit Sahel region

Advisers of detained Mohamed Bazoum say French withdrawal removes coup leaders’ pretext for power grab

The military rulers had been demanding the exit of envoy and troops after Macron refused to recognise the July coup.

Josep Borrell, the EU's high representative for foreign and security policy, speaks to Talking Europe from New York, where he is attending the annual United Nations General Assembly. We discuss the big issues facing the EU in the world: Ukrainian grain exports and food security; the conflict between Azerbaijan and…