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Agadez: The ancient Sahelian city forced to change amid trying times

A once thriving Saharan tourist city with a rich but fading heritage faces harsh realities two years since Niger’s coup.

Mali asks UN to withdraw its peacekeeping mission ‘without delay’

The West African nation’s military rulers criticised MINUSMA’s ‘failure’ to respond to security challenges.

Mali: Prominent leader of ex-Tuareg-led rebel alliance shot dead

No claim of responsibility for the attack outside CMA president’s home in the capital, Bamako.

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From: Talk to Al Jazeera

Mali FM Kamissa Camara on rebels, human rights and Sahel security

Mali’s foreign minister discusses the struggle for regional security, alleged human rights violations and resilience.

Suspected rebel fighters kill dozens of Tuareg in Mali

At least 43 people are killed in two separate attacks in remote villages near the Mali-Niger border, local sources say.

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Shadow War in the Sahara

‘War on terror’ or competition for natural resources? A look at the US and French military presence in Africa.

Tuareg and Tebu fight proxy battle in southwest Libya

Since September, the conflict has claimed hundreds of lives and displaced most of the region’s population.

Since the Libyan revolution, the country has become bitterly divided between two governments. [Mauricio Morales/Al Jazeera]

A Tuareg man walks in the desert lands around Ghat, where families fleeing the violence in Ubari have been camping out. [Mauricio Morales/Al Jazeera]

A man plays traditional Tuareg music, which comprises an important part of the Tuareg culture. [Mauricio Morales/Al Jazeera]

Tuareg tribal leaders recently met in Ghat with a representative of the Tripoli-based government, in an effort to address issues of local governance. [Mauricio Morales/Al Jazeera]

A group of young men play in the streets of Ghat, where unemployment has become a concern for municipal authorities. [Mauricio Morales/Al Jazeera]

A displaced Tuareg man from Ubari walks in front of his makeshift shelter in an abandoned construction complex in the outskirts of Ghat. [Mauricio Morales/Al Jazeera]

Displaced families have been camping out on a half-finished construction site with little water, food or prospects for work. [Mauricio Morales/Al Jazeera]

A lack of fuel deliveries to Ghat - a result of the fighting in Ubari - has kick-started a black market for the commodity, providing the only source of income for some young men in the city. [Mauricio Morales/Al Jazeera]

A Tuareg guard drives along the Algerian border, where due to a lack of resources, guards must make do with just five cars and a few men. [Mauricio Morales/Al Jazeera]