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Interim President Bah Ndaw and PM Moctar Ouane step down days after the military seized power and detained them.
Al-Qaeda
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The Pakistani prisoner has been held there since 2004 on suspected ties to al-Qaeda, although he has never been charged.
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The 50-year-old Saudi-born Palestinian was detained in March 2002 on suspicion he was a senior member of al-Qaeda.
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Burkina government confirms deaths of three foreigners killed in attack on anti-poaching patrol in country’s east.
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The US president announces his troop withdrawal plan, which is celebrated by some and causes concern among others.
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The US will not meet the May 1 deadline agreed upon by the Trump administration and the Taliban.
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Congress passed laws after 9/11 giving US presidents power to OK military force, but calls are growing to change that.
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Mass killings underscore the enormous security challenges facing Niger’s new president, Mohamed Bazoum.
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Eight hardliners sentenced to death for 2015 murder of secular publisher Faysal Arefin Dipon.
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Bangladesh foreign ministry statement says ‘there is no evidence of any presence of al-Qaeda’ in the South Asian nation.
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Two decades after invading Iraq for alleged links to al-Qaeda, the US now says Iran is the armed group’s ‘new home’.
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Group to Support Islam and Muslims says it ‘detonated an explosive device’ as French armoured vehicle passed by.
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Abu Obaida Yusuf al-Annabi is a well-known veteran among the armed groups wreaking havoc in North Africa.
Algerian Abu Obaida Yusuf al-Annabi has been on the US ‘international terrorist’ blacklist since September 2015.