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Operation Barkhane
Operation Barkhane was an anti-insurgent operation that started on 1 August 2014 and formally ended on 9 November 2022. It was led by the French military against Islamist groups in Africa's Sahel region.France sets up anti-Islamist force in Africa's Sahel
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and consisted of a roughly 3,000-strong French force, which was permanently headquartered in N'Djamena, the capital of Chad. The operation was led in co-operation with five countries, all of which are former French colonies that span the Sahel: Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, and Niger. Mali was a part of the operation until August 2022. The countries are collectively referred to as the "G5 Sahel". The operation was named after a Ba ...
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Mali War
{{Infobox military conflict , conflict = Mali War , partof = the Islamist insurgency in the Sahel and the War on terror , image = MaliWar.svg , image_size = 380 , caption = Military situation in Mali (2022). For a detailed map, see here. , date = 16 January 2012 – present({{Age in years, months, weeks and days, month1=01, day1=16, year1=2012) , place = Northern Mali , result = Ongoing * The Tuareg rebellion began driving government forces out of Northern Mali in January 2012 * Malian president Amadou Toumani Touré is ousted in a coup d'état led by Amadou Sanogo{{cite news, title=Mali rebels claim to have ousted regime in coup, url= https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/mar/22/mali-rebels-coup, work=The Guardian, date=22 March 2012, location=London, first=Afua, last= Hirsch * Northern Mali completely captured by rebels by April 2012, " Independent State of Azawad" declared by the M ...
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Emmanuel Macron
Emmanuel Macron (; born 21 December 1977) is a French politician who has served as President of France since 2017. ''Ex officio'', he is also one of the two Co-Princes of Andorra. Prior to his presidency, Macron served as Minister of Economics, Industry and Digital Affairs under President François Hollande between 2014 and 2016. Born in Amiens, he studied philosophy at Paris Nanterre University, later completing a master's degree in public affairs at Sciences Po and graduating from the École nationale d'administration in 2004. Macron worked as a senior civil servant at the Inspectorate General of Finances and later became an investment banker at Rothschild & Co. Macron was appointed Élysée deputy secretary-general by President François Hollande shortly after his election in May 2012, making him one of Hollande's senior advisers. He was appointed to the Government of Prime Minister Manuel Valls as Minister of Economics, Industry and Digital Affairs in August 2014 ...
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List Of Heads Of State Of Burkina Faso
This is a list of Head of state, heads of state of Burkina Faso since the Republic of Upper Volta gained independence from France in 1960 to the present day. A total of seven people have served as head of state of Upper Volta/Burkina Faso (not counting four Transitional Heads of State/Presidents and one Acting President in rebellion). The current head of state of Burkina Faso is Interim President Captain (armed forces), Capt. Ibrahim Traoré, who took power during a September 2022 Burkina Faso coup d'état, coup d'état on 30 September 2022. Titles * 1960–1980: President of the Republic * 1980–1982: President of Military Committee of Recovery for National Progress * 1982: Chairman of Provisional Committee of Popular Salvation * 1982–1983: Head of State * 1983–1987: Chairman of National Revolutionary Council and Head of State * 1987–1991: President of Popular Front (Burkina Faso), Popular Front and Head of State * 1991–2014: President of the Republic * 2015: Chairma ...
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Ibrahim Traoré
Ibrahim Traoré (born 1988) is a Burkinabé military officer who has been the interim leader of Burkina Faso since the 30 September 2022 coup d'état which ousted interim president Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba. At age 34, Traoré is the world's youngest currently serving state leader. Biography Ibrahim Traoré was born in Bondokuy, Mouhoun Province, in 1988. After receiving his primary education in Bondokuy, he attended a high school in Bobo-Dioulasso where he became known as being "quiet" and "very talented". From 2006, he studied at the University of Ouagadougou where he was part of the Association of Muslim Students. He graduated from the university with honors. Traoré joined the army of Burkina Faso in 2009, and quickly began to climb the ranks. He was sent to Morocco for anti-aircraft training before being transferred to an infantry unit in Kaya, a town in Burkina Faso's north. Promoted to lieutenant in 2014, Traoré joined MINUSMA, a United Nations peacekeeping force ...
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Ouhoumoudou Mahamadou
Ouhoumoudou Mahamadou (born 1954) is a Nigerien politician of the Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism (PNDS-Tarayya) who has been serving as Prime Minister of Niger since 3 April 2021. Mahamadou served in the government of Niger as Minister of Mines, Energy, and Industry from 1991 to 1993 and as Minister of Finance from April 2011 to April 2012. He has been Director of the Cabinet of the President since 2015. Career In the transitional government of Prime Minister Ahmadou Cheiffou, appointed on 7 November 1991, Mahamadou was included as Minister of Mines, Energy, Industry, and Crafts. He was retained in his post in a cabinet reshuffle on 31 January 1993. Multiparty elections were held in February 1993, bringing the transition to an end; Mahamadou was not included in the government that was appointed on 23 April 1993. He served as Deputy Executive Secretary of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) under the leadership of Executive Secretary Édouard Benja ...
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President Of Niger
This is a list of heads of state of Niger since the country gained independence from France in 1960 to the present day. A total of ten people have served as head of state of Niger. The current head of state of Niger is the President of the Republic Mohamed Bazoum, since 2 April 2021. Titles * 1960–1974: President of the Republic * 1974–1989: President of the Supreme Military Council * 1989: President of the Supreme Council of National Orientation * 1989–1996: President of the Republic * 1996: Chairman of the National Salvation Council * 1996–1999: President of the Republic * 1999: Chairman of the National Reconciliation Council * 1999–2010: President of the Republic * 2010–2011: Chairman of the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy * 2011–present: President of the Republic Key ;Political parties * * * * * ;Other factions * List of officeholders Timeline Latest election See also * Politics of Niger * List of prime ministers of Niger * List of ...
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Mohamed Bazoum
Mohamed Bazoum ( ar, محمد بازوم), is a Nigerien politician who is the current List of heads of state of Niger, president of the Republic of Niger. He has been in office since 2 April 2021. Before becoming President, he served as the President of the Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism (PNDS-Tarayya). He also served in as a Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and African Integration (Niger), Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1995 to 1996 and again from 2011 to 2015. He was Minister of State at the President of Niger, Presidency from 2015 to 2016, and was Minister of State for the Interior between 2016 and the summer of 2020, when he resigned to focus on running for the 2020–21 Nigerien general election, 2020–21 presidential election. Bazoum won the second round of the presidential election with 55.67% of the vote against former president Mahamane Ousmane. Bazoum is a Sunni Islam, Sunni Muslim and the first Diffa Arabs, Diffa Arab president of Niger. Poli ...
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List Of Prime Ministers Of Mali
This is a list of prime ministers of Mali since the country gained independence from France in 1960 to the present day. A total of seventeen people have served as Prime Minister of Mali (not counting five acting prime ministers). Additionally, one person, Modibo Keita, served on two non-consecutive occasions. The current Interim Prime Minister of Mali is Lieutenant Colonel Abdoulaye Maïga, since 21 August 2022. He was appointed by the National Committee for the Salvation of the People, which has governed the country since the 2021 Malian coup d'état. Key ;Political parties * * * * * ;Other factions * * ;Status * List of officeholders See also * Politics of Mali * List of heads of state of Mali * Vice President of Mali * First Lady of Mali * List of colonial governors of Mali Notes References External links La Primature {{Heads of state and government of Africa Mali Mali (; ), officially the Republic of Mali,, , ff, 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞥆𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣 ...
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Abdoulaye Maïga (officer)
Lieutenant Colonel Abdoulaye Maïga (born 12 May 1981) is a Malian military officer, he was appointed interim prime minister of Mali on 21 August 2022. Maïga is a lieutenant colonel in the Malian National Gendarmerie .html" ;"title="r/sup>">r/sup>, which is a military force with law enforcement duties among the civilian population and is part of the Malian armed forces. Maïga studied diplomacy and international law in Algiers. He studied defence and international security policies in Paris and "holds a doctorate in International Security and Defense from Jean Moulin Lyon 3 University of the 'ED 492' Doctoral School of Law." He also studied human rights and humanitarian law at what is now Paris-Saclay University at Évry. Maïga started a doctorate in business law. He wrote a thesis on "the credibility of ECOWAS" to ensure peace and security. Maïga has worked in the Early Warning Directorate on the Prevention of Terrorism in Economic Community of West African States (EC ...
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List Of Heads Of State Of Mali
This is a list of heads of state of Mali since the country gained independence from France in 1960 to the present day. A total of seven people have served as head of state of Mali (excluding three acting presidents). Additionally, two people, Amadou Toumani Touré and Assimi Goïta, have served on two non-consecutive occasions. The current head of state of Mali is interim president Assimi Goïta, who took power for a second time on 24 May 2021, after dismissing previous interim president Bah Ndaw in the 2021 coup d'état. He has since been constitutionally declared interim president of Mali. Heads of state Titles * 1960–1965: Head of State * 1965–1968: President of the Republic * 1968–1969: Chairman of the Military Committee for National Liberation * 1969–1979: Head of State * 1979–1991: President of the Republic * 1991: Chairman of the National Reconciliation Council * 1991–1992: Chairman of the Transitional Committee for the Salvation of the People * 1992–20 ...
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Assimi Goïta
Colonel Assimi Goïta (born 1983) is a Malian military officer who has been interim President of Mali since 28 May 2021. Goïta was the leader of the , a military junta that seized power from former president Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta in the 2020 Malian coup d'état. Goïta later took power from Bah Ndaw after the 2021 Malian coup d'état and has since been declared interim president of Mali. Biography Assimi Goïta was born in 1983. The son of an officer of the Malian Armed Forces, he was trained in the military academies of Mali and notably attended the and the Joint Military School in Koulikoro. He is married to Lala Diallo, who is a member of the Fula people. Goïta served as a colonel in the Autonomous Special Forces Battalion, the special forces unit of the Malian Armed Forces. He heads the Malian special forces in the center of the country with the rank of colonel. He is thus confronted with the jihadist insurgency in Mali. In 2018, he met Mamady Doumbouya, from Gu ...
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