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“Once-In-200-Year” Heatwave In This African Region “Human-Induced”: Study

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The five days of extreme heat was a once-in-a-200-year event. Dakar: The deadly heatwave that hit Africa’s Sahel region in early April would not have occurred without “human-induced” climate change, according to a study by the World Weather Attribution (WWA) group published Thursday. The West African nations of Mali and Burkina Faso experienced an exceptional…

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US military operations across the Sahel are at risk after Niger ends cooperation

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The U.S. military has hundreds of troops stationed at a major airbase in northern Niger that deploys flights over the vast Sahel region where jihadi groups linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group operate. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The United States scrambled on March 17 to assess the future of its counterterrorism operations…

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