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Islamist insurgency in the Sahel Islamist insurgency in the Sahel or Jihadist Insurgencies in the Sahel refers to the Islamist insurgency in the Sahel region of West Africa following the 2011 Arab Spring to the present day. In particular, the intensive conflict in the three coun ...
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Al-Mourabitoun The Independent Nasserite Movement – INM ( ar-at, حركة الناصريين المستقلين-المرابطون, translit=Harakat al-Nasiriyin al-Mustaqillin) or simply Al-Murabitoun ( lit. ''The Steadfast''), also termed variously Mouveme ...
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Ansar al-Sharia Ansar al-Sharia or Ansar al-Shariah is a name used by a collection of radical or militant Islamist groups or militias, in at least eight countries. While they share names and ideology, they lack a unified command structure. *Ansar al-Sharia (Yemen ...
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Macina Liberation Front The Macina Liberation Front (MLF, , also known as the Macina Liberation Movement or Katibat Macina) is a militant Islamist group that operates in Mali. It is an affiliate of Ansar Dine. Origins and membership In March 2012, the President of M ...
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Ansar Dine Ansar Dine ( ar, أنصار الدين ''ʾAnṣār ad-Dīn'', also transliterated ''Ançar Deen''; meaning " helpers of the religion" (Islam) also known as Ansar al-Din (abbreviated as AAD) was a Salafi jihadist group led by Iyad Ag Ghaly. An ...
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Islamic State in the Greater Sahara The Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (IS-GS) is a terrorist group adhering to the ideology of Salafi Jihadism. IS-GS was formed on 15 May 2015 as the result of a split within the militant group Al-Mourabitoun. The rift was a reaction to the ad ...

(2015–present) , commander1= * {{flagicon, Algeria
Abdelmadjid Tebboune Abdelmadjid Tebboune ( ar, عبد المجيد تبون, ʿAbd al-Majīd Tabbūn; born 17 November 1945) is an Algerian politician currently serving as the President of Algeria since December 2019 and as Minister of Defence. He took over the po ...

(2019-present) * {{flagicon, Algeria
Aymen Benabderrahmane Aymen Benabderrahmane ( ar, أيمن بن عبد الرحمان; born 30 August 1966) is an Algerian politician who is serving as Prime Minister of Algeria since 30 June 2021. He had served as Minister of Finance from June 2020 until February ...

(2021-present) * {{flagicon, Morocco Mohammed VI
(2007-present) * {{flagicon, Morocco
Aziz Akhannouch Aziz Akhannouch (; ; born 1961) is a Moroccan politician, businessman, and billionaire who is currently the Prime Minister of Morocco since his government took office on 7 October 2021. He is the CEO of Akwa Group and also served as Minister of A ...

(2021-present) * {{flagicon, Mauritania
Mohamed Ould Ghazouani Mohamed Ould Cheikh Mohamed Ahmed Ould Ghazouani ( ar, محمد ولد الشيخ محمد أحمد ولد الغزواني; born 4 December 1956), also known as Ghazouani and Ould Ghazouani, is a Mauritanian politician and retired Mauritanian A ...

(2019-present) * {{flagicon, Mauritania Mohamed Ould Bilal
(2020-present) * {{flagicon, Tunisia
Kais Saied Kais Saied ( ar, قَيس سَعيد; born 22 February 1958) is a Tunisian politician, jurist, and retired law professor, and currently the 8th President of Tunisia since October 2019. He was president of the Tunisian Association of Constitution ...

(2019-present) * {{flagicon, Tunisia
Najla Bouden Najla Bouden ( ar, نجلاء بودن), also known as Najla Bouden Romdhane (; born 29 June 1958), is a Tunisian geologist and university professor who is serving as the Prime Minister of Tunisia. She took office on 11 October 2021, making her t ...

(2021-present) * {{flagicon, Burkina Faso
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 ...

(2022-present) * {{flagicon, Burkina Faso
Apollinaire Joachim Kyélem de Tambèla Apollinaire Joachim Kyélem de Tambèla (born 1955) is a Burkinabé lawyer, writer and statesman. Career On 21 October 2022, he was appointed Interim Prime Minister by Interim President President most commonly refers to: *President (corp ...

(2022-present) * {{flagicon, Chad Mahamat Déby
(2021-present) * {{flagicon, Chad Saleh Kebzabo
(2022-present) * {{flagicon, Mali
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 20 ...

(2021-present) * {{flagicon, Mali Abdoulaye Maïga
(2022-present) * {{flagicon, Niger
Mohamed Bazoum Mohamed Bazoum ( ar, محمد بازوم), is a Nigerien politician who is the current 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 ...

(2021-present) * {{flagicon, Niger
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 Mini ...

(2021-present) * {{flagicon, Nigeria
Muhammadu Buhari Muhammadu Buhari (born 17 December 1942) is a Nigerian politician and current president of Nigeria since 2015. Buhari is a retired Nigerian Army major general who served as the country's military head of state from 31 December 1983 to 27 A ...

(2015-present) * {{flagicon, Senegal
Macky Sall Macky Sall (, wo, Maki Sàll, fuc, 𞤃𞤢𞤳𞤭 𞤅𞤢𞤤‎, italic=no, Maki Sal; born 11 December 1961) is a Senegalese politician who has been President of Senegal since April 2012. He was re-elected President in the first round voti ...

(2012-present) * {{flagicon, Senegal Amadou Ba
(2022-present) * {{flagicon, Cameroon
Paul Biya Paul Biya (born Paul Barthélemy Biya'a bi Mvondo; 13 February 1933) is a Cameroonian politician who has served as the president of Cameroon since 6 November 1982.

(2007-present) * {{flagicon, Cameroon
Joseph Ngute Joseph Dion Ngute (born 12 March 1954) is a Cameroonian politician currently serving as the 9th Prime Minister of Cameroon, following his appointment in January 2019. He succeeded Philémon Yang, who had held the post since 2009. Career Ngut ...

(2019-present) * {{flagicon, Togo
Faure Gnassingbé Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé Eyadéma (; born 6 June 1966"Biographie de nouve ...

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Victoire Tomegah Dogbé
(2020-present) * {{flagicon, Ghana
Nana Akufo-Addo Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo ( ; born 29 March 1944) is a Ghanaian politician who has served as the president of Ghana since 7 January 2017. In 2020, he was re-elected for his second term, which will end on 6 January 2025. Akufo-Addo previously ...

(2017-present) * {{flagicon, Ivory Coast
Alassane Ouattara Alassane Dramane Ouattara (; ; born 1 January 1942) is an Ivorian politician who has been President of Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) since 2010. An economist by profession, Ouattara worked for the International Monetary Fund (IMF)Patrick Achi
(2021-present) * {{flagicon, Benin
Patrice Talon Patrice Guillaume Athanase Talon (born 1 May 1958) is a Beninese politician and businessman who has been President of Benin since 6 April 2016. Early life and career Talon is of Fon origin and was born in Ouidah. He descends from slave trader ...

(2016-present) * {{flagicon, Cape Verde
José Maria Neves José Maria Pereira Neves (; born 28 March 1960) is a Cape Verdean politician who is currently the president of Cape Verde, having previously served as the Prime Minister of Cape Verde from 2001 to 2016. He is a member of the African Party for th ...

(2021-present) * {{flagicon, Cape Verde
Ulisses Correia e Silva José Ulisses de Pina Correia e Silva () (born 4 June 1962) is a Cape Verdean businessman and politician who has been Prime Minister of Cape Verde since 22 April 2016. He took office after his party, the Movement for Democracy, won the 20 March ...

(2016-present) * {{flagicon, The Gambia Adama Barrow
(2017-present) * {{flagicon, Guinea
Mamady Doumbouya Mamady Doumbouya (N'Ko script, N'Ko: , born 4 March 1980) is a Guinean Republic of Guinea Armed Forces, military officer serving as the interim president of Guinea since 1 October 2021. Doumbouya led 2021 Guinean coup d'état, a coup d'état on ...

(2021-present) * {{flagicon, Guinea Bernard Goumou
(2022-present) * {{flagicon, Guinea-Bissau
Umaro Sissoco Embaló Umaro Mokhtar Sissoco Embaló (born 23 September 1972) is a Bissau-Guinean politician serving as the president of Guinea-Bissau since 27 February 2020. He is a political scientist and military officer who previously served as prime minister b ...

(2020-present) * {{flagicon, Guinea-Bissau
Nuno Gomes Nabiam Nuno Gomes Nabiam (born 17 November 1966) is a Bissau-Guinean politician who has been the Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau since 28 February 2020. He is a political scientist and military officer who previously served as President of Guinea-Bi ...

(2020-present) * {{flagicon, Liberia
George Weah George Tawlon Manneh Oppong Ousman Weah (; born 1 October 1966) is a Liberian politician and former professional footballer who is the incumbent president of Liberia, in office since 2018. Prior to his election to the presidency, Weah served as ...

(2018-present) * {{flagicon, Sierra Leone
Julius Maada Bio Julius Maada Wonie Bio (born 12 May 1964) is a Sierra Leonean politician, and the current president of Sierra Leone since 4 April 2018. He is a retired brigadier general in the Sierra Leone Army and was the military head of state of Sierra Leo ...

(2018-present) * {{flagicon, United States Joe Biden
(2021-present) * {{flagicon, United Kingdom
Charles III Charles III (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 14 November 1948) is King of the United Kingdom and the 14 other Commonwealth realms. He was the longest-serving heir apparent and Prince of Wales and, at age 73, became the oldest person t ...

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Mary Simon Mary Jeannie May Simon (in Inuktitut syllabics: ᒥᐊᓕ ᓴᐃᒪᓐ, iu, script=Latn, Ningiukudluk; born August 21, 1947) is a Canadian civil servant, diplomat, and former broadcaster who has served as the 30th governor general of Canada ...

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Justin Trudeau Justin Pierre James Trudeau ( , ; born December 25, 1971) is a Canadian politician who is the 23rd and current prime minister of Canada. He has served as the prime minister of Canada since 2015 and as the leader of the Liberal Party since 2 ...

(2015-present) * {{flagicon, France Emmanuel Macron
(2017-present) * {{flagicon, France
Élisabeth Borne Élisabeth Borne (; born 18 April 1961) is a French politician who has served as Prime Minister of France since May 2022. She is a member of President Emmanuel Macron's party Renaissance. A civil engineer, government official and manager of sta ...

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Frank-Walter Steinmeier Frank-Walter Steinmeier (; born 5 January 1956) is a German politician serving as President of Germany since 19 March 2017. He was previously Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2005 to 2009 and again from 2013 to 2017, as well as Vice Chan ...

(2017-present) * {{flagicon, Germany Olaf Scholz
(2021-present) * {{flagicon, Netherlands Willem-Alexander
(2013-present) * {{flagicon, Netherlands
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Felipe VI Felipe VI (;, * eu, Felipe VI.a, * ca, Felip VI, * gl, Filipe VI, . Felipe Juan Pablo Alfonso de Todos los Santos de Borbón y Grecia; born 30 January 1968) is King of Spain. He is the son of former King Juan Carlos I and Queen Sofía, and ...

(2014-present) * {{flagicon, Spain Pedro Sánchez
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(2007-present) * {{flagicon, Denmark
Mette Frederiksen Mette Frederiksen (; born 19 November 1977) is a Danish politician who has been Prime Minister of Denmark since June 2019, and Leader of the Social Democrats since June 2015. The second woman to hold either office, she is also the youngest prime ...

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Miloš Zeman Miloš Zeman (; born 28 September 1944) is a Czech politician serving as the third and current President of the Czech Republic since 2013. He previously served as the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic from 1998 to 2002. As leader of the Cze ...

(2013-present) * {{flagicon, Czech Republic
Petr Fiala Petr Fiala (; born 1 September 1964) is a Czech politician and political scientist who has been the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic since November 2021 and leader of the Civic Democratic Party (ODS) since 2014. He previously served as the ...

(2021-present) * {{flagicon, Sweden Carl XVI Gustaf
(2007-present) * {{flagicon, Sweden
Ulf Kristersson Ulf Hjalmar Ed Kristersson (born 29 December 1963) is a Swedish politician who has been serving as Prime Minister of Sweden since October 2022. He has been the leader of the Moderate Party (M) since October 2017 and a member of the Riksdag (MP ...

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Abdelaziz Bouteflika Abdelaziz Bouteflika (; ar, عبد العزيز بوتفليقة, ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz Būtaflīqa ; 2 March 1937 – 17 September 2021) was an Algerian politician and diplomat who served as President of Algeria from 1999 to his resignation in 2019 ...
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Abdelkader Bensalah Abdelkader Bensalah ( ar, عبد القـادر بن صالح, ʿAbd āl-Qādar bin Ṣāliḥ, 24 November 1941 – 22 September 2021) was an Algerian politician. He served as the President of the Council of the Nation, the upper house of the ...
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Abdelaziz Belkhadem Abdelaziz Belkhadem (; ar, عبد العزيز بلخادم; born 8 November 1945)
is an Algerian politician ...
, {{flagdeco, Algeria, size=23px Ahmed Ouyahia , {{flagdeco, Algeria, size=23px Abdelmalek Sellal , {{flagdeco, Algeria, size=23px
Youcef Yousfi Youcef Yousfi ( ar, يوسف اليوسفي) (born 2 October 1941) is an Algerian politician who has been Minister of Energy and Mines between 2010 and 2015. He briefly served as Acting Prime Minister of Algeria in March–April 2014. Yousfi ...
, {{flagdeco, Algeria, size=23px Noureddine Bedoui , {{flagdeco, Algeria, size=23px
Sabri Boukadoum Sabri Boukadoum ( ar, صبري بوقادوم; born 1 September 1958) is an Algerian diplomat who has served as Minister of Foreign Affairs since 31 March 2019. He briefly served as acting Prime Minister of Algeria from 19 to 28 December 2019. H ...
, {{flagdeco, Algeria, size=23px Abdelaziz Djerad , {{flagdeco, Morocco, size=23px
Driss Jettou Driss Jettou ( ar, إدريس جطو; born 24 May 1945) is a Moroccan politician, who served as the Prime Minister of Morocco from 2002 to 2007. Early life and education Jettou was born in the town of El Jadida on 24 May 1945. After secondary s ...
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Abbas El Fassi Abbas El Fassi (; ar, عباس الفاسي; born 18 September 1940) was Moroccan politician and businessman, prime minister of Morocco from 19 September 2007 to 29 November 2011. El Fassi, a member of the Istiqlal Party, replaced independent D ...
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Abdelilah Benkirane Abdelilah Benkirane ( ar, عبد الإله بنكيران, born 2 April 1954) is a Moroccan politician who was Prime Minister of Morocco from November 2011 to March 2017. After having won a plurality of seats in the 2011 parliamentary election ...
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Saadeddine Othmani Saadeddine Othmani ( ber, ⵙⴰⵄⴷ ⴷⴷⵉⵏ ⵍⵄⵓⵜⵎⴰⵏⵉ; ar, سعد الدين العثماني; born 16 January 1956), sometimes translated as Saad Eddine el-Othmani, is a Moroccan politician. He served as the 16th prime mi ...
, {{flagdeco, Mauritania, 1959
Ely Ould Mohamed Vall Colonel Ely Ould Mohamed Vall ( ar, إعلي ولد محمد فال ''I‘lī Wald Muḥammad Fāl''; 1953 – 5 May 2017) was a Mauritanian political and military figure. Following a coup d'état in August 2005, he served as the transitional ...
, {{flagdeco, Mauritania, 1959
Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi ( ar, سيدي محمد ولد الشيخ عبد الله‎; 193822 November 2020) was a Mauritanian politician who was President of Mauritania from 2007 to 2008. He served in the government during the 1970s ...
, {{flagdeco, Mauritania, 1959 Ba Mamadou Mbaré , {{flagdeco, Mauritania, 1959
Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz ( ar, محمد ولد عبد العزيز ''Muḥammad Wald 'Abd al-'Azīz''; born 20 December 1956) is a former Mauritanian politician who was the 8th President of Mauritania, in office from 2009 to 2019. A career sold ...
, {{flagdeco, Mauritania, 1959
Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar ( ar, سيدي محمد ولد بوبكر; born 31 May 1957)
Agence Mauritanienne d'Informa ...
, {{flagdeco, Mauritania, 1959
Zeine Ould Zeidane Zeine Ould Zeidane ( ar, الزين ولد زيدان) (born 1966)
Agence Mauritanienne d'Information, April 21, 2007 .
, {{flagdeco, Mauritania, 1959
Yahya Ould Ahmed El Waghef Yahya Ould Ahmed El Waghef ( ar, يحيى ولد أحمد الواقف; born 1960
as Prime Minister, Agence Mauritanienne d'Inform ...
, {{flagdeco, Mauritania, 1959
Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf ( ar, مولاي ولد محمد لغظف) (born 1957) served as the Prime Minister of Mauritania from August 2008 until August 2014.Yahya Ould Hademine Yahya Ould Hademine ( ar, يحي ولد حدمين; born December 31, 1953) is a Mauritanian engineer and politician who served as Defence Minister of Mauritania. He served as the Prime Minister of Mauritania from August 21, 2014. to October 29, ...
, {{flagdeco, Mauritania, size=23px
Mohamed Salem Ould Béchir Mohamed Salem Ould Béchir ( ar, محمد سالم ولد البشير) is a Mauritanian politician who served as Prime Minister of Mauritania from 2018 to 2019, following the resignation of his predecessor, Yahya Ould Hademine, and his govern ...
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Ismail Ould Bedde Ould Cheikh Sidiya Ismail Ould Bedde Ould Cheikh Sidiya (born 17 March 1961) is a Mauritanian politician who served as the 15th Prime Minister of Mauritania from 5 August 2019 to 6 August 2020. He headed the Ministry of Housing, Town Planning and Regional Development ...
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Zine El Abidine Ben Ali Zine El Abidine Ben Ali ( ar, زين العابدين بن علي, translit=Zayn al-'Ābidīn bin 'Alī; 3 September 1936 – 19 September 2019), commonly known as Ben Ali ( ar, بن علي) or Ezzine ( ar, الزين), was a Tunisian politician ...
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Mohamed Ghannouchi Mohamed Ghannouchi ( ar, محمد الغنوشي ''Muhammad Al-Ghannushi''; born 18 August 1941) is a Tunisian politician who was Prime Minister of Tunisia from 1999 to 2011. Regarded as a technocrat, Ghannouchi was a long-standing figure in the ...
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Fouad Mebazaa Fouad Mebazaa ( ar, فؤاد المبزع, Fuʾād el-Mbazaʿ; born 15 June 1933) is a Tunisian politician who was the president of Tunisia from 15 January 2011 to 13 December 2011. He was active in Neo Destour prior to Tunisian independence, ser ...
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Moncef Marzouki Mohamed Moncef Marzouki ( ar, محمد المنصف المرزوقي; ''Muhammad al-Munṣif al-Marzūqī'', born 7 July 1945) is a Tunisian politician who served as the fifth president of Tunisia from 2011 to 2014. Through his career he has been ...
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Mohamed Ennaceur Mohamed Ennaceur ( ar, محمد الناصر; born 21 March 1934) is a Tunisian politician who served as the 7th president of Tunisia for 91 days, from President Beji Caid Essebsi's death on 25 July 2019 until he handed over the presidency to Kai ...
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Hamadi Jebali Hamadi Jebali ( ar, حمادي الجبالي, '; born 12 January 1949) is a Tunisian engineer, Muslim politician and journalist who was Prime Minister of Tunisia from December 2011 to March 2013. He was the Secretary-General of the Ennahda Mov ...
, {{flagdeco, Tunisia, size=23px Ali Laarayedh , {{flagdeco, Tunisia, size=23px
Mehdi Jomaa Mehdi Jomaa ( ar, مهدي جمعة; born 21 April 1962) is a Tunisian engineer and was the acting Prime Minister of Tunisia from 29 January 2014 to 6 February 2015. He was chosen on 14 December 2013. Jomaa was Minister of Industry in the Ali ...
, {{flagdeco, Tunisia, size=23px Habib Essid , {{flagdeco, Tunisia, size=23px
Youssef Chahed Youssef Chahed ( ar, يوسف الشاهد; born 18 September 1975) is a Tunisian politician who served as the 14th Prime Minister of Tunisia from 27 August 2016 to 27 February 2020. Previously he was Secretary of State for Fishing from 2015 to ...
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Elyes Fakhfakh Elyes Fakhfakh ( ar, إلياس الفخفاخ; born 1972) is a Tunisian politician. He served as the Minister of Tourism and, starting on 19 of December 2012, as the Minister of Finances as well, under Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali.Asma GhribiEly ...
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Hichem Mechichi Hichem Mechichi ( ar, هشام المشيشي; born January 1974) is a Tunisia, Tunisian politician who served as the Prime Minister of Tunisia, from 2020 to 2021, when he was dismissed by President Kais Saied. He held the post of Ministry of the ...
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Blaise Compaoré Blaise Compaoré (born 3 February 1951)''Profiles of People in Power: The World's Government Leaders'' (2003), page 76–77.
, {{flagdeco, Burkina Faso, size=23px Honoré Traoré , {{flagdeco, Burkina Faso, size=23px
Yacouba Isaac Zida Yacouba Isaac Zida (born 16 November 1965) is a Burkina Faso, Burkinabé Military of Burkina Faso, military officer who briefly served as Burkina Faso's acting head of state in November 2014. He took power in the aftermath of the 2014 Burkinabé u ...
, {{flagdeco, Burkina Faso, size=23px Michel Kafando , {{flagdeco, Burkina Faso, size=23px Gilbert Diendéré , {{flagdeco, Burkina Faso, size=23px Chérif Sy , {{flagdeco, Burkina Faso, size=23px
Roch Marc Christian Kaboré Roch Marc Christian Kaboré (; born 25 April 1957) is a Burkinabé banker and politician who served as the President of Burkina Faso from 2015 until he was deposed in 2022. He was the Prime Minister of Burkina Faso between 1994 and 1996 and Pr ...
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Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba (; born January 1981) is a Burkinabé military officer who served as interim president of Burkina Faso from 31 January 2022 to 30 September 2022, when he was removed in a coup d'état, by his own military colleague Ibr ...
, {{flagdeco, Burkina Faso, size=23px Paramanga Ernest Yonli , {{flagdeco, Burkina Faso, size=23px Tertius Zongo , {{flagdeco, Burkina Faso, size=23px Luc-Adolphe Tiao , {{flagdeco, Burkina Faso, size=23px Paul Kaba Thieba , {{flagdeco, Burkina Faso, size=23px Christophe Joseph Marie Dabiré , {{flagdeco, Burkina Faso, size=23px
Lassina Zerbo Lassina Zerbo (born 10 October 1963) is a Burkinabé politician and scientist who served as the Prime Minister of Burkina Faso from 2021 to 2022. Prior to that he was the Executive Secretary of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organizati ...
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Albert Ouédraogo Albert Ouédraogo (born 6 April 1969) is a Burkinabé economist who served as prime minister of Burkina Faso in the aftermath of the January 2022 Burkina Faso coup d'état, from 3 March until another coup on 30 September. Early life and educa ...
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Idriss Déby Idriss Déby Itno ' (18 June 1952 – 20 April 2021) was a Chadian politician and military officer who was the president of Chad from 1990 until his death in 2021. Déby was a member of the Bidayat clan of the Zaghawa ethnic group. A high-ranki ...
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Pascal Yoadimnadji Pascal Yoadimnadji (January 11, 1950 – February 23, 2007) was a Chadian politician. He was Prime Minister of Chad from February 2005 to his death in February 2007.Valery Gottingar, , Chadian government web site, February 23, 2007 . Biography ...
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Adoum Younousmi Adoum Younousmi (born 1962) is a Chadian politician who served in the government of Chad as Minister of Public Works and Transport from 2003 to 2005 and as Minister of State for Infrastructure from 2005 to 2011. He was briefly Prime Minister in an a ...
, {{flagdeco, Chad, size=23px Delwa Kassiré Koumakoye , {{flagdeco, Chad, size=23px Youssouf Saleh Abbas , {{flagdeco, Chad, size=23px Emmanuel Nadingar , {{flagdeco, Chad, size=23px Djimrangar Dadnadji , {{flagdeco, Chad, size=23px Kalzeubet Pahimi Deubet , {{flagdeco, Chad, size=23px Albert Pahimi Padacké , {{flagdeco, Mali, size=23px
Amadou Toumani Touré Amadou Toumani Touré (4 November 19489 November 2020) was a Malian politician. He supervised Mali's first multiparty elections as chairman of the transitional government (1991–1992), and later became the second democratically-elected Presiden ...
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Amadou Sanogo Amadou Haya Sanogo (born 1972 or 1973) is a Malian military officer who was leader of the 2012 Malian coup d'état against President Amadou Toumani Touré. He proclaimed himself the leader of the National Committee for Recovering Democracy and Res ...
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Dioncounda Traoré Dioncounda Traoré (born 23 February 1942) is a Malian politician who was President of Mali in an interim capacity from April 2012 to September 2013. Previously he was President of the National Assembly of Mali from 2007 to 2012, and he served as ...
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Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta (; 29 January 1945 – 16 January 2022), often known by his initials IBK, was a Malian politician who served as the president of Mali from September 2013 to August 2020, when he was forced to resign in the 2020 Malian cou ...
, {{flagdeco, Mali, size=23px Bah Ndaw , {{flagdeco, Mali, size=23px Ousmane Issoufi Maïga , {{flagdeco, Mali, size=23px
Modibo Sidibé Modibo Sidibé (born 7 November 1952) is a Malian politician who was Prime Minister of Mali from September 2007 to April 2011.Cissé Mariam Kaïdama Sidibé Cissé Mariam Kaïdama Sidibé (4 January 1948 – 6 November 2021) was a Malian politician and the Prime Minister of Mali at the time of the 2012 Malian coup d'état. She was the first female prime minister in the country's history. She was ann ...
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Cheick Modibo Diarra Cheick Modibo Diarra (born 1952) is a Malian astrophysicist, businessman, and politician who was acting Prime Minister of Mali from April 2012 to December 2012. On 11 December 2012, Diarra presented his resignation on state television in a bro ...
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Django Sissoko Django Sissoko (1948 – 4 April 2022) was a Malian civil servant who was Prime Minister of Mali from December 2012 to September 2013. He was Minister of Justice from 1984 to 1988 and subsequently served twice as Secretary-General of the Presid ...
, {{flagdeco, Mali, size=23px Oumar Tatam Ly , {{flagdeco, Mali, size=23px
Moussa Mara Moussa Mara (born 2 March 1975 in Bamako) is a Malian politician who was Prime Minister of Mali from 2014 to 2015. Previously he served in the government as Minister of Town Planning, and he was an unsuccessful candidate in the 2013 presidential ...
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Modibo Keita Modibo or more correctlyMoodibbo in Fula or Fulfulde Orthography is a given name in some Fulɓe or Fulani regions, while in some regions it's used as a form of respect which means a learned scholar. Others are named moodibbo after one's parents or g ...
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Abdoulaye Idrissa Maïga Abdoulaye Idrissa Maïga (born 11 March 1958) is a Malian politician who was the Prime Minister of Mali from 8 April 2017 to 29 December 2017. Previously he was Minister of Defence since 3 September 2016. As Defence Minister he succeeded Tiéman Hu ...
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Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga (; 8 June 1954 – 21 March 2022) was a Malian politician who was the List of Prime Ministers of Mali, Prime Minister of Mali between 30 December 2017 and 18 April 2019. The leader of the Alliance for Solidarity in Mali ...
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Moctar Ouane Moctar Ouane (born 11 October 1955) is a Malian diplomat and politician who served as the acting Prime Minister of Mali from 27 September 2020 to 24 May 2021, between the 2020 Malian coup d'état and the 2021 Malian coup d'état. He also previousl ...
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Choguel Kokalla Maïga Choguel Kokalla Maïga (born 1958) is a Malian politician and President of the Patriotic Movement for Renewal, a political party in Mali, and current Prime Minister of the Transition. He served in the government as Minister of Industry and Trade ...
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Mamadou Tandja Mamadou Tandja (1938 – 24 November 2020) was a Nigerien politician who was President of Niger from 1999 to 2010. He was President of the National Movement for the Development Society (MNSD) from 1991 to 1999 and unsuccessfully ran as the MNS ...
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Salou Djibo Lieutenant General Salou Djibo (born 15 April 1965) is a Nigerien Army officer. After President Mamadou Tandja's attempts to remain in power after the end of his term, Djibo led the military coup of 18 February 2010 that ousted Tandja, after w ...
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Mahamadou Issoufou Mahamadou Issoufou (born 1 January 1952) is a Nigerien politician who served as the President of Niger from 7 April 2011 to 2 April 2021. Issoufou was the prime minister of Niger from 1993 to 1994, president of the National Assembly from 1995 t ...
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Seyni Oumarou Seyni Oumarou (born 9 August 1951
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Albadé Abouba Albadé Abouba is a Nigerien politician who has been the Secretary-General of the National Movement for the Development of Society (MNSD-Nassara) since 2009. He served in the government of Niger as Minister of the Interior from 2002 to 2004 and a ...
, {{flagdeco, Niger, size=23px Ali Badjo Gamatié , {{flagdeco, Niger, size=23px Mahamadou Danda , {{flagdeco, Niger, size=23px Brigi Rafini , {{flagdeco, Nigeria, size=23px
Olusegun Obasanjo Chief Olusegun Matthew Okikiola Ogunboye Aremu Obasanjo, , ( ; yo, Olúṣẹ́gun Ọbásanjọ́ ; born 5 March 1937) is a Nigerian political and military leader who served as Nigeria's head of state from 1976 to 1979 and later as its presid ...
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Umaru Musa Yar'Adua Umaru Musa Yar'Adua (16 August 19515 May 2010) was a Nigerian politician who, was the President of Nigeria from 2007 to 2010. He was declared the winner of the Nigerian presidential election held on 21 April 2007, and was sworn in on 29 May 2 ...
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Goodluck Jonathan Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan (born 20 November 1957)Lawson Heyford, ''The Source'' (Lagos), 11 December 2006. is a Nigerian politician who served as the President of Nigeria from 2010 to 2015. He lost the 2015 presidential election to fo ...
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Abdoulaye Wade Abdoulaye Wade (born 29 May 1926)
Encyclopedia of the Nations. Retrieved February 28, ...
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Cheikh Hadjibou Soumaré Cheikh Hadjibou Soumaré (born 1951
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) was Souleymane Ndéné Ndiaye , {{flagdeco, Senegal, size=23px Abdoul Mbaye , {{flagdeco, Senegal, size=23px Aminata Touré , {{flagdeco, Senegal, size=23px
Mahammed Dionne Mahammed Boun Abdallah Dionne (born 22 September 1959) is a Senegalese politician who served as the Prime Minister of Senegal from 2014 to 2019. He was the third prime minister appointed by President Macky Sall. Dionne served at the Central Bank ...
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Ephraïm Inoni Ephraïm Inoni (born 16 August 1947)Profile at government website< ...
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Philémon Yang Philémon Yunji Yang (born June 14, 1947Profile at Cameroonian ...
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Yawovi Agboyibo Yawovi Madji Agboyibo (31 December 1943, Republicoftogo.com, 11 January 2007 .30 May 2020) was a Togolese attorney and politician. He served as Prime Minister of Togo from September 2006 to December 2007 and was National President of the Action ...
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Komlan Mally Komlan Mally (born December 12, 1960"Komlan Mally become ...
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Gilbert Houngbo Gilbert Fossoun Houngbo (born 4 February 1961) is a Togolese politician and diplomat who was Prime Minister of Togo from September 2008 to July 2012.
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Kwesi Ahoomey-Zunu Kwesi Ahoomey-Zunu is a Togolese politician who was Prime Minister of Togo from July 2012 to June 2015. He was previously Minister of Trade from March 2011 to July 2012. Biography Ahoomey-Zunu attended Tokoin High School, a district in Lomé. ...
, {{flagdeco, Togo, size=23px Komi Sélom Klassou , {{flagdeco, Ghana, size=23px
John Kufuor John Kofi Agyekum Kufuor (born 8 December 1938) is a Ghanaian politician who served as the President of Ghana from 7 January 2001 to 7 January 2009. He was also Chairperson of the African Union from 2007 to 2008. Kufuor's career has been spe ...
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John Atta Mills John Evans Fiifi Atta Mills (21 July 1944 – 24 July 2012) was a Ghanaian politician and legal scholar who served as President of Ghana from 2009 until his death in 2012. He was inaugurated on 7 January 2009, having defeated the governing party ...
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Laurent Gbagbo Koudou Laurent Gbagbo
, FPI website .
( Charles Konan Banny Charles Konan Banny (11 November 1942 – 10 September 2021)Biography at BCEAO website
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Guillaume Soro Guillaume Kigbafori Soro (born 8 May 1972) is an Ivorian politician who was the Prime Minister of Côte d'Ivoire from April 2007 to March 2012. Prior to his service as Prime Minister, Soro led the Patriotic Movement of Côte d'Ivoire, and late ...
, {{flagdeco, Ivory Coast, size=23px Gilbert Aké , {{flagdeco, Ivory Coast, size=23px
Jeannot Ahoussou-Kouadio Jeannot Ahoussou-Kouadio (born 6 March 1951Official CV at government website ...
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Daniel Kablan Duncan Daniel Kablan Duncan (born 30 June 1943) is an Ivorian politician. He previously served as Prime Minister of Ivory Coast from 11 December 1993 to 24 December 1999 and again from November 2012 to January 2017. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs ...
, {{flagdeco, Ivory Coast, size=23px Amadou Gon Coulibaly , {{flagdeco, Ivory Coast, size=23px
Hamed Bakayoko Hamed Bakayoko (8 March 1965 – 10 March 2021) was an Ivorian politician who served as Prime Minister of Côte d'Ivoire from 8 July 2020 until his death on 10 March 2021. He had previously served as the country's Minister of New Technologies, ...
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Mathieu Kérékou Mathieu Kérékou (; 2 September 1933 – 14 October 2015) was a Beninese politician who served as President of Benin from 1972 to 1991 and again from 1996 to 2006. After seizing power in a military coup, he ruled the country for 19 years, for ...
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Thomas Boni Yayi Thomas Boni Yayi (born 1 July 1951) is a Beninese banker and politician who was President of Benin from 2006 to 2016. He took office after winning the March 2006 presidential election and was re-elected to a second term in March 2011. He also s ...
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Pascal Koupaki Pascal Irénée Koupaki (born 18 May 1951) is a Beninese politician who served as Prime Minister of Benin from May 2011 to August 2013. Koupaki worked as an official at the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO) and the International Monetar ...
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Pedro Pires Pedro de Verona Rodrigues Pires (; born 29 April 1934) is a Cape Verdean politician who served as Prime Minister of Cape Verde from 1975 to 1991, and later as President from 2001 to 2011. Life and career Pires was born in São Filipe, Fogo, Cape ...
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Jorge Carlos Fonseca Jorge Carlos de Almeida Fonseca (; born 20 October 1950)
is a José Maria Neves José Maria Pereira Neves (; born 28 March 1960) is a Cape Verdean politician who is currently the president of Cape Verde, having previously served as the Prime Minister of Cape Verde from 2001 to 2016. He is a member of the African Party for th ...
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Lansana Conté Lansana Conté (30 November 1934 – 22 December 2008
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Moussa Dadis Camara Captain Moussa Dadis Camara (; born 1 January 1964), now called Moïse Dadis Camara (),''Le Populaire'', , N°3232, 31 August 2010, p. 2 is an ex-officer of the Guinean army who served as the President of Guinea from 23 December 2008 to 15 Ja ...
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Sékouba Konaté General Sékouba Konaté ( nqo, ߛߋߞߎߓߊ ߞߏ߬ߣߊ߬ߕߋ; born 6 June 1964) is an officer of the Guinean army who formerly served as the vice president of its military junta, the National Council for Democracy and Development. After attend ...
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Alpha Condé Alpha Condé (N'Ko: ; born 4 March 1938) is a Guinean politician who served as the fourth president of Guinea from 2010 to 2021. Condé spent decades in opposition to a succession of regimes in Guinea, unsuccessfully running against President L ...
, {{flagdeco, Guinea, size=23px Eugène Camara , {{flagdeco, Guinea, size=23px Lansana Kouyaté , {{flagdeco, Guinea, size=23px
Ahmed Tidiane Souaré Ahmed Tidiane Souaré (born 1951
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Mohamed Béavogui Mohamed Béavogui (born 15 August 1953 in Porédaka) is a Guinean diplomat and politician, and the former interim prime minister of Guinea from 6 October 2021 to 17 July 2022. Biography Béavogui was born in August 1953 in Porédaka, the son of ...
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João Bernardo Vieira João Bernardo "Nino" Vieira (; 27 April 1939 – 2 March 2009) was a Bissau-Guinean politician who was the President of Guinea-Bissau from 1980 to 1999, except for a three-day period in May 1984, and from 2005 to 2009. After seizing power ...
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Malam Bacai Sanhá Malam Bacai Sanhá () (5 May 1947 – 9 January 2012) was a Guinea-Bissau politician who was President of Guinea-Bissau from 8 September 2009 until his death on 9 January 2012. A member of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Ca ...
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Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo :''This name uses Portuguese naming customs. the first or maternal family name is Serifo and the second or paternal family name is Nhamadjo.'' Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo (25 March 1958 – 17 March 2020) was a Bissau-Guinean politician who served as ...
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José Mário Vaz José Mário Vaz (born 10 December 1957) is a Bissau-Guinean politician who served as president of Guinea-Bissau from 23 June 2014 to 27 February 2020. Life and career Popularly known by the nickname "Jomav," José Mário Vaz was born in 1957 to ...
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Aristides Gomes Aristides Gomes (born 8 November 1954
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) is a Bissau-Guinean politician who was the Martinho Ndafa Kabi , {{flagdeco, Guinea-Bissau, size=23px Carlos Correia , {{flagdeco, Guinea-Bissau, size=23px
Carlos Gomes Júnior Carlos Domingos Gomes Júnior (born December 19, 1949)
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is a Adiato Djaló Nandigna , {{flagdeco, Guinea-Bissau, size=23px Rui Duarte de Barros , {{flagdeco, Guinea-Bissau, size=23px Domingos Simões Pereira , {{flagdeco, Guinea-Bissau, size=23px
Baciro Djá Baciro Djá is a Bissau-Guinean politician who was the Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau from 27 May 2016 to 18 November 2016. He was previously Prime Minister from 20 August 2015 to 17 September 2015. Early life Baciro Djá was born on 31 January ...
, {{flagdeco, Guinea-Bissau, size=23px Artur Silva , {{flagdeco, Guinea-Bissau, size=23px Faustino Imbali , {{flagdeco, Liberia, size=23px
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (born Ellen Eugenia Johnson, 29 October 1938) is a Liberian politician who served as the 24th president of Liberia from 2006 to 2018. Sirleaf was the first elected female head of state in Africa. Sirleaf was born in Monro ...
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Ahmad Tejan Kabbah Alhaji Ahmad Tejan Kabbah (February 16, 1932 – March 13, 2014) was a Sierra Leonean politician who served twice as the 3rd President of Sierra Leone, from 1996 to 1997 and again from 1998 to 2007. An economist and attorney by profession, K ...
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Ernest Bai Koroma Ernest Bai Koroma (born 2 October 1953) is a Sierra Leonean politician who served as the fourth President of Sierra Leone from 17 September 2007 to 4 April 2018. Born and raised in Makeni in northern Sierra Leone, Koroma spent more than 24 ...
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George W. Bush George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party, Bush family, and son of the 41st president George H. W. Bush, he ...
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Barack Obama Barack Hussein Obama II ( ; born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Obama was the first African-American president of the ...
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Donald Trump Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021. Trump graduated from the Wharton School of the University of P ...
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Elizabeth II Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022. She was queen regnant of 32 sovereign states during ...
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Tony Blair Sir Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953) is a British former politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007. He previously served as Leader of th ...
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Gordon Brown James Gordon Brown (born 20 February 1951) is a British former politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 to 2010. He previously served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in Tony B ...
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Theresa May Theresa Mary May, Lady May (; née Brasier; born 1 October 1956) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 2016 to 2019. She previously served in David Cameron's cabi ...
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Boris Johnson Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson (; born 19 June 1964) is a British politician, writer and journalist who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 2019 to 2022. He previously served as F ...
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Liz Truss Mary Elizabeth Truss (born 26 July 1975) is a British politician who briefly served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from September to October 2022. On her fiftieth day in office, she stepped down ...
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Michaëlle Jean Michaëlle Jean (; born September 6, 1957) is a Canadian stateswoman and former journalist who served from 2005 to 2010 as governor general of Canada, the 27th since Canadian Confederation. She is the first Haitian Canadian and black person ...
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David Johnston David Lloyd Johnston (born June 28, 1941) is a Canadian academic, author, and statesman who served from 2010 to 2017 as Governor General of Canada, the 28th since Canadian Confederation. He is the commissioner of the Leaders' Debates Commis ...
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Julie Payette Julie Payette (; born October 20, 1963) is a Canadian engineer, scientist and former astronaut who served from 2017 to 2021 as Governor General of Canada, the 29th since Canadian Confederation. Payette holds engineering degrees from McGill U ...
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Mokhtar Belmokhtar{{cite web , title=Hosted news , url = https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iS1VcU-F-7fVHSvJI3XMzT52JTkg?docId=b2b53ce702554825b8684af2b5bb7652 , access-date = 11 November 2016 , archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111111005545/http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iS1VcU-F-7fVHSvJI3XMzT52JTkg?docId=b2b53ce702554825b8684af2b5bb7652 , archive-date = 11 November 2011 , url-status = live , df=dmy-all.
Tiyib Ould Sidi Ali{{KIA
Athmane Touati{{Surrender
Winan Bin Yousef{{POW{{cite web , title = Niger Militant with ties to killers of French engineer arrested , url = http://www.adnkronos.com/IGN/Aki/English/Security/Niger-Militant-with-ties-to-killers-of-French-engineer-arrested_312622977872.html , publisher = ADN Kronos , access-date = 8 November 2011 , archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111113074319/http://www.adnkronos.com/IGN/Aki/English/Security/Niger-Militant-with-ties-to-killers-of-French-engineer-arrested_312622977872.html , archive-date = 13 November 2011 , url-status = live , df = dmy-all , strength1=1,325+ American advisors & trainers;
900 Moroccans;{{cite web , url= http://www.worldnewstribune.com/2012/02/10/u-s-morocco-plans-fifth-african-lion-exercise/ , title= U.S., Morocco Plans Fifth "African Lion" Exercise , publisher= World Tribune , date= 12 February 2012 , access-date= 25 February 2012 , archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120214011230/http://www.worldnewstribune.com/2012/02/10/u-s-morocco-plans-fifth-african-lion-exercise/ , archive-date= 14 February 2012 , url-status= dead , df= dmy-all
400 Malians;
250 Algerians;
200 Chadians;
<1,000 Mauritanians;{{cite news , url=https://af.reuters.com/article/mauritaniaNews/idAFL6E7J51DI20110805 , title=Al Qaeda retreats from West Mali Camps-Military Sources , publisher=Reuters Africa , date=5 August 2011 , access-date=1 July 2017 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170518124331/http://af.reuters.com/article/mauritaniaNews/idAFL6E7J51DI20110805 , archive-date=18 May 2017 , url-status=dead , df=dmy-all
25 Senegalese medical doctors , strength2=AQIM: 400-4,000
Tuaregs: ~1,000
Boko Haram: 300–2,000+ , casualties1= Unknown , casualties2= Unknown , notes= Causes: September 11 attacks and 2003 Casablanca bombings {{Campaignbox OEF{{Campaignbox Algeria 2002-present Operation Juniper Shield, formerly known as Operation Enduring Freedom – Trans Sahara (OEF-TS), is the military operation conducted by the United States and partner nations in the Sahara , Saharan and Sahel regions of Africa, consisting of counterterrorism efforts and policing of arms trafficking, arms and drug trafficking across central Africa. It is part of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT). The other OEF mission in Africa is Operation Enduring Freedom – Horn of Africa (OEF-HOA). US Congress, Congress approved $500 million for the Trans-Saharan Counterterrorism Initiative (TSCTI) over six years to support countries involved in counterterrorism against alleged threats of al-Qaeda operating in African countries, primarily Algeria, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal,
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, and Morocco.{{cite news , url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6336063.stm , title= US to get Africa command centre , work= BBC News , date= 6 February 2007 , access-date= 19 May 2011 , archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120210064441/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6336063.stm , archive-date= 10 February 2012 , url-status= live , df= dmy-all This program builds upon the former Pan Sahel Initiative (PSI), which concluded in December 2004{{cite web , title=EUCOM: Operations and Initiatives , url=http://www.eucom.mil/english/Operations/main.asp , publisher=EUCOM , access-date=6 February 2007 , archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070109185740/http://www.eucom.mil/english/Operations/main.asp , archive-date=9 January 2007 and focused on weapon trafficking, weapon and drug trafficking, as well as counterterrorism. {{cite web , title=Pan Sahel Initiative (PSI) , url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/pan-sahel.htm , publisher=Global Security , access-date=6 February 2007 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070210054626/http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/pan-sahel.htm , archive-date=10 February 2007 , url-status=live , df=dmy-all TSCTI has both military and non-military components to it. OEF-TS is the military component of the program. Civil affairs elements include USAID educational efforts, airport security, United States Department of the Treasury, Department of the Treasury, and U.S. State Department, State Department efforts.{{cite web , title=Operation Enduring Freedom – Trans Sahara (OEF-TS) , url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/oef-ts.htm , publisher=Global Security , access-date=6 February 2007 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070215041735/http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/oef-ts.htm , archive-date=15 February 2007 , url-status=live , df=dmy-all
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deployed teams of less than 15 CSOR members to Mali throughout 2011 to help combat militants in the Sahara. Although the special forces will not engage in combat, they will train the Malian military in basic soldiering. Areas include communications, planning, first aid, and providing aid to the general populace.


Mission

Operation Enduring Freedom Trans Sahara is primarily a training mission meant to equip 10 nations to combat insurgents in the region. Africa Command states: {{quote, OEF-TS is the USG's 3rd priority counter terror effort conducting activities that support TSCTP but are not exclusive to TSCTP. OEF-TS supports TSCTP by forming relationships of peace, security, and cooperation among all Trans Sahara Nations. OEF-TS fosters collaboration and communication among participating countries. Furthermore, OEF-TS strengthens counterterrorism and border security, promotes democratic governance, reinforces bilateral military ties, and enhances development and institution building. U.S. Africa Command, through OEF-TS, provides training, equipment, assistance and advice to partner nation armed forces. This increases their capacity and capability to deny safe haven to terrorists and ultimately defeat extremist and terrorist activities in the region.{{cite web , url = http://www.africom.mil/oef-ts.asp , title = Operation Enduring Freedom Trans Sahara , publisher = AFRICOM , access-date = 15 March 2012 , archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120313194707/http://www.africom.mil/oef-ts.asp , archive-date = 13 March 2012 , url-status = dead , df = dmy-all At some point in 2013, OEF-TS was redesignated as Operation Juniper Shield. Operation Juniper Shield encompasses American operations across Algeria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, and Tunisia.


Training programs


Flintlock

Twice a year, the Joint Combined Exchange Training (JCET) program holds a multinational training exercise.{{cite web , url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/flintlock.htm , title=Flintlock , publisher=Global Security , access-date=24 February 2012 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018181218/http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/flintlock.htm , archive-date=18 October 2012 , url-status=live , df=dmy-all Called Flintlocks, these exercises are meant to strengthen special forces from the United States as well as multiple other nations. Participants include troops from the Sahel and those from NATO members. Flintlock started in 1988 and continued through Operation Enduring Freedom, and is now held in Africa. The exercises teach medical operations, infantry and peacekeeping training, airborne operations, humanitarian relief, and leadership skills. The amount each category is stressed depends on the host nation's needs. In addition, participants are put through different scenarios involving skills instructed during the exercise. Mali was supposed to host the 2012 exercise, but the United States decided to postpone the exercise.{{cite news , url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/us-postpones-counter-terrorism-training-exercises-in-mali-as-army-there-battles-tuareg-rebels/2012/02/10/gIQA3lS13Q_story.html , title= US Postpones Counter-Terrorism Training Exercises in Mali as Army there Battles Tuareg Rebels , newspaper= The Washington Post , date= 10 February 2012 , access-date= 7 September 2017 , archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120211212852/http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/us-postpones-counter-terrorism-training-exercises-in-mali-as-army-there-battles-tuareg-rebels/2012/02/10/gIQA3lS13Q_story.html , archive-date= 11 February 2012 , url-status= dead , df=dmy-all Officials say Flintlock was postponed because Mali is facing a renewed Tuareg insurgency.


The Atlas Accord

Although the Flintlock Exercise was postponed, another training program in Mali was not. The Atlas Accord was created in 2012 to train African military personnel in a number of skills while focusing on logistics.{{cite web , url = http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23446:us-mali-armies-kick-off-exercise-atlas-accord-postpone-exercise-flintlock&catid=50:Land&Itemid=105 , title = US, Mali Armies Kick off Exercise Atlas Accord; Postpone Exercise Flintlock , publisher = Defense Web , date = 13 February 2012 , access-date = 24 February 2012 , archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130518193416/http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23446:us-mali-armies-kick-off-exercise-atlas-accord-postpone-exercise-flintlock&catid=50:Land&Itemid=105 , archive-date = 18 May 2013 , url-status = live , df = dmy-all The exercise includes classroom instruction and field instruction. Atlas Accord 12 focused solely on logistics and aerial resupply, while the next exercise in 2013 will continue training in aerial logistics but will also include command, control, communications, and computer (C4) techniques.


African Lion exercise

The largest training exercise, African Lion, is an annual security cooperation exercise held by the US and Morocco.{{cite web , title = African Lion 12 ready to roar: marine forces in Africa conducts final planning conference , url=http://www.dvidshub.net/news/83446/african-lion-12-ready-roar-marine-forces-africa-conducts-final-planning-conference , publisher = DVIDs hub , access-date=25 February 2012 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305053546/http://www.dvidshub.net/news/83446/african-lion-12-ready-roar-marine-forces-africa-conducts-final-planning-conference , archive-date = 5 March 2014 , url-status = live , df = dmy-all Created in 2008, this program is designed to instruct a variety of skills, including aerial logistics, non-lethal weapons training, combined arms and maneuver exercises. More than 900 Moroccans and 1,200 Americans take part in the two-week exercise.


History

On 12 September 2007, a USAF C-130 was damaged from rifle fire by Tuareg forces while the aircraft was engaged in a supply drop to besieged Malian soldiers, no Americans were wounded in the incident. The Joint Special Operations Command, Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) established the Joint Special Operations Task Force–Trans Sahara (JSOTF-TS) to help combat terrorism in the region. In 2012, the name of Operation Enduring Freedom - Trans Sahara transitioned to Operation Juniper Shield, although the operation was still referred to in US Government sources as OEF-TS as late as 2014. ABC News reported that US forces arrived in Niger in early 2013 to support the Operation Serval, French military intervention in Mali; 150 US personnel set up a surveillance drone operation over Mali that was conducted out of Niamey. As of 2017, there were about 800 US troops in Niger, the majority of whom are construction crews working to build up a second drone base in northern Niger. The remainder conduct a surveillance drone mission out of Niamey that helps out the French in Mali and other regional countries in the fight against the terrorists, and less than a hundred Special Forces (United States Army), US Army Special Forces soldiers are also advising and assisting Niger's military to build up their fighting capability to counter the terrorists.{{cite web, url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/us-troops-niger/story?id=50559788, title=Why US troops are in Niger, publisher=ABC News, date=19 October 2017, access-date=25 October 2017, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171025105817/https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/us-troops-niger/story?id=50559788, archive-date=25 October 2017, url-status=live, df=dmy-all CNN reported that following the Tongo Tongo ambush in October 2017, which left 4 US soldiers killed, the government of Niger granted the US military the authority to arm its drones in Niger; the US military had been seeking the authority to arm its drones in Niger for months prior to the ambush. ABC News also reported that there are 300 U.S. military personnel in
Burkina Faso Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to ...
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Cameroon Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the C ...
carrying out the same task as US forces in Niger, ''The Guardian'' reported that the US military deployed 300 personnel to Cameroon in early October 2015, with the approval of the Cameroonian government, their primary mission was to provide intelligence support to local forces as well as conducting reconnaissance flights, The personnel are also overseeing a program to transfer American military vehicles to the Cameroonian Army to aid in their fight against Islamist militants, ''Army Times'' later reported that US soldiers in Cameroon are also providing IED awareness training to the country's infantry forces. CNN reported that in May 2016 that US personnel conduct the drone operations from Garoua to help provide intelligence in the region to assist local forces.{{cite web, url=http://edition.cnn.com/2016/05/11/politics/special-ops-small-wars-isis-al-qaeda/, title=U.S. special forces wage secretive 'small wars' against terrorists, publisher=CNN, date=12 May 2016, access-date=25 October 2017, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171024002705/http://edition.cnn.com/2016/05/11/politics/special-ops-small-wars-isis-al-qaeda/, archive-date=24 October 2017, url-status=live, df=dmy-all


See also

* Tuareg Rebellion (2007–2009) * Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present) * 2012 Northern Mali conflict * List of wars 2003-current


References

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Sources

* {{cite book, last=Comolli , first=Virginia , title=Boko Haram: Nigeria's Islamist Insurgency , date=2015 , publisher=Oxford University Press , location=London


External links


Official United States Africa Command site




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