AGP Executive Report
Last update: 7 hours agoTragedy in the Sahara: At least 49 Nigerien travellers died of thirst after their truck broke down in the remote desert more than 80km west of Assamaka while returning from Mali for Eid al-Adha; two survivors walked over 50km to reach water and alert authorities, and victims were buried in mass graves. Security and arms flow: The UN warned that weapons looted from Libya after the 2011 conflict have spread across the Sahel and are now being used by terrorist groups in Nigeria and beyond. Sahel militancy: Islamic State-affiliated fighters in northeast Nigeria killed three troops in a raid on a military base near Maiduguri, the first such attack since the killing of an IS deputy chief. Regional energy push: Algeria, Nigeria and Niger began a new phase of work on the Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline, aiming to move 20–30 billion cubic metres of gas annually. Niger junta ties abroad: Niger’s military ruler Abdourahamane Tiani met Turkey’s Erdoğan in Ankara to discuss defense and security cooperation.
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