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The U.N. reported last year that there were some 8,000 to 12,000 fighters in Islamic State ranks in West Africa, an area also contested by powerful local al Qaeda affiliate Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimin.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026
She is now enrolled in a psychiatric care programme at a local hospital that, she said, is designed to support people with severe and persistent mental illness who have exhausted all treatment options.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
They have to keep producing local currency to pay the army.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
Reble emerged from that ecosystem, but also from a newer internet-shaped version of the city where local influences collided with global hip-hop and trap.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
Yet the mood of the local villagers was not unlike that of the Russian peasantry, for a revolution of sorts was brewing among them.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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"The Civil Rights Movement"
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Greetings, World Traveler! — List 3
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The Syrian Refugee Crisis Continues
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