To complete a regional redeployment and fear of threats accompanied by the exit of 2,400 French troops from Mali, the centre of violence in the Sahel and the stronghold of al-Qa 'idah and the Islamic State, will lead to increased violence, destabilize neighbouring countries and stimulate migration.

In a statement issued, the army in Mali stated that near the town of Tessett on Sunday, gunmen killed 17 of its soldiers and four civilians in an attack suspected of being carried

Armed Chadian groups infiltrated the common border with the Sudan, resulting in the death of 18 Sudanese, following which the Sudanese Minister for Foreign Affairs in charge of Ali al-Sadik met today, the Ambassador of the Republic of Chad to the Sudan, and conveyed to him an official letter of protest.

In legislative elections that were a test after local elections in March and won by the opposition in major cities including the capital Dakar, Ziguencore in the south and Tess in the