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The smallest node in the theater by volume but a persistent one. Africa Corps confirmed its withdrawal from Kidal, took casualties in rebel attacks and was reported retreating under jihadist pressure, while Moscow said its forces would stay in Mali and had helped stop an attempted coup. Niger's president was received in Ankara as Türkiye expanded its training and drone footprint.
Each card below is one coalition with its own frame on the same contested phenomenon.
Weekly attributed-headline count per narrative. Visual asymmetry is signal: some coalitions dominate the vocabulary, others stay sporadic.
Loaded vocabulary per coalition and recent headlines under each frame.
Russian forces fight alongside Sahelian armies without demanding governance conditions, intervened to stop an attempted coup and struck the armed groups directly -- results that a decade of Western deployments never produced.
Per-week distribution of events on this friction node. Click a bar to see that week's top events.
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Countries directly involved in these tensions, or whose own outlets cover them.
Africa Corps pulled out of Kidal, lost personnel to rebel attacks and is retreating under jihadist pressure, while Türkiye's drones and training offer capability without the mass required -- the states that expelled their old partners have not found one that can hold the terrain.
