Other NATO allies deploy fighter jets and naval forces to shore up its eastern flank.REPORT | ROBBIE GRAMER, JACK DETSCHA protester walks a camel painted in the colors of the French flag during a mass demonstration to protest sanctions imposed on Mali by the Economic Community of West African States in Bamako, Mali, on Jan. 14.Mali’s Military Doubles Down as Junta Ousts Burkina Faso’s PresidentWest Africa is rocked by yet another coup as the military seizes power in Ouagadougou and holds onto control in Bamako.AFRICA BRIEF

Other NATO allies deploy fighter jets and naval forces to shore up its eastern flank.REPORT | ROBBIE GRAMER, JACK DETSCHA protester walks a camel painted in the colors of the French flag during a mass demonstration to protest sanctions imposed on Mali by the Economic Community of West African States in Bamako, Mali, on Jan. 14.Mali’s Military Doubles Down as Junta Ousts Burkina Faso’s PresidentWest Africa is rocked by yet another coup as the military seizes power in Ouagadougou and holds onto control in Bamako.AFRICA BRIEF | NOSMOT GBADAMOSI

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