C.I.A. Drone Mission, Curtailed by Obama, Is Expanded in Africa Under Trump 

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/09/world/africa/cia-drones-africa-military.html

Europe Benefits by Bankrolling an Anti-Migrant Effort. Niger Pays a Price.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/25/world/africa/niger-migration-crisis.html

Why More Migrants Are Dying in the Sahara

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/22/opinion/migrants-dying-sahara-niger.html

What the Mali Attack Means

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/23/opinion/what-the-mali-attack-means.html

Mali Must Disarm the Militias

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/19/opinion/mali-must-disarm-the-militias.html