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    "byline": "By R\u00e9daction Africanews\n        \n  \n      with AFP",
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    "excerpt": "Jihadists from rival Al-Qaeda and Islamic State factions in the Sahel have clashed recently on an unprecedented scale in the borderlands spanning Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, with claims of hundreds of fighters killed.",
    "lang": null,
    "length": 4429,
    "publishedTime": null,
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    "title": "Al-Qaeda and IS rivalry sparks fierce fighting across Sahel"
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