Agacher Strip War
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The Agacher Strip is a 100-mile (160 km)-long strip of land located in northeastern Burkina Faso. The area, thought to contain considerable amounts of natural gas and mineral resources, was the center of a long running border dispute between Upper Volta (renamed Burkina Faso in 1984) and Mali which erupted into armed conflict on two occasions (1974 and 1985).
Read more about Agacher Strip War: Reasons Behind The Conflict, The First "War" (1974), Regional Mediation, Agacher "Christmas" War (1985), Post War
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