Pentagon orders all US combat troops to withdraw from Niger
وزير الدفاع الأميركي: سنسحب قواتنا من النيجر
The US military has withdrawn troops from a French military base in Chad after the country demanded they leave last month, and have relocated to Germany, a Pentagon spokesperson and other sources familiar with the matter told CNN on Wednesday
Dozens of US speical forces will withdraw from Chad, NYT reports, as Washington influence in the coup-prone region is waning rapidly
2 الشهر منذJNIM AQMI accuses the army and Wagner of new abuses in several localities of Koulikoro: 3 massacres on April 17, 38 civilians including from Mauritania houses burned and livestock stolen
U.S. tells Niger it will withdraw 1,000 American military personnel from the West African country in the coming months. upending United States counterterrorism and security policy in the tumultuous Sahel region of Africa
A Russian ship carrying weapons and logistic equipment to Moscow’s Africa Legion arrived in the Libyan eastern port of Tobruk, sources say
3 الشهر منذNiger (Sahel): ISIS carried out an attack on trucks carrying vehicles belonging to UN Peacekeeping Forces in Téra, Tillabéri Region. As a result seemingly at least two SouthAfrica-made flag-zaflag-za BAE Systems RG-33L 6x6 armored vehicles (MMPVs) were set on fire by IS militants
On April 10, 100 Russian military instructors arrived in Niger. They delivered to the country military equipment for the latest generation air defense system purchased from the Russian Federation, local state television channel RTN reported.
Mali's junta bans the media from reporting on political activities in the country
In Mali, the junta suspends the activities of political parties and associations
3 الشهر منذPictures showing newly received Turkish made TB-2 and Akinci attack drones with HGK-82 and TEBER-82 general purpose bombs which can be guided, MAM-L and MAM-T guided munitions of the Burkina Faso Air Force
3 الشهر منذIslamic State West Africa (ISWA/Wilayat Gharb Afriqiyah) Claims Responsibility for an Armed Assault on a Red Cross Vehicle in Chetimari, Diffa Region, Niger
3 الشهر منذISWAP says it executed a Nigerian army spy near Kirinwa town
3 الشهر منذOn the night of 30 to 31/03, at 2 a.m., around fifteen militants from Katiba Hanifa (#JNIM) attacked the position of the National Guard in #Kirtachi (#Kollo, #Tillabéri) with the aim of freeing a certain Ali Maïgarize, detained for his supposed links with militants.
3 الشهر منذIn just two days, al-Qaeda in Sahel (JNIM) attacked three Mali army and Russian Africa Corps (former Wagner) bases, shelling with Grad rockets Timbuktu and Gao military airports. Today a new bombing was conducted on Anefis in Kidal. Besides them, multiple other operations Mali
Niger revokes a military agreement with the US relating to the status of US military staff in the country. The US has about 1,000 troops still in Niger and $110 million drone base. The announcement comes only 48 hours after a US delegation visited Niger
Explosions and shootings in N'Djamena, the capital of Chad
The Nigerian army has issued a rare statement denying reports of an alleged coup plot.The Nigerian Defence Headquarters said it was categorically false. It follows reports that the Presidential Guard had been mobilised because of the suspected coup
ECOWAS lifts its economic sanctions against Guinea
4 الشهر منذAl-Qaeda informs on their attack on the Burkina Faso - Benin border, killing four Beninese soldiers and seizing various loot
رويترز: النيجر ومالي وبوركينا فاسو تقرر الانسحاب فورا من التكتل الإقليمي الاقتصادي لغرب إفريقيا "إيكواس"
Mali ends the Algiers agreement signed in 2015
Russian troops have begun deploying to Burkina Faso to strengthen the security of the country's transition leader, Ibrahim Traore, and the people of this state, Bloomberg reports. Military specialists with equipment and weapons will train local troops and patrol dangerous areas.
بلينكن: كوت ديفوار شريك أساسي لنا ولدول أخرى ونقدر قيادتها لمكافحة التطرف
Deputy Ministers of Defense of the Russian Federation Alexander Fomin and Yunus-Bek Yevkurov held a working meeting with the Minister of National Defense of the Republic of Niger, Salifu Modi
![[Mali]: FAMa and Wagner forces reportedly dropped a barrel bomb from a helicopter on a nomadic camp in Aghalak (18.3902, 1.8233), Kidal, on December 30. The bomb did not explode and caused no casualties. A first in the country but current in Syria](https://sahel.liveuamap.com/pics/2024/01/02/22618535_0.png)
6 الشهر منذ[Mali]: FAMa and Wagner forces reportedly dropped a barrel bomb from a helicopter on a nomadic camp in Aghalak (18.3902, 1.8233), Kidal, on December 30. The bomb did not explode and caused no casualties. A first in the country but current in Syria
The UN mission Minusma officially ends 10 years of presence in Mali (AFP, spokesperson)
Islamic State seems to have stormed Menaka today, while FAMA sent airforce to support forces on the ground. A major battle occured, for now assessments are being made.ISGS might not publish anything for a long time, judging from recent Niger rampage and 2-months long silence
7 الشهر منذSahel Soum: yesterday, Nov 26, GAT JNIM attacked the town of Djibo. The material and human damage is enormous and impossible to assess at present. Airstrikes were also carried out against the attackers
