Residents of the town of Solhan, eastern Burkina Faso, held a protest today, with signs reading "Solhan is hungry", "Resupply Solhan within 24 hours", the town has a military base, which is besieged in the south by JNIM and north by IS-Sahel (roughly)
Burkina Faso: JNIM raided army bases in Gomboro, Sourou province
1 週 前Nigerian Army raids illegal arms factory in Plateau, arrests fabricator and seizes ammunition
IS-Sahel raided JNIM positions near Sebba today, north eastern Burkina Faso, killing at least 57 militants and injuring a large number of them
Bangladesh, India, Iran, Burkina Faso, Congo and Mali took part in Zapad-2025 exercises — Kremlin
On the Bamako - Kayes axis, 118 tankers were set on fire by the JNIM
1 週 前Burkina Faso : "Al-Qaeda in Sahel" (JNIM) raided Burkinabe Army base in Gomboro, Sourou Province. Mlitants seemingly captured at least one France-made ACMAT Bastion 4x4 APC (Armored Personnel Carrier) as well
1 週 前The peaceful protest of the refugees in the Agadez camp, who demand security and a decent life, enters its 358th day, and the suffering continues. Therefore, we appeal to all humanitarian actors to look at us with mercy
1 週 前Burkina Faso: BIR 7 and 17 forces raided a JNIM camp near the Ivorian border, killing at least 5 militants and seizing weapons and motorcycles
1 週 前JNIM militants raided Kolokani, 127 km from Bamako, and torched a fuel tanker
In a crackdown on militants, Mali's army said it had carried out operations in the gold-rich western region of Kayes. This included airstrikes in Diema and Nioro. Mali soldiers have also managed to free people taken hostage by the militants
2 週 前Mali: JNIM claimed to have seized an army position in Tiby, Ségou region
2 週 前Mali: "Azawad Liberation Front" (FLA) has struck a Bayraktar TB2 Drone Control Center operated by Malian Army in Tessalit. The Azawad militants apparently used at least one FPV Kamikaze Drone armed with a PG-7V(M) pattern HEAT (Anti-Tank) RPG warhead
3 週 前Islamic State Greater Sahara (ISGS) Militants Raided the Home a “Spy” and Executed Him in Ayorou, Tillaberi Region, Niger
1 月 前JNIM militants still control the Farabougou base (14.8995, -6.1527). Videos published on August 22 show them there among the vehicles and bodies. It is rare for militants to establish themselves for so long in a military camp.
The Nigerien army announced the killing of Ibrahim Mahamadou, nicknamed "Bakura" and "Abu Umaima," the leader of the Boko Haram group, during a military operation on the island of Chilawa in the Diffa region, southeast of Niger, near the Lake Chad basin. The operation was carried out on August 15, 2025, and included three successive airstrikes targeting positions controlled by.
Mali’s former Prime Minister Choguel Kokalla Maiga has been placed under a detention warrant by the Supreme Court’s investigating chamber over alleged misuse of public funds
1 月 前Mali: On the morning of August 19, in a series of coordinated attacks, JNIM militants took control of the Farabougou base (14.9004, -6.1522). Analysis of the images shows that they arrived through the northeast entrance of the base.
1 月 前Geolocation of footage from JNIM's latest attack on Tanwalbougou: units attacked Tanwalbougou (Fada N'Gourma department, Gourma province, Est region) yesterday (18/8), as shown in video 1. But today (19/8) militants are still there (videos 2-4), as the government has not yet deployed armed forces to the area
Nigeria says has arrested two leaders of jihadist group
1 月 前The Nigerian Force Claims to Have Killed Hundreds of an Bandits During Airstrike in Makakkari Forest, Bukuyum LGA, Zamfara State, Nigeria
1 月 前Last night, bandits raided Yandoka in Malumfashi LGA, Katsina State, abducting several girls and rustling cattle. This morning, they hit Unguwar Bugau in same LGA, injuring residents and seizing more livestock.Fearing more attacks, residents are fleeing to Dayi
1 月 前Mali: JNIM militants raided the Chinese-owned Sakula sugar factory in Dougabougou on August 1, kidnapped six Chinese workers, and set the facility on fire
1 月 前IS-Sahel published the documentary entitled 'Lions of the Sahel', focusing on recent attacks in Niger and Mali, including the massive attacks on Tessit, Eknewane and Bani Bangou
2 月 前BURKINA FASO: JNIM claims control of a military position in Sanmatenga province. JNIM militants filmed themselves at the AES roundabout in Pibaoré, less than 300 meters from the town hall
Nigerian Military Kills 95 Bandits in Airstrike and Shootout near Warari Village in Rijau LGA, Niger State, Nigeria
“This is our last rice from USAID," said Chi Lael, Nigeria spokeswoman for the World Food Programme, pointing at a stack of white bags at another distribution centre in Mafa, around 150 kilometres from Damboa. There are five million "severely hungry" people in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states - the three worst affected by the jihadist insurgency waged by Boko Haram and rival Islamic State West Africa Province”
2 月 前Mali: FLA(Azawad Liberation Front) attacks convoy of African Corps and FAMa advancing toward Kidal
3 月 前Leader of Mali junta has arrived in Moscow to meet Putin
ISWAP attacked last night the major naval base at Baga, the militants broke in the base and inflicted some damage and casualties, with 3 vehicles destroyed, after 2 hours of battle the insurgents retreated leaving IEDs behind them, several were killed by subsequent airstrikes
