Unknown gunmen kill 6, injure 8 in Kaduna
Maj. Gen. Hicks, the head of US Special Operations Command Africa tells CNN: the "al-Qaeda aligned JNIM and the ISIS-GS threats have continued to increase in size and capability and we see evidence of that in these rapidly increasing number of attacks here in Burkina Faso"
7 month agoRenewed Conflict in Nigeria's Kaduna State Leaves Dozens Dead
17 killed in Mali by booby-trapped corpse: security sources
7 month agoNumbers for Nigeria's presidential election. Buhari is looking very, very strong. 12.1m votes to Atiku's 8.6m. Nine states to go.
7 month agoTurnout in Nigeria's election has been low. So low in Lagos, that Kaduna (to the north of the capital Abuja) produced more votes for the opposition PDP than Nigeria's commercial capital did
Nigeria's main opposition on Monday accused the ruling party of trying to rig presidential elections, as the incumbent made early gains but monitors voiced concern about polling day problems, including dozens of deaths
ISWA have issued statements claiming two attacks saying they shelled Nigerian army positions in Buni Yadi and Goneri in Yobe state Nigeria
Ismail Adebayo reports that: Elections results from 21 LG's of Kebbi State are still being expected at the two collation centres. Waziri Umaru Federal Polytechnic for Presidential while the Senate and House of Representatives is the INEC LG office in Birnin Kebbi.
7 month agoAnnouncement of Presidential election results ongoing at INEC office, Magbon, Abeokuta, Ogun State. From Peter Moses, Abeokuta.
Results announcement delayed in Kaduna Sunday Aborisade, KadunaCollation officers are still presenting the results of the elections they conducted at the ward levels at the INEC offices in the various local government areas
Buba Galadima, spokesman of main opposition candidate Atiku, has been arrested by masked security operatives in wuse 2 area of capital Abuja.
7 month agoBurkina Faso: The Burkinabe army claims to have neutralized 29 militants by a combined air-ground operation on February 19 and 20 in Kompienbiga, Kaponga, and the Presidential hunting camp area
7 month agoIS claimed GRAD rockets attack on army position in Maiduguri, Borno
Late start of election in parts of Jigawa
Mali: France announced to have killed JNIM's Algeria-n deputy emir Djamel Okacha ("Yahya Abu al-Hammam") together with an unknown number of associates amidst an operation yesterday at an unspecified location
France says killed senior Al-Qaeda commander in Sahel
Nigeria elections to take place Saturday, no further postponement: election panel
At least 59 'bandits' killed in northwest Nigeria – AFP cites security sources and resident
7 month agoBurkina Faso: Presumed JNIM/AnsaroulIslam militants killed four Koglweogo yesterday evening in Boukouma (Arbinda), Soum Province
The police command in Nasarawa State has confirmed the abduction of Alhaji Yakubu Dauda, Village Head of Sabon Gida-Barkin Kogi in Lafia Local Government Area by unknown gunmen.
Boko Haram raided Dunge, a community in Mafa LGA last night, killing scores, abducting men and women. The attack triggered a stream of refugees flooding into Gongulon Lawan in Jere LGA, 8km from Maiduguri.
7 month agoBurkina Faso: Presumed JNIM/ISGS militants assassinated a merchant/Koglweogo yesterday in Pétabouli (Gorom-Gorom), Oudalan; the second merchant assassinated in the past four days in the area
Death toll from gunmen attack last week in northwestern Nigerian state of Kaduna doubles to over 130 people – Reuters cites state governor
Bandits kill 11 villagers, army captain in Katsina, Niger
Gunmen Kill Four NDLEA Officials In Ondo.
Nigeria: claimed attack on army in Gajiganna Borno
Mali Minusma: Fire exchange between German and Malian soldiers. One soldier of the FAMA („Forces de défense et de sécurité du Mali") is in critical condition. The reason for the incident is yet unclear. The German armed forces Bundeswehr and the FAMA are in fact allies.
7 month agoMali: JNIM claimed Friday's IED detonation that killed an MSA officer and wounded three others in Talataye (Ansongo), Gao, JNIM also claimed previous IED attacks that targeted MSA and GATIA in the area
7 month agoBurkina Faso: The police station in Namounou and a school in the nearby village of Timambadi set ablaze
Latest news from Sahel region: The Sahel part of Africa includes (from west to east) parts of northern Senegal, southern Mauritania, central Mali, northern Burkina Faso, the extreme south of Algeria, Niger, the extreme north of Nigeria, central Chad, central and southern Sudan, the extreme north of South Sudan, Eritrea, Cameroon, Central African Republic and extreme north of Ethiopia.
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