State Dept. announces $5 million bounty for the killers of 4 U.S. Army soldiers two years to the day after they were killed in Niger. U.S. also offering reward for ISIS-affiliate leader accused of ordering the ambush, Abu Walid
Mali government says 25 soldiers killed in two recent attacks on army camps by suspected militants – Reuters
1 year agoNigeria: ISWAP claimed through IS al-Amaq media arm responsibility for a complex attack yesterday against Nigerian base at Boni, Yobe state followed by IED explosions between Boni and Bouriti. Claimed 17 soldiers killed and 7 vehicles destroyed
Eight killed in two new attacks in northern Burkina Faso: security sources
Eight civilians killed in attack in northern Burkina Faso – AFP citing security sources
1 year agoAmaq Agency has released a short, 21-second video from the ambush between Gubio and Magumeri. The clip only features dead Nigerian soldiers (and doesn't show any fighting)
Authorities in Chad announce the death toll in the collapse of a gold mine at about 30
Charity Action Against Hunger says one of six hostages has been killed. The Islamic State West Africa Province, ISWAP, took them hostage in July. Action Against Hunger urgently calls for the release of the hostages
1 year agoPrimary school pupils call for climate action. #FridaysForFuture ClimateStrike in Abuja, Nigeria.
Gen. Townsend also visited Niger Sept. 18-19 where he met with President Issoufou, senior Nigerien military officers & deployed U.S. troops
Gen. Townsend, the commander of @USAfricaCommand, visited Burkina Faso Tuesday & met with President Kaboré & several other Burkinabe leaders
Boko Haram suicide bomb and gun attack at Maiduguri university military camp
Gen. Stephen Townsend, Commander, @USAfricaCommand, visited Mali Monday & met with Mali's leaders & leaders of the G5 Sahel Joint Task Force
1 year agoNigeria ISIS claims shelling Nigerian Army positions near Chad Lake yesterday
1 year agoMali:AQ/JNIM claims killing 6 soldiers of Sahel G5 Coalition near Djougani on Burkina Faso border
Timbuktu: Around 9:00 am, this 11/09/2019, ambush against convoy FAMa near Dibla, on the axis Goundam - Timbuktu
1 year agoAlgeria- cache containing 19 "100mm shells" discovered by ANP in Tamanrasset, along Mali-Niger borders
1 year agoSec. Esper gave AFRICOM's Gen. Townsend 90 days to assess the next drawdown of ~300 US troops from Africa per pool producer @Elizabeth_McLau
1 year agoMali: Death toll is revised upwards with 20 dead and several wounded, including serious cases in the explosion of a road mine at Dallah, between Douentza and Boni, in the region of Mopti
Eight bus passengers killed by road mine in central Mali: police
Chad shuts down borders with Libya, Sudan and the Central African Republic
Yesterday evening ISWAP overran Gubio and Magumeri without any opposition, as the Nigerian Army withdrew some time ago.
Vaccinations: Nigeria becomes polio-free
1 year agoMali Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal MuslimeenJNIM claims destroying a vehicle of MINUSMA with an IED in Kidal yesterday
1 year agoAttack against the detachment of Koutougou: the balance could rise to more than twenty dead. According to a military source, "a hundred armed men" on a motorcycle and equipped with heavy weapons would have led the assault
At least 12 soldiers die in a terrorist attack in northern Burkina Faso
1 year agoChadian IDs found in Murzuq Southern West Libya
The President of Chad arrives in Khartoum to attend the signing ceremony of the political agreement and the constitutional document between the junta and the forces of freedom and change
1 year agoChad: ISIS claims killing a Chadian soldier and injuring an other in Maalim Fatuuri near Chad lake yesterday
Baga Battle: 25 Nigerian Soldiers, 47 ISWAP Militants Killed
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