US ordered the departure of non-emergency US government personnel in Mali amid threats on the capital Bamako by jihadist groups
Russia now has about 1,000 Wagner Group paramilitaries on the ground in Mali after France's drawdown and has added air domain radars and air defense capabilities: U.S. Africa Command chief Gen. Stephen Townsend
2 year agoIS-West Africa in Nigeria claim to have attacked government-aligned militia in Buni Yadi, Yobe state, killing 1 and forcing the rest to flee
AFP-Mali: At least 15 soldiers and 3 civilians were killed in coordinated attacks in Mali
2 year agoBurkina Sahel Soum: Attack led by several armed men, 24 to 25/07 against the military detachment of Kelbo. The provisional assessment reports 7 injuries including 5 serious cases. Details to follow
FCT Police has debunked news of planned terrorist attacks in Abuja and beefed up security
2 year agoBurkina Faso - Sebba's FDS and VDP ambushed the militants when they returned on July 17. The report shows 11 militants killed. About twenty motorcycles, weapons, ammunition, means of communication recovered
DHQ: Military eliminates five militants, recovers weapons in Benue, Katsina
Mali's security minister says six people have been killed, including two gendarmes and a police officer, in a rare attack near the country's capital Bamako
2 year agoIS Sahel announces that it has shot down a Wagner surveillance drone near Ménaka city with medium weapons including PKM type
2 year agoIS-West Africa claims an attack on a Nigerian army checkpoint in Monguno, Borno state, capturing rifles & equipment
2 year agoChad: the security forces seized this week the sum of 2,150,000 CFA francs in counterfeit notes in Abéché. Five people were arrested
Mali has from today, Thursday, suspended all new rotations of the United Nations' MINUSMA peacekeeping mission, including those already scheduled, for "national security" reasons, the foreign ministry says
Mali: the authorities consider the 49 Ivorian soldiers arrested on Sunday at Bamako airport as "mercenaries" According to the government, "it has been established that [they] were illegally on national territory with weapons of war, and without authorization"
In a major operation, the Force Intelligence Bureau (FIB) has apprehended one Abdullahi Baka (47), an alleged gunrunner who specialises in supplying illicit arms and ammunition to deadly criminal gangs terrorizing Bauchi, Gombe, Taraba states
Tragedy in Katsina as Air Force Jet bombs villagers, scores feared dead
300 escape after suspected Boko Haram attack on Nigeria jail: official
2 year agoNigeria: Gunmen attacked a prison near Nigeria's capital Abuja with explosives on Tuesday evening and freed hundreds of detainees, prison authorities saying on Wednesday they had recaptured most of them
Sikasso: a policeman committed suicide - Mali. An element of the Mobile Security Group (GMS) committed suicide yesterday Sunday by a service weapon. The exact circumstances of the officer's death have not been elucidated. The death was confirmed
At least 15 civilians were killed in an attack by armed men in northwest Burkina Faso
2 year agoBurkina Centre_Nord Namentenga: "Terrorist" attack yesterday 01/07 against the Zeguedeguin Gendarmerie Brigade followed by vandalism of a telephone antenna. A Gendarme killed and material damage recorded. This is the first attack of its kind in this part of the region.
2 year agoMINUSMA supports the implementation of the Agreement for Peace and Reconciliation in Mali. It facilitated the redeployment of 340 elements of the reconstituted Malian army in Kidal and Gao in favor of the restoration of state authority
2 year agoJNIM denies involvement in massacres of Bankass civilians and destruction of property, calls on mujahideen to follow teachings of their religion
Police have killed another terrorist in Kaduna, recovering assault rifle and motorcycle
2 year agoBurkinaFaso: JNIM militants shelled the military detachment yesterday in Tankoualou, fell short, no casualties/damages reported, 4th historical Israeli army incident in Est Region, all since early May in different corners of the region, previous incidents in Natiaboani, Boungou, & Pama
2 year agoBankass: 132 civilians killed in attacks on three villages
Agence France-Presse: More than 100 civilians were killed by armed gunmen in Mali within 3 days
Death toll from northern Burkina Faso attack rises to 79 - @AFP. The government blamed jihadist groups for series of attacks targeting civilians
Mali - Timbuktu a new success recorded on June 12 by the FaMa against jihadist fighters on the Hombori -Gossi section. Several elements of the GAT were killed in combat leaving a significant amount of weapons and ammunition
2 year agoBurkina Faso: Six civilians killed in an attack on an artisanal gold site
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
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