9 month agoPedro Sanchez and Emmanuel Macron leaving Nuakchot #G5Sahel
French President: Combating terrorism in the Sahel region will not stop despite the Coronavirus crisis
9 month agoOperation Lafiya Doyle air strikes on "Boko Haram" locations in Borno State by Nigerian Air Force on 25 June saw some pretty heavy bombing of remote villages. "Tongule Village" was one of the heavily hit areas
9 month agoUS Special Operation Command C146A 12-3060 airborne from Niamey Niger
New State Department terrorism report: Terrorist attacks in West Africa "increased 250 percent since 2018." More than 5,000 French troops play "a crucial role" in the region, report says
Nigeria: NAF Deploys Five Helicopters to Katsina to Fight Insecurity
10 month agoTurkish Ministry of Defense: "Our plane carrying medical aid materials to be used in combating Covid-19 landed in Chad."
10 month agoISWAP released footage from their raid on the town of Monguno in NE Nigeria's Borno province on JUne 13th, featuring clashes and destroyed NA armoured vehicles. It also showed the up-armoured SVBIED that was captured by NA - h/t @CalibreObscura
10 month agoSAHEL - French MoD released footage of the killing of AQMI leader Abdel Wadoud Droukdel in northern Mali
About 10 people were killed in an attack in Ivory Coast on the border with Burkina Faso
10 month agoHaftar LNA associated Dassault Falcon 900 P4RMA is returning to Libya from Caracas Simón Bolívar Maiquetía Venezuela Conakry Gbessia, flying thru Niger & over Sahara. The plane might have gone to Al Jufra AFB, 9 kilometres northeast of the desert city of Hun
France-led op to kill alQaida in the Islamic Maghreb emir Abdelmalek Droukdel killed "the most senior-most decision-maker of AQIM and the likely architect of the Sahel-based jihadist movement" per updated @USAfricaCommand assessment
Leader of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb killed in Mali by French forces (France defence minister)
French Defense Minister: French forces kill al-Qaeda leader in the Islamic Maghreb, Abdel-Malik Droukdel, in northern Mali
10 month agoCameroon: IS claims attack against Cameroonian army. 8 dead, post destroyed, equipment taken on border with Nigeria
10 month agoIS-West Africa militants claimed an ambush yesterday on the road between Mafa and Agiri, Borno state, saying a Nigerian army vehicle was destroyed and 5 soldiers killed
10 month agoChad: IS claims attack on military post in Lake Chad region
10 month agoIS-West Africa militants claimed to have destroyed a Nigerian army barracks and killed 2 soldiers in an attack in Gajibo, Borno state
12 soldiers killed in a Boko Haram attack on military base near Diffa in Niger. At least 10 other soldiers were also wounded in the attack and seven BokoHaram jihadists were killed. BH has been extremely active during this Ramadan holiday
11 month agoAnd here's the claim for the attack in Dapchi - according to ISWAP, several policemen and CJTF members were killed and wounded, they also say they burned 3 vehicles, local police HQ and government buildings
Extremists kill 20 people in northeastern Nigeria during an attack
Nigeria detains British plane, "broke the coronavirus restrictions"
11 month agoFour construction workers kidnapped in Niger state, Nigeria, 13 May. The men, all staff of Tractia Construction Coy, were abducted from a site at Erena town, Shiroro LGA, by about 60 armed bandits on motorcycles. Many residents flee to IDP camp in nearby Zumba town
11 month agoISWAP claimed the killing and the wounding of at least 17 Nigerian soldiers in an attack of its militants in Borno, Nigeria
Eight Burkina soldiers killed in militant attack
11 month agoReceived video from Kayes in Mali where protests have kicked off after a police officer shot dead an 18 year old- at least 3 civilians (likely to be more) have been killed since. Govt have announced that a crisis meeting re: situation is underway
11 month agoISWAP claimed two more attacks yesterday: 1. Burning of two churches in "Geldi/Galdi" 2. An ambush between Damboa and Maiduguri, several soldiers claimed killed and wounded, 4 vehicles captured
![Sahel: ISGS (ISWAP) claimed to have targeted Algerian army barracks on 3 May in Tinzaouatene area (Mali border) with Grad rockets [no corroborating reports available, if true probably fighters linked to Katiba Salaheddine]](https://sahel.liveuamap.com/pics/2020/05/08/21996206_0.jpg)
11 month agoSahel: ISGS (ISWAP) claimed to have targeted Algerian army barracks on 3 May in Tinzaouatene area (Mali border) with Grad rockets [no corroborating reports available, if true probably fighters linked to Katiba Salaheddine]
11 month agoUS Special Operation Command C146A Wolfhound MAGMA50 departed Niamey Niger
11 month agoMali: Images of arms, ammunition, and other equipment seized by JNIM following Tuesday's attack against gendarmerie post of Mandoli, Bandiagara cercle, Mopti region. 4 gendarmes injured and post set on fire as well. Sahel
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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