9 month agoChad: ISIS captured 6x Galil ACE 33, RPG-7 with 6x T69-1 with motors, along with Type 67 MG (67-1/2 likely) in an ambush on the road between Kegua & Ngouboua, from Chadian (Airborne/FAS) troops. Multiple cas. in this attack. The ACE 33 are quite rare and status weapons for IS
Mali opposition declares rally for protest victims on Friday
9 month agoFrench Air Force C-135FR Stratotanker active over Niger
9 month agoInternet restrictions continue in Mali amid intensifying protests after dissolution of Constitutional Court; real-time network data show targeted and total blocking of major social platforms on national telco Malitel's cellular network
9 month agoFrench Air Force C135FR departed Niamey Niger
9 month agoAt least one killed in anti-government protests in Mali capital: AFP
9 month agoCrisis in Mali is descending into chaos, as protesters take the State TV building in the capital
Police in Mali fire tear gas and gunshots in an effort to get protesters out of the official TV building
9 month agoIt takes place on the Fahd bridge in the Bamako district.
The transmission of official television in Mali was interrupted after hundreds of protesters occupied the building
9 month agoMali state-run TV @ortm7 goes off air after protesters occupy building
[email protected]: "The United States is deeply concerned by the growing number of allegations of human rights violations & abuses perpetrated by state security forces in the Sahel.without prompt &thorough action to address these allegations US security assistance may be at risk"
Rebels kill 8 soldiers in Chad: security sources, local official. @AFP
Armed men kill at least 30 villagers in Mali: local officials
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
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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