Mali: around twenty civilians killed by armed men in the center
Senegalese Prime Minister, Ousmane Sonko, raises the possibility of closing French military bases in the country. He has promised to strengthen closer ties with Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger who kicked out French troops
Pentagon orders all US combat troops to withdraw from Niger
US Secretary of Defense: We will withdraw our forces from Niger
The US military has withdrawn troops from a French military base in Chad after the country demanded they leave last month, and have relocated to Germany, a Pentagon spokesperson and other sources familiar with the matter told CNN on Wednesday
Dozens of US speical forces will withdraw from Chad, NYT reports, as Washington influence in the coup-prone region is waning rapidly
6 month agoJNIM AQMI accuses the army and Wagner of new abuses in several localities of Koulikoro: 3 massacres on April 17, 38 civilians including from Mauritania houses burned and livestock stolen
U.S. tells Niger it will withdraw 1,000 American military personnel from the West African country in the coming months. upending United States counterterrorism and security policy in the tumultuous Sahel region of Africa
A Russian ship carrying weapons and logistic equipment to Moscow’s Africa Legion arrived in the Libyan eastern port of Tobruk, sources say
6 month agoNiger (Sahel): ISIS carried out an attack on trucks carrying vehicles belonging to UN Peacekeeping Forces in Téra, Tillabéri Region. As a result seemingly at least two SouthAfrica-made flag-zaflag-za BAE Systems RG-33L 6x6 armored vehicles (MMPVs) were set on fire by IS militants
On April 10, 100 Russian military instructors arrived in Niger. They delivered to the country military equipment for the latest generation air defense system purchased from the Russian Federation, local state television channel RTN reported.
Mali's junta bans the media from reporting on political activities in the country
In Mali, the junta suspends the activities of political parties and associations
7 month agoPictures showing newly received Turkish made TB-2 and Akinci attack drones with HGK-82 and TEBER-82 general purpose bombs which can be guided, MAM-L and MAM-T guided munitions of the Burkina Faso Air Force
7 month agoIslamic State West Africa (ISWA/Wilayat Gharb Afriqiyah) Claims Responsibility for an Armed Assault on a Red Cross Vehicle in Chetimari, Diffa Region, Niger
7 month agoISWAP says it executed a Nigerian army spy near Kirinwa town
7 month agoOn the night of 30 to 31/03, at 2 a.m., around fifteen militants from Katiba Hanifa (#JNIM) attacked the position of the National Guard in #Kirtachi (#Kollo, #Tillabéri) with the aim of freeing a certain Ali Maïgarize, detained for his supposed links with militants.
7 month agoIn just two days, al-Qaeda in Sahel (JNIM) attacked three Mali army and Russian Africa Corps (former Wagner) bases, shelling with Grad rockets Timbuktu and Gao military airports. Today a new bombing was conducted on Anefis in Kidal. Besides them, multiple other operations Mali
Niger revokes a military agreement with the US relating to the status of US military staff in the country. The US has about 1,000 troops still in Niger and $110 million drone base. The announcement comes only 48 hours after a US delegation visited Niger
Explosions and shootings in N'Djamena, the capital of Chad
The Nigerian army has issued a rare statement denying reports of an alleged coup plot.The Nigerian Defence Headquarters said it was categorically false. It follows reports that the Presidential Guard had been mobilised because of the suspected coup
ECOWAS lifts its economic sanctions against Guinea
8 month agoAl-Qaeda informs on their attack on the Burkina Faso - Benin border, killing four Beninese soldiers and seizing various loot
Reuters: Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso decide to withdraw immediately from the West African regional economic bloc, ECOWAS.
Mali ends the Algiers agreement signed in 2015
Russian troops have begun deploying to Burkina Faso to strengthen the security of the country's transition leader, Ibrahim Traore, and the people of this state, Bloomberg reports. Military specialists with equipment and weapons will train local troops and patrol dangerous areas.
Blinken: Côte d'Ivoire is an essential partner for us and other countries, and we appreciate its leadership in combating extremism
Deputy Ministers of Defense of the Russian Federation Alexander Fomin and Yunus-Bek Yevkurov held a working meeting with the Minister of National Defense of the Republic of Niger, Salifu Modi
![[Mali]: FAMa and Wagner forces reportedly dropped a barrel bomb from a helicopter on a nomadic camp in Aghalak (18.3902, 1.8233), Kidal, on December 30. The bomb did not explode and caused no casualties. A first in the country but current in Syria](https://sahel.liveuamap.com/pics/2024/01/02/22618535_0.png)
10 month ago[Mali]: FAMa and Wagner forces reportedly dropped a barrel bomb from a helicopter on a nomadic camp in Aghalak (18.3902, 1.8233), Kidal, on December 30. The bomb did not explode and caused no casualties. A first in the country but current in Syria
The UN mission Minusma officially ends 10 years of presence in Mali (AFP, spokesperson)
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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