Niger: hundreds of armed assailants kill 34 soldiers
On June 19th, several hundred armed mercenaries on motorbikes and in vehicles attacked the town of Banibangou, according to France...
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Sahel: new report issues serious warning of jihadist groups
A serious warning has been issued for the growing jihadist threat in the ‘Sahel triangle’, according to Atalayar on June...
Suicide bomb blast in Somalia kills at least 13 people
Several people have been reported killed in a suicide bomb blast in Mogadishu on May 18th, according to Al Jazeera....
54 Beninese soldiers killed in attack by Sahel-based insurgents
The Beninese government has publicly confirmed that 54 of its troops were killed in an attack by insurgents near the...
Burkina Faso: dozens killed in terrorist attack
Several dozen soldiers were killed on March 28th in a presumed jihadist attack in east Burkina Faso, reports AFP. The...
Trump launches air strikes against key ISIS targets in Somalia
Trump has launched air strikes against key ISIS targets in Somalia in his first use of military force abroad since...
Niger: BBC banned for reports undermining “troops’ morale”
Niger has banned the BBC for three months over their coverage of a terrorist attack that allegedly killed over a...
Niger: Ten soldiers killed by motorbike mounted insurgents
Ten soldiers have been killed and seven others injured in a terrorist attack in western Niger on December 11th, according...
Burkina Faso: Junta names new PM after dissolving government
Burkina Faso’s new prime minister was announced on December 7th by the country’s ruling military junta, just one day after...
Mali: Former Al-Qaeda linked police chief jailed for 10 years
The International Criminal Court has sentenced the al-Qaeda linked former head of Islamic police in Timbuktu to 10 years in...
Mali: Jihadist attacks in Bamako spark condemnation
West African bloc ECOWAS on September 18 strongly condemned jihadist attacks, which on September 17th hit Bamako, as reported by...
Mauritania conducts military drills amid rising Mali tensions
Mauritania’s army has conducted a series of military drills on its 2,260km (1,404-mile) south-eastern border with Mali amid rising tensions...
US scrambles to salvage Sahel security role
The Pentagon’s press secretary said during and April 25th press briefing that it is seeking to renegotiate its security role...
US to pull 1,000 troops from Niger
The US is set to pull around 1,000 troops out of Niger as the nation increasingly turns away from western...
Freed South African hostage’s family thanks Algerian govt
The family of a South African hostage who was recently released thanked the Algerian authorities for the part that they...
