Jihadist group in Mali announces capture of Russian Wagner member
The main jihadist alliance in the Sahel is holding a Russian member of the private military company Wagner, “captured” in central Mali, according to a […]
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Malian army and Nigerian Air Forces announced elimination of several terrorists
The Malian army announced Saturday evening that it had eliminated “a dozen terrorists,” including a French-Tunisian jihadist “cadre,” during two air strikes carried out Thursday […]
More than Six million Children Exposed to Acute Malnutrition in the Sahel, UN Warns
An estimated 6.3 million children under five, in six countries in Africa’s Sahel region, will suffer from malnutrition this year, UN agencies and their partners […]
Sahel: Child Recruitment in Tindouf Fuels Instability in North Africa and in Sahel
The polisario-forced and Algeria-backed recruitment of children in the camps of Tindouf fuels instability in North Africa and the Sahel, said, on Thursday in Dakhla, […]
President Damiba launches a “mobilization order” for former soldiers
The situation continues to deteriorate in Burkina Faso. Civilians and soldiers are regularly killed. Transitional President Paul-Henri Damiba has issued a decree calling for the […]
A dozen civilians killed in an attack on a gold mine in Burkina
At least 11 people were killed Saturday in an attack on an artisanal gold mine in northern Burkina Faso, two days after a similar attack […]
Mali asks France to withdraw its soldiers “without delay
The ruling junta in Bamako asked France to “withdraw its soldiers from Mali without delay”, earning a rebuff from President Emmanuel Macron, the day after […]
Six dead, 10 injured in Benin ambush
Five forest rangers and a soldier were killed and ten people wounded in an ambush Tuesday in a transboundary nature park managed by Benin, Burkina […]
France gives military equipment to Niger for anti-jihadist fight
Niger received on Wednesday heavy machine guns and all-terrain vehicles, offered by France to help this Sahelian country regularly targeted by jihadist attacks to fight […]
Sahel: ‘Important’ Jihadist Executive Neutralized (French Army)
The French anti-jihadist force in the Sahel, Barkhane, announced, on Friday, the elimination of an executive considered to be “important” in a jihadist group specializing […]