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Mali: Bomb blast in Timbuktu wounds four Malian civilians and six French soldiersF

A suicide car bomber attacked French troops patrolling in central Mali on Monday, according to France's military, wounding six soldiers and four civilians including a child in the war-torn West African country. The French soldiers, who were travelling in a vehicle,...

Sahel: Burkina Faso army raids jihadist bases, kills nearly dozen militantsF

Burkina Faso soldiers killed 11 jihadists and destroyed three "terrorist" bases last week in security operations after the deadliest massacre in the country's six-year jihadist insurgency, the army said Monday. The operation between June 14 and 16 targeted areas in...

Sahel: Burkina Faso holds talks on security crisisF

Burkina Faso on Thursday launched a two-day huddle gathering governing and opposition parties to discuss the country's worsening jihadist insurgency. The initiative, launched by President Roch Marc Christian Kabore, coincides with a surge of attacks in the...

Benin: Growing risk of Jihad contagion from the Sahel in West Africa’s BeninF

Jihadists operating near Benin's borders with Burkina Faso and Niger may coopt intensifying communal conflicts in the country's north as they seek to extend their influence, a Dutch security report said on Thursday. AFP reports that several jihadist groups operate in...

Sahel: Militants kill more soldiers and civilians in MaliF

Aug 9, 2022

Forty-two Malian soldiers died in an attack at the weekend by suspected jihadists, the army said Wednesday in a...

Libya: Dozens of suspects go on trial for alleged membership to ISF

Aug 8, 2022

The trial opened Monday in Libya's western city of Misrata of 56 suspected Islamic State group militants captured...

Sahel: Suspected jihadists kill 4 Mali soldiers, 2 civilians in TessitF

Aug 8, 2022

At least four soldiers, two civilians and five assailants were killed on Sunday in an attack in a strategic border...

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