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Mali: JNIM raids Bamako in direct threat to military junta
On Tuesday, 17 September 2024, Bamako, the capital of Mali, was the target of coordinated attacks claimed by the JNIM....
Tunisia: Harsh Conditions for Migrants in North Africa as they Seek Path to Italy
Libya: Haftar’s landmines kill more civilians in Tripoli
Libya: With their protégé warlord Haftar losing the war, Egypt and UAE want a ceasefire
Libya: Warlord Khalifa Haftar uses landmines against civilians in Tripoli
Burkina Faso: Insurgents ambush vendors in Loroum, kill 15
Niger: Refugee camp in the Tahoua attacked, three killed
Libya: Russia may be escalating conflict in Libya with more support for warlord Haftar
Libya: Warlord Haftar’s IEDs kill civilians in southern Tripoli
Burkina Faso: Al-Qaeda-affiliate claims responsibility for attack in Loroum
Ouagadougou, May 20, 2020 - Two Burkina Faso soldiers and five civilian defence volunteers have been killed during an...
Niger: Insurgents attack Blabrine base near Diffa town
Mali: War rages near border with Burkina Faso ($)
Libya: Warlord Haftar’s favorite target: unprotected civilians ($)
Libya: More civilians, including child, killed in Tripoli by militias of warlord Haftar
Libya's Government of National Accord said at least four civilians, including a child, were killed when rockets rained...
Sahel: Bandits on motorbikes sow terror in Niger’s Tillaberi region
Bandits riding motorbikes killed 20 villagers in a string of attacks in Niger's western region of Tillaberi, the...
Sahel: Three Chadian UN troops killed in restive Kidal, Mali
Three UN troops were killed and four more wounded when their convoy hit a roadside bomb early Sunday, officials said,...
Egypt: Despite collapsing economy, a pandemic, and dismal human rights records, Egypt to get attack helicopters
The United States has approved a $2.3 billion deal on attack helicopters for Egypt, but an official insisted Friday...
Sahel: Terror groups in Sahel exploit Covid-19 to step up attacks
United Nations, United States, May 8, 2020 - UN General Secretary Antonio Guterres has warned that jihadist groups in...
Sahel: Boko Haram attacks Diffa in Niger
Niamey, May 5, 2020 - Boko Haram fighters clashed with government forces on Sunday in Diffa, the largest city in...
Tunisia: Partial easing of lockdown measures revealed
Tunis, April 29, 2020 - Tunisian officials on Wednesday announced a partial easing of lockdown measures in place to...
Sahel: Mali and Niger troops accused of extra-judicial killings
Bamako, April 30, 2020 - The UN mission in Mali on Thursday blamed Malian and Niger troops for scores of...
Libya: After his forces suffered major losses, warlord Haftar wants a truce ($)
Egypt: Insurgents strike in north Sinai, kill 10 Egyptian troops
Cairo, April 30, 2020 - Egypt's army said on Thursday that 10 soldiers were either killed or wounded in a blast...
Week-in-review podcast: Lockdowns, curfews and government abuse
This is a retrospect on North Africa and the Sahel region, for the week ending 24 April. The review, which focuses on...
Sahel: Gunmen attack villages in Mali’s Mopti region, kill dozen civilians
Bamako, April 23, 2020 - At least twelve people have been killed in an attack on several villages in central Mali, a...
Sahel: After Chad captured 58 Boko Haram suspects, 44 die mysteriously
By Ali Abba Kaya, Djimet Wiche, and Camille Malplat in Libreville: The deaths by apparent poisoning of 44 suspected...
Sahel: Extrajudicial killing of civilians in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso's security forces allegedly executed 31 unarmed detainees in the northern town of Djibo, Human Rights...
Egypt: Insurgents strike in Cairo, killing one soldier and wounding others
Cairo, April 14, 2020 - An Egyptian policeman was killed and three others wounded in a shootout Tuesday with armed...
Libya: Warlord Khalifa Haftar unleashes terror on Tripoli population
Tripoli, April 14, 2020 - The forces of Libyan military strongman Khalifa Haftar rained rockets on the capital Tripoli...
Egypt: Policeman killed in shoot out with militants in Cairo
Cairo, April 14, 2020 - An Egyptian policeman was killed and another wounded in a shootout Tuesday with armed...
Libya: Khalifa Haftar’s forces cut off water supply to Tripoli, millions of civilians at risk
Tripoli, April 11, 2020 - Water has been cut off to millions of Libyans living in and around the capital Tripoli, the...
Sahel: Chad announces new measures to confront Boko Haram in Lake area
N'Djamena, March 27, 2020 (AFP) - Chad has declared two departments near Lake Chad a "war zone", giving local...
Sahel: Massacre in Chad
N'Djamena, March 24, 2020 - Ninety-two Chadian soldiers have been killed in the deadliest attack ever by Bok o Haram...
Sahel: More insurgent attacks across the Sahel
March 25, 2020 - Two soldiers in Mali and three civilians in Burkina Faso died in suspected jihadist attacks in the...
Sahel: The Norwegians want nothing to do with the crisis in Mali, and they are right!
Opinion by Arezki Daoud: Unlike their Swedish neighbors, the Norwegian people told France that they will not send...
Nigeria: Dozens of soldiers killed in insurgents’ RPG attack in Borno
Kano, Nigeria, March 24, 2020 - At least 70 Nigerian soldiers were killed in an ambush on their convoy by jihadist...
Libya: Troops of warlord Khalifa Haftar kill civilians in Tripoli
Sahel: Niger hits Boko Haram hard, kills dozens of insurgents
Sahel: Swedish soldiers headed to Mali in yet another French operation
Egypt: Six suspected insurgents killed in Sinai
Sahel: Couple kidnapped in Burkina Faso in 2018 regains freedom
