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Insurgencies: New details on the elimination of AQIM’s leader
Paris, June 11, 2020 (By Didier Lauras) (Photo: Wikipedia fair use) - In a desert wilderness in Mali, close to the Algerian border, pitted with isolated rocks and weighed by oppressive heat, French special forces and combat helicopters begin an operation. At its...
Sahel: Government forces sowing terror in the Sahel
Bamako, June 10, 2020 - Amnesty International on Wednesday accused armies in Africa's sprawling Sahel region of unlawfully killing or forcibly disappearing some 200 people this year, adding that many incidents could amount to war crimes. The rights monitor said that...
Sahel: The who’s who of foreign forces in the Sahel
French troops who killed senior Al Qaeda leader Abdelmalek Droukdel in the Sahel region of Africa this week work alongside several allied military missions. Here is a roundup of anti-jihadist operations in the area. Barkhane Operation Barkhane is the biggest French...
Sahel: With Droukdel dead, here’s Al-Qaeda/IS’ trio of leaders to watch
Three leaders have been left dominating the jihadist insurgency in the Sahel, following the death of a top al-Qaeda commander in the West African state of Mali this week (see below). French forces killed Algerian national Abdelmalek Droukdel, the head of al-Qaeda in...
Mali: Religious leader takes center stage in Mali political crisis
Officials from the UN, West Africa and the African Union (AU) have met an influential Muslim cleric behind demonstrations against Mali's beleaguered president, the coalition behind the protests said on Monday. Tens of thousands of people joined a rally in Bamako last...
Mali: Four inmates die in prison riot in Bamako
Four prisoners in Mali's capital Bamako have died after a "mutiny" which saw inmates break out of their cells and attack prison guards. The violence occurred on Friday while anti-government protesters were demonstrating in Bamako, according to government spokesman...
Sahel: Growing concern over soldiers’ misconduct in the Sahel
By Amaury Hauchard: Accusations of alleged forced disappearances and extrajudicial killings are mounting against national armies in the Sahel, worrying their allies in the fight against jihadist insurgents in the semi-desert African region. The Sahel has seen years of...
Insurgency: France claims it killed Al-Qaeda’s Droukdel, arrests ISIS commander
French forces have killed the leader of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, Algerian Abdelmalek Droukdel, in northern Mali, France's defence minister said. Droukdel was killed on Thursday near the Algerian border, where the group has bases from which it has carried out...
Sahel: The people of Mali launch their anti-regime Hirak movement
Tens of thousands of people rallied in Mali's capital Bamako on Friday demanding the departure of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, in a show of force from his recently energised opponents. The protest follows several demonstrations last month in the West African...
Mali: Teachers in Mali say school reopening without proper protection, go on strike
Bamako, June 2, 2020 - Teachers in the West African state of Mali went on strike Tuesday, the first day schools reopened after being closed for two months, over fears of inadequate protection against coronavirus. Details of the number of students affected were...
Mali: Bus crash kills 20 people near Narena
Bamako, May 20, 2020 - Twenty people have been killed and 11 seriously injured after a minibus and a lorry collided in the south of Mali, the country's transport ministry said on Wednesday. The accident occurred on Tuesday at 8 pm on a major road linking the capital...
Mali: Anger in Bamako over arrest of anti-corruption activist Clement Dembele
Bamako, May 19, 2020 - About one hundred people took to the streets in Mali's capital Bamako on Tuesday to protest the recent arrest of a prominent anticorruption activist in the poor West African state. A security official, who requested anonymity, said that...
Mali: War rages near border with Burkina Faso ($)
Bamako, May 15, 2020 - Malian troops have killed some 30 militants in a raid, the army said on Friday, in the latest violence in the war-torn West African state. The country's armed forces said on Twitter that they had killed "about 30 terrorists" near the border with...
Mali: Unrest in Kayes over police violence, three more civilians killed
[Updated May 13, 2020]: Protesters torched an administrative building in the central Malian city of Kayes on Wednesday, following a day of unrest after police killed a youngster. The latest violence in Kayes follows a string of anti-government protests in the city...
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 governor there told AFP on Sunday. An unknown number of "armed bandits" attacked three villages on Sunday at around 5:30 pm local time (1630 GMT), said...
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, in the latest violence to hit the war-torn West African state. UN chief Antonio Guterres condemned the attack and called on the perpetrators to be...
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 the Sahel area of North Africa are exploiting the coronavirus pandemic to step up attacks, according to documents seen by AFP. The United Nations...
Sahel: Mali ends curfew, orders mandatory wearing of facemasks
Bamako, May 9, 2020- Mali's government said on Saturday it had lifted its nationwide curfew designed to stem coronavirus, while making mask wearing compulsory in public places in the West African state. In a televised speech, Malian Prime Minister Boubou Cisse warned...
Sahel: More election violence in Mali
Bamako, May 7, 2020 - Two people suffered gunshot wounds Thursday after a protest in southern Mali against the outcome of legislative elections in March and April, local sources said. They said the incident took place in Sikasso, in the south of country, which has...
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 extra-judicial killings between January and March. According to a quarterly MINUSMA report, Malian forces carried out 101 executions and Niger forces 34 more...
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