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Mali’s Energy Collapse Deepens as Fuel Blockade and Infrastructure Decay Converge
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SECURITY & DEFENSE
Sahel: Despite announcing troop drawdown plan, France insists it will not leave the Sahel
Libya: Russia and Turkey signaling willingness to pull tiny number of their mercenaries from Libya
Burkina Faso: Mass casualty in ambush on policemen near Barsalogho
Sahel: Mali Church officials report kidnapping of Catholics in Mopti
Sahel: France announces arrest of ISGS’ Abou Dardar
Mali: Bomb blast in Timbuktu wounds four Malian civilians and six French soldiers
Sahel: Burkina Faso army raids jihadist bases, kills nearly dozen militants
Sahel: Burkina Faso holds talks on security crisis
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 Benin
Nigeria: Boko Haram chief Abubakar Shekau declared dead by rival ISWAP
INSURGENCIES & TERRORISM
Sahel: Massacre in a Dogon village in Mali
Bamako, June 12, 2019 - A massacre at a village in central Mali that according to early estimates killed 95 people (read below) left 35 dead, the authorities said Wednesday, giving a final toll. Twenty-four of the dead were children, the government said in a statement...
Sahel: IED hits US military vehicle near Ouallam, Niger
Washington, June 9, 2019 - A US military vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device in Niger, site of a deadly jihadist attack on American forces in 2017, the military announced Sunday. The Mine Resistant Ambush Protected All-Terrain Vehicle activated the bomb...
Sudan: The butchers of Khartoum
Comment by Arezki Daoud | 6 June 2019: Taking place simultaneously with the Algerian protests, Sudan has gone from a country of hope to a complete disaster. Militants in both countries keep an eye on each others and see if they can borrow tactics that work. These...
Egypt: Army retaliates for Eid attack on checkpoint in North Sinai, kills 14 suspected militants
Cairo, June 6, 2019 - Egyptian security forces have killed 14 suspected militants during a raid carried out in the restive Sinai Peninsula in response to a deadly checkpoint attack, the authorities said. Wednesday's attack, claimed by the Islamic State group, left...
Egypt: Islamic State attacks army checkpoint in North Sinai, kills eight security agents
Cairo, June 5, 2019 - Militants killed eight Egyptian paramilitaries on Wednesday at a checkpoint in the Sinai Peninsula, centre of a long-running jihadist insurgency, security and medical sources said. "Eight killed and three wounded were transferred to El-Arish...