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Sahel: Mali buries officer killed crash
Mali's ruling junta on Wednesday paid tribute to a lieutenant colonel who relatives say was killed aboard a plane that crashed Saturday in the northern city of Gao. The comments were the first the authorities appear to have made about the incident, which is believed...
SECURITY & DEFENSE
Burkina Faso: Jihadists are wrecking havoc on northern Burkina
March 22, 2019 - An offensive by Islamists in northern Burkina Faso has left dozens of civilians dead and forced tens of thousands to flee their homes, Human Rights Watch said Friday. "Atrocities by Islamist armed groups in Burkina Faso's northern Sahel region and by...
Chad: Boko Haram launches deadliest attack on military outpost in Chad
N'Djamena, March 22, 2019 - Twenty-three soldiers were killed in southwestern Chad on Friday when they came under attack from Boko Haram jihadists, a military official told AFP. "Boko Haram elements attacked the Chadian army position at around 1 am, killing 23...
Tunisia: Army kills three Islamic State suspects in Kasserine
Tunis, March 20, 2019 - Tunisian security forces have shot dead three Islamic State-linked militants suspected of involvement in the grisly killings of shepherds in the restive Kasserine region, the interior ministry said Wednesday. "Three terrorists were killed...
Sahel: Jihadists attack army camp in Mali’s Mopti region, kill scores of soldiers
Bamako, March 17, 2019 - An attack by suspected jihadists Sunday on an army camp in central Mali killed 23 soldiers, military sources said Monday, raising an initial toll of 21. A local politician and military sources had given the initial toll after a dawn attack...
Sahel: Niger-Boko Haram conflict intensifies, scores killed in Diffa
Niamey, March 13, 2019 - Niger said Wednesday it had killed 33 Boko Haram "terrorists" and seized vehicles and weapons in an operation in the Lake Chad region in the country's southeast. "Offensive actions carried out on Tuesday inflicted heavy losses on the enemy,"...
Sahel: More soldiers killed by an IED in Mali’s Mopti region
Bamako, March 12, 2019 - Six Malian troops were killed on Tuesday when their vehicles drove over improvised land mines in the centre of the West African country, the army said. Two army escort vehicles hit improvised explosive devices (IEDs) "leaving two dead in...
Morocco: Suspected Moroccan Jihadis back home, likely to face tough justice
Rabat, March 10, 2019 - Morocco said Sunday it had repatriated eight of its nationals from Syria, who will be investigated for "suspected involvement in acts linked to terrorism". "The competent Moroccan authorities proceeded on March 10 to repatriate a group of eight...
Sahe: Terror attacks on the rise in Mali, says UN
March 5, 2019 (AFP) - Security is worsening in Mali with terror attacks on the rise, targeting UN peacekeepers, Malian troops, international forces and civilians, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned in a report on Tuesday. The threat from extremist groups has...
Sahel: Tension on Libya-Chad border mounts with killing of Chadian deserters
March 4, 2019 - Deserters from a Chadian rebel group based in Libya were ambushed at the border of the two countries leaving seven people dead, their group said Monday. The attack happened on Saturday at Sossal on the Chadian border where the deserters were supposed...
Libya: NOC takes control of al-Sharara oil field, set to resume production
Tripoli, March 4, 2019 - One of Libya's most important oil fields is set to reopen nearly three months after it was taken over by an armed group, the state-owned National Oil Corporation said Monday. Production at the Al-Sharara site in southern Libya "is expected to...
INSURGENCIES & TERRORISM
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