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Sahel: Mali acquires lethal drones from Turkey
On January 4, 2024, the Malian military acquired six Turkish Bayraktar TB2 drones. The military authorities say the drones will be used to “surveil the national territory, detect suspicious targets, track them and strike them, if necessary, with surgical precision.” ...
SECURITY & DEFENSE
Libya’s Escalating Civil War: The Oil Dimension
By Rauf Mammadov* and Theodore Karasik** - 10 April 2019: Libya’s civil war intensified this month after General Khalifa Haftar, head of the Libyan National Army (LNA), which is allied with the eastern government based in Tobruk—the House of Representatives...
Sahel: Mali soldier mistakenly shoots and kills civilian in moment of panic
Bamako, April 9, 2019 - Malian soldiers shot dead at least one villager and injured others after a detonation they mistook for an attack in a region plagued by jihadist violence, residents and a military source said Tuesday. The shooting took place Monday in Dioura in...
Libya: Fighting outside Tripoli rages on as UN struggles to find a solution to the crisis
Tripoli, April 10, 2019 - The battle for Libya's capital intensified as the UN Security Council prepared to meet Wednesday to discuss the crisis gripping the North African country, where armed rivals are locked in a deadly power struggle. The closed-door talks in New...
Libya: Thousands flee Libya clashes
Tripoli, April 8, 2019 - Fighting raged around Tripoli and an air strike closed its only functioning airport Monday, as Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar defied international calls to halt his advance on the capital. Thousands were also reported by the United Nations to...
Libya: How global and regional powers are sustaining the mess in Libya
April 8, 2019 - The attempted offensive by Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar on Tripoli has thrown into sharp relief the divisions between world powers over how to end the chaos that has riven Libya since the 2011 overthrow of Moamer Kadhafi. Over the last years,...
Libya: Flights halted at Tripoli airport as fighting continues, death toll reaches 35
Tripoli, Libya, April 8, 2019 - A warplane carried out an air strike Monday against the Libyan capital's only functioning airport and halted all flights, aviation authorities said, as fighting raged for control of Tripoli. A security source at Mitiga airport east of...
Mali’s humanitarian problem: too much focus on boots on the ground
April 4, 2019 - Mali is in dire need of humanitarian aid, with more than three million people requiring food and basic assistance even as billions of dollars go to security missions, a UN official bemoaned Thursday. Since January, the United Nations has received less...
Libya: UN’s Antonio Guterres in hopeless Libya
Tripoli, April 3, 2019 (AFP) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres visited Libya Wednesday ahead of a conference aimed at paving the way for elections to help end years of chaos in the country. "I have just arrived in Libya, totally committed to...
Libya: Haftar troops headed toward Tripoli, fear of more violence coming
Tripoli, April 4, 2019 - Forces led by a controversial Libyan military chief manoeuvred Thursday for a threatened advance towards Tripoli as UN chief Antonio Guterres warned of the growing risk of violence. The self-proclaimed Libyan National Army of Khalifa Haftar...
Sahel: Mali fires senior army officers, disbands Dogon militia after killing of Fulanis
Bamako, March 24, 2019 - By Serge Daniel and Kassim Taore: Mali's government on Sunday announced the sacking of senior military officers and the dissolution of an ethnic militia, a day after the massacre of more than 130 Fulani villagers, including women and children....
INSURGENCIES & TERRORISM
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