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Suspected jihadists killed 47 people, including 30 civilians, in an attack on a convoy in northern Burkina Faso, the government said on Wednesday. The assault left 14 people dead and three militia volunteers 25…

A new attack took place today in the Sahel region of Burkina Faso. A convoy of civilians has been targeted and tolls are high, around one hundred dead in total. According to security sources, 47 civilians and soldiers as well as 58 terrorists were killed. as reported from Ouagadougou, Yaya BoudaniThe attack took place on the…

In Niger, a new massacre of civilians has been committed in the western country by suspected jihadists. At least 37 people were killed Monday afternoon in an attack in Darey-Daye, a village 40 km east of the town of Banibangou, near the border with Mali. It is a locked-in area in the Tillabéri region where atrocities perpetrated by armed Islamist groups have increased since the beginning of the year.…

AU troops kill civilians after Al-Shabaab ambush, Somali governor says MOGADISHU, Somalia - Senior Somali official insists African Union mission forces killed civilians last week, claiming the incident occurred after troops were ambushed by Al-Shabaab militants in the south of the country. Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur, governor of the troubled Lower Shabelle region, said he made a confirmation after…

An attack by armed men on motorcycles took place on Monday 16 August in the village of Darey-Daye, in the Niger region of Tillabéri. More than 37 civilian victims will be lamented, including 4 women and 13 minors. An event that is not isolated in this region where the jihadists have experienced serious setbacks in recent months.…

Rebels killed six civilians and injured several others on Saturday in an attack on a village in the northeastern part of the volatile Central African Republic, according to the UN peacekeeping mission. "This morning at dawn, elements from 3R (Return, Reclamation, Rehabilitation) launched a large-scale attack on C. African army positions in the village of Mann," said the spokesman for the UN's 12,000 strong MINUSCA mission. "Six civilians were killed and several were injured," he added. The village is about 550…

In the Central African Republic, a Central African soldier, a peacekeeper and several civilians were killed in Obo in the east of the country on Monday, according to confirming sources. If the different parties agree on the results, the sources of the causes of the event differ. as reported from Bangui, Carol ValadeAround 20,…

Since the conflict began in 2012, improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and landmines have been a growing threat in Mali. For the soldiers, but also for the civilians who use the same roads or tracks, which are broken without goal difference, a threat that affects the daily lives of the peoples of northern and central Mali, in the grip of the conflict, and which is sinking to the south.…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - At least 11 al-Shabaab militants killed by Kenya Defense Forces in Kudha, Jubaland, a senior military official said during the latest crackdown on the group, which also controls large rural areas of central and southern Somalia. Wednesday's KDF operation was the last in Somalia to be carried out and comes as AMISOM troops work hard to implement Somalia's transition plan. before officially leaving Somalia. David Goldman, director of counterterrorism, national security and intelligence analysis at…

According to security sources, at least 100 people were killed in the night of June 4-5 in an attack on the village of Solhan, located in the Sahel region, north of Burkina Faso. The attackers also burned down houses and markets. as reported from Ouagadougou, Yaya BoudaniIt was around two o'clock when armed people entered the…