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Paris has confirmed the death of Baye Ag Bakabo, the head of the command who kidnapped our colleagues Ghislaine Dupont and Claude Verlon on November 2, 2013 in Kidal in northern Mali. The information had been circulating since Wednesday, June 9, but was then not official. Several members of Baye Ag Bakabo's family had announced his death on social media, but neither Barkhane nor Elysee, who was contacted at the time, had confirmed. According to our information, Baye Ag Bakabo was killed near the town of Aguelhok where…

The Ivory Coast is hit by an attack in the northeast, near the border with Burkina Faso, with the death of an Ivorian soldier. The Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, General Lassina Doumbia, announced this on Tuesday, June 8, the day after the attack. as reported from Abidjan, Jean-Luc AploganThe attack is repeated and always…

An attack took place Monday night in the northeastern Ivory Coast. According to the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, one soldier lost his life. The attack took place in the town of Tougbo not far from the Burkinabe border. A sector where uncertainty reappears. With our special correspondent in Abidjan, Jean-Luc AploganThis…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Dozens of al-Shabaab fighters have been killed in recent weeks following Somali National Army operation under the leadership of the Chief of Defense Forces, General Yusuf Rageh Odowaa. The operation was primarily aimed at Moyen-Shebelle in central Somalia and was widely hailed as "successful" by several SNA commanders who participated in the exercise. This is not the first time the military has targeted Al-Shabaab in central Somalia. During the operation, state media reported, dozens of Al-Shabaab…

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…

Somalia's army chief survives bombing; 52 militants killed in Ops MOGADISHU, Somalia - In what could be a major step towards taking security responsibility in Somalia, the Somali National Army continued a force against Al-Shabaab over the weekend, claiming victories in two separate operations in central and southern parts of the country. Al-Shabaab still controls large parts of the countryside in…

KDF troopers killed in lethal ambush NAIROBI, Kenya - Not less than three Kenya Protection Forces troops had been killed on Tuesday in Lamu, inside the coastal area of Kenya, mentioned spokesman Colonel Zipporah Kioki, including that the attackers used IEDs earlier than ambushing the troops who had been on common patrol. The incident, the primary to happen in Kenyan soil in so many months, came…

No less than 15 individuals have been killed by gunmen on Wednesday, Could 19, within the Adjarara district of Tin-Akoff municipality. Instantly afterwards, 15 armed males have been killed in crossfire with a patrol from the Markoye army unit. A soldier was injured. as reported from Ouagadougou, Yaya BoudaniThat is the second…

In Burundi, twelve folks, together with a senior military officer, had been killed on Sunday night, Might 9, in an ambush in the middle of the nation. Their car has been an ambush and in current months this shouldn't be the primary of its variety. This occurred 4 km from Muramvya, a locality situated about fifty kilometers…

Two civilians died on Saturday in northern Mali when their automobile handed an explosive machine and fifteen others had been injured. The day earlier than, three Malian troopers had died in related circumstances in the middle of the nation. Deadly incidents of this sort recur in Mali within the grip of a jihadist rebellion.…