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It has been almost a week since the Senegalese army launched a military operation in Casamance, in the south of the country. Since Sunday, March 13, according to the staff, this operation aims to dismantle the MFDC bases of the rebel leader Salif Sadio's…

In Senegal, "operations continue as planned", simply indicates army personnel in Dakar, without further details after the launch of the military operation, on Sunday, March 13, in northern Casamance. Since then, very little reliable information about its…

The European External Action Service, led by Josep Borrell, wrote to Malian Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop on March 9, asking for guarantees to uphold the EUTM mission to train Malian armed forces. as…

The Gambia is facing the arrival of refugees following the military operation launched on Sunday by the Senegalese army in northern Casamance, on the border between the two countries. This operation against the MFDC uprising comes after a clash that occurred on…

This military operation, launched on Sunday, March 13, 2022, is a "security mission", according to Dakar staff, in the northern part of this region, upset by the MFDC's independence uprising, near the Gambia border. This follows the clashes that took place on…

A jihadist attack on a military camp in central Mali on Friday killed 27 soldiers and 47 "terrorists" were "neutralized", the country's army said. The fighting left 33 soldiers injured, 21 seriously, and…

US navy targets Al-Shabaab in central Somalia MOGADISHU, Somalia - The U.S. Africa Command on Tuesday carried out a uncommon airstrike towards Al-Shabaab militants in central Somalia, as a part of cooperation with Somalia's companions, regardless of the January shock withdrawal 2021 from this Horn of Africa nation. Former President Donald Trump withdrew US Africa Command troops from Somalia as a…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - A person convicted of funding ISIS-Somalia activists was sentenced to fifteen years in jail by a army courtroom on Monday, following mounting proof all through his trial within the capital Somali, Mogadishu. Abdirizak Mohamed Abdi Jimale was ordered to serve the following 15 years behind bars for his position as a cash launderer for IS-Somalia, turning into the primary main convict of IS-Somalia in latest months, in keeping with the archives of the IS-Somalia. authorities. Documents supplied to the…

Would the withdrawal of half of the Chadian forces deployed as part of the G5 Sahel's regional force punish military action on the ground? The French army is reassuring. The announcement the withdrawal of 600 men out of the 1200 deployed as part of the regional force G5 Sahel comes at a time when jihadist attacks are increasing…

US military releases report on civilian casualties in Somalia NAIROBI, Kenya - The US Africa Command on Friday released a report on civilian casualties in Somalia, which assesses the operations of troops who have assisted local forces, including through aerial surveillance in the fight against Al-Shabaab. The civilian casualty assessment was introduced in 2020 following complaints of deaths…