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On Thursday, June 10, French President Emmanuel Macron announced a "profound transformation" of the French military presence in the Sahel and the establishment of an international anti-jihadist alliance in the region. "At the end of the consultations (..) we will embark on a profound transformation of our military presence in…

The mayor of Ouagadougou is fighting against the consumption of shisha in public places. In early April, City Hall took a measure banning the consumption of shisha in public places in the city, whether it was closed or not. The security forces conducted an operation to monitor compliance with this measure on Saturday 24 April.…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - The Somali National Army (SNA) said on Monday that its elite forces (Danab) killed 25 al-Shabab militants and wounded several others during an operation at Gambole about 48 km to Jowhar city, the administrative capital of Hirshabelle state. Hassan Mohamed Osman, acting commander of Danab, said the troops would intensify stinging operations in the area to flush out the extremists blamed for insecurity in the region. Osman told SNA Radio that the forces carried out the operation after receiving…

Somalia - Northeastern State's security forces have killed at least 24 militants who are in line with the Islamic State group by direct fire during a series of operations over the past two days in parts of Bari province. Following a tip-off, troops raided the base in the Al-Miskaat Mountains around the Balidhidin district, where ISIS stored heavy ammunition and materials for making IEDs and car bombs, according to the PSF. A video clip released by the PSF showed troops blowing up two intercepted vehicles filled with…

General François Lecointre returned on Saturday from a two-day inspection visit to Niger and Mali, his seventh visit to the Barkhane Force's Operational Theater. In Hombori, in the Malian Gourma Desert, the Chief of Defense went to meet French soldiers and their partners from the Malian Armed Forces. .

Several terrorist attacks, claimed by al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, simultaneously targeted the French force Barkhane on Monday morning in northern Mali. It was mainly rocket or shell fire. There is very little material damage and no casualties, but what is striking is the coordination of these attacks. Three cities, three…

Guerguerat's border submit has been blocked for a number of weeks. By launching this operation on Friday morning, Morocco condemns the "provocations from the Polisario Entrance". The separatists from the Polisario Entrance had warned for a number of days. They threatened to reply to a doable intrusion of Moroccan troops or…

French Military Minister Florence Parly visited Bamako for a few hours on Monday 2 November. She met the new Malian authorities. The French minister announced that Paris is continuing with Bamako the fight against terrorism, a fight against terrorism that is recording results. In late October, about fifty jihadists were killed in the north, the French minister said.…

In Mali, this initiative is in the city and region of Ménaka in the northern part of the country. An operation carried out jointly by the Malian army and the armed groups that have signed the peace agreement, called "Menaka without weapons", was launched just over a month ago. This operation aims to reduce terrorist attacks, but also actions by bandits that are frequent in the area.…

Last week, a triple terrorist attack claimed by GSIM, the Support Group for Islam and Muslims, linked to al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, targeted the Sokoura military camp and then civilians, killing a total of 24 people, according to the Malian army. has since launched a counter-terrorism operation in the area. According to several local sources, an operation was ruined by abuse. A "large-scale operation" is underway, according to the Malian army, "on the Dogon plateau and the exposed area of ​​Seno". A…