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Gao was once a French army base operating 24/7, but now an eerie calm has set in. With the departure of the very last logistics convoy of 150 vehicles, only the elite units remain in the camp, which will leave in the greatest secrecy.…

The last French soldiers present in Mali as part of Operation Barkhane have left the country and are now re-based in Niger, says the General Staff of the French armies. In a press release, the presidency…

Two Chadian soldiers were killed by jihadists in Dabantschali in Lake Chad, President Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno announced on Monday. In recent years, the area has become a major hideout for Boko Haram groups and the Islamic State organization.…

The 49 Ivorian soldiers detained for more than a month in Mali were charged and jailed on Friday 12 August for "undermining the security of the state". They are accused by the powerful military in Mali of being "mercenaries". which Abidjan denies. The group of…

Forty-two Malian soldiers died in an attack over the weekend by suspected jihadists, the military said in a document naming the dead on Wednesday, revising an earlier figure of 21 dead. The toll is one of…

Two explosions killed 15 soldiers in Burkina Faso on Tuesday, the army said, the latest in a string of such attacks as the country battles a jihadist insurgency. The double attack using "improvised…

The day after two jihadist attacks, the four missing persons were found. The attacks took place on Sunday 7 August in the north, in the Gao region and in the south, in the Koutiala region. Four Malian army soldiers and five jihadists were killed, according to…

According to a UN report, the Malian army and "white soldiers" are involved in the death in early March in Mali of 33 civilians, including 29 Mauritanians and 4 Malians, in the region of Ségou, near the border with Mauritania. Their disappearance had infuriated…

The Malian army and "white-skinned soldiers" were implicated in the death of 33 civilians, according to a UN expert report consulted by AFP on Friday. The bodies of 29 Mauritanians and four Malians were…

In Côte d'Ivoire, a national security council was held on Thursday 4 August. At the top of the topics discussed was the case of the 49 Ivorian soldiers detained in Bamako for more than three weeks. The CNS is led by Alassane Ouattara, who therefore commented…