terrorism

On Monday evening, March 15, 58 villagers returning from a massacre were shot by gunmen in Niger. On Wednesday, the head of state, Mahamadou Issoufou, chaired an extraordinary Security Council. The increase of military personnel in Tillabéry and the dispatch of a high-level ministerial mission on the ground have been decided. Emotions run high in the streets of the capital Niamey.…

In Niger, three days of national mourning begin today after the death on Monday, March 15, of 58 people during an attack in the town of Banibangou in the Tillabéry region of the western country. The victims were villagers returning from the weekly market in Banibangou, towards the Malian border. On Wednesday morning, an extraordinary National Security Council was convened.…

In Niger, at least 30 people died in a terrorist attack near Banibangou in the Tillabéry region in the western part of the country. According to security sources, villagers were attacked on Monday. The gunmen allegedly carried out their attacks on two axes, two roads connecting Banibangou with China goods on one side and to…

a minimum of 15 civilians massacred in Bulongo, not far. In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Beni's territory was once again the target of an attack by an armed group. On the night of Sunday to Monday, March 15, at least 15 civilians were massacred in Bulongo, a neighboring municipality located in the eastern part of the country. ADF fighters are suspected of being behind this killing. In a subsequent demonstration, two protesters were killed by security forces. In the wake of the killing, young people from…

The fight against terrorism in northern Mali, where information exchange and joint patrols are carried out. Allied forces on the ground are increasingly concentrating their efforts on fighting terrorism. This is the case in Tessalit, where French Barkhane forces, the UN peacekeeping forces and the Malian armed forces coexist.…

On March 13, 2016, a terrorist attack left more than twenty dead in the seaside resort of Grand-Bassam in Côte d'Ivoire, located about forty kilometers from Abidjan. Armed men appeared on the beach and shot at holidaymakers. If life is resumed in Bassam, this attack strongly marked the city, its inhabitants and the tourism sector. From our special envoys to…

On Wednesday, March 11, the United States designated the ADF, the allied democratic forces active in the DRC, and Daesh Mozambique as "foreign terrorist organizations" and "specifically designated global terrorist groups". These classifications, which include their respective leaders, Seka Musa Baluku and Abu Yasir Hassan, have resulted in a number of sanctions.…

A few days before 2021, two questions arise for France in the Sahel. Should we reduce Barkhane's workforce? And should we negotiate with the jihadists?

This was an expected step after Sudan was removed from the US list of countries supporting terrorism last week. The United States Congress finally granted "sovereign immunity" to Khartoum this Monday, December 21, and voted for financial support for the country. A last-minute text that was voted on Monday evening, December 21,…

An operation to combat arms trafficking networks taking place in Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso and Côte d'Ivoire led to the acquisition of tens of thousands of explosives, but also a large amount of dirty fuel, Interpol and the UN announced on Monday. The 260 men and women in the operation called KAFO deployed from November 30 to…