French Government officials announced Friday that France’s anti-jihadist force in Mali had killed the military commander of an Al-Qaeda-aligned group linked to attacks in the region. Senior commander of Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) militant group, Bah ag Moussa, aka Bamoussa Diarra, had been killed in a French military operation in the Menaka area on […]
Over 50 jihadists on motorbikes launched a “well-planned operation” against the Intikane refugee camp in the Tahoua region, in Western Niger, at some 72 km from the Malian border. The camp hosts some 20,000 refugees and an additional 15,000 displaced Niger nationals. The UN refugee agency UNHCR strongly condemned the attack perpetrated Sunday and the […]
Libyan rebel warlord Khalifa Haftar Sunday tossed away the proposal made by the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) for truce between the two warring sides as he blames Turkey for preparing assaults on key cities of Sirte and Jufra. Prime Minister Fayez Sarraj’s cease-fire call was an attempt to “throw dust in the eyes,” […]
