Algeria has been pushing above its weight announcing ambitions to enter the Sahel market without having prepared the necessary infrastructure and comp...
Nigeria: at least 60 killed in less than a week
An attack Monday on the village of Bakali, in the Giwa region, by several armed attackers killed at least 25 civilians and injured many others. In add...
DRC: Seven civilians killed in new attack near Beni
At least seven people were killed in a new attack launched Sunday near Beni, in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Two days earlier, ...
Niger: two policemen killed in new attack
Two police officers were killed and another injured on Monday in an attack on a police station in the Tillabéri region in western Niger. Armed men, ri...
Nigeria: at least 30 civilians killed, many kidnapped by jihadists
At least 30 people were killed and many women and children were abducted Sunday evening by the Islamic State Group in West Africa (ISWAP), near a vill...
French soldiers kill over 30 Islamist militants in Mali
French soldiers killed more than 30 Islamist militants in Mali in three separate operations targeting al Qaeda and Islamic State-linked groups. Accord...
Morocco, France Eye Closer Military Cooperation
Moroccan and French senior military officials discussed means to further promote military cooperation notably in terms of the exchange of expertise an...
France to send 600 more troops to Sahel
France will deploy 600 more soldiers in the fight against Islamist militants in the Sahel region, French Defense Minister Florence Parly said. ...
Sahel: France to Negotiate US Troops Exit Plan
France’s Armed Forces Minister is traveling to Washington in the coming days to discuss US military support to French forces in the Sahel region, the ...
France to examine strategic options in Sahel after losing 13 soldiers
France is reconsidering its strategy in the Sahel after it lost 13 French soldiers in a collision of two helicopters on a combat mission this week. Fr...