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JIHADIST ATTACKS IN MALI
Mali airline suspends flights after attacks spark security crisisA Mali airline said Tuesday it had temporarily halted flights to two regions, as the country grappled with the aftermath of large-scale wee...
Mali defence minister Sadio Camara killed, fresh fighting between army and rebelsMali's defence minister died after an attack on his house, his family said Sunday, as the army fought a second day of battles with jihadist...
Info gathering, supplies, attacks: women's roles in Jihadist groupsRussian mercenaries from the Wagner group launched a raid in Mali's Wela village targeting a woman suspected of aiding jihadists. Women in ...
ICC convicts Timbuktu jihad police chief of war crimesMindua described brutal floggings in the central square in front of crowds including children, as well as a public amputation by machete. A...
10 civilians, three soldiers killed in Mali amid 'resurgence' of violenceA wave of violence claimed the lives of ten civilians and three soldiers in Mali, where 88 jihadists were "neutralised" on Saturday, accord...
49 killed in Niger armed attackThe "prompt and vigorous reaction" by the Defense and Security Forces (FDS), "made it possible to repel the attack and inflict heavy losses...
Two Mali soldiers die in suspected jihadist ambush"Two of our men were killed by terrorists on Saturday night in an attack on one of our checkpoints, 60 kilometres (40 miles) southwest of G...
The Sahel's intractable conflictFighting in the vast semi-arid region began in 2012, when Islamist militants joined a local insurgency in northern Mali, capturing swathes ...
With military victory elusive, West African nations quietly back talks with IslamistsFor a decade, West African armies and their international allies have fought against militant groups active in the Sahel region, some linke...
French military suspension in Mali hits a struggling armyThe defence ministry in Paris last week announced a "temporary" suspension in military advice and joint operations pending "guarantees" tha...
At least 160 killed in deadliest Burkina Faso attack since 2015The slaughter in the early hours of Saturday followed the slaying of 14 people late Friday in the village of Tadaryat in the same region, w...
Islamist raid in Niger leaves eight dead: OfficialsMachinegun-toting rebels of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), a breakaway group from Boko Haram, stormed Diffa aboard 15 vehi...
'30 dead' in attack in eastern Burkina FasoIt comes just a week after three Europeans -- two Spanish journalists and an Irish wildlife activist -- were executed in an ambush against ...
16 soldiers killed, one missing in Niger ambush: OfficialThe vast desert area of Tahoua in the west of the country sits close to the borders of both Mali and Burkina Faso and has been plagued by j...
Twin Burkina Faso attacks kill threeThe jihadist insurgency began in neighbouring Mali in 2012 and spread into its territory in 2015, killing more than 1,200 people and displa...
French forces in Mali kill jihadist commander of an Al-Qaeda-aligned groupAg Moussa, alias 'Bamoussa', is "believed to be responsible for several attacks against Malian and international forces," she said in a sta...
Seven soldiers killed in northern Burkina Faso attackThe troops were attacked on Wednesday between Tin Akoff and Beldiabe in Oudalan province, which borders Mali and Niger, one source said. "T...
French airstrikes kill over 50 Al-Qaeda-linked jihadists in central MaliThe offensive took place on Friday in an area near the borders of Burkina Faso and Niger, where government troops are struggling to rout an...
French forces kill leader of al-Qaeda in the Islamic MaghrebDroukdel was killed on Thursday near the Algerian border, where the group has bases from which it has carried out attacks and abductions of...
20 Indians taken hostage by gunmen in Mali evacuated safely, 22 killedAll the 20 Indians, taken hostage along with 150 other guests by gunmen in Radisson Blu hotel in Mali's capital Bamako, have been safely ev...