WHAT DOES THE UN SECRETARY GENERAL’S VISIT MEAN FOR NIGERIA’S SECURITY?
Why the visit? The UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, visited Nigeria on the 5th of May 2022, to show support and […]
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Northeast Terrorists Running To Northwest As Sahel Terrorists Explore Region – DSS
The Department of State Services (DSS) is aware of the presence of Jihadi elements from Far Burkina, Mali, Niger and Libya in Nigeria’s Northwest region seeking alliances with armed groups, the Director-General, Yusuf Magaji Bichi, has said. Bichi was represented by Dr Hakeem Adebola, an Assistant Director with the agency at a conference organised by …
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Joint Mali-France commando operation kills 20 ‘terrorists’ in Menaka
More than 20 "terrorists" were killed in joint operation against Islamic State in the Greater Sahara conducted by French and Malian forces in coordination with Niger’s military
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95 killed in attack on central Mali village
Ninety-five people in a central Malian village inhabited by the Dogon community were killed by gunmen in an overnight attack, a local official and a security source said on Monday, giving a provisional toll.
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French military doctor killed by explosive device in Mali’s Gourma
A French military doctor was killed when an improvised explosive device struck his armored vehicle in Mali’s Gourma region near the Burkina Faso border
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ISIS defeated — but in West Africa, extremism gets worse
Siobhan O’Grady and Danielle Paquette Days after President Trump declared the Islamic State’s caliphate had been eliminated in Syria, the prime minister ofone of West Africa’s most turbulent nations urged the United States to shift attention to a rising extremist threat in the Sahel. Malian Prime Minister Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga visited Washington this week to ask…
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Niger: Boko Haram suicide bomb and gun attack in Diffa region kills at least 10
At least 10 people were killed along with at least two suicide bombers in a coordinated Boko Haram attack in N’Guigmi in the Diffa region of eastern Niger
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Mali and Chad replace senior armed forces staff after deadly attacks
The governments of Mali and Chad have both replaced senior leaders in their armed forces after deadly attacks in both countries left more than 150 dead
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Record cocaine busts signal West Africa is transit hub again
Alonso Soto Record cocaine busts in Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde have fueled fears of a resurgence of drug trafficking in West Africa that’s likely to benefit Islamist militant groups in the region. Authorities in the two former Portuguese colonies have intercepted as much as 10.4 metric tons of cocaine this year, more than the total…
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Roadside bombs kill Burkina Faso police and military personnel in the Gourma
Five members of the security forces were killed in roadside bomb attacks in Burkina Faso’s East region at the weekend, officials said
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