French forces of Operation Barkhane conducted an air-landed operation overnight between December 14-15 in the Menaka Region. The operation resulted in ten militants of the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS) being "put out of action", and arms and electronic equipment seized, according to...
In a previously unpublished "proof of life" video named "Appeal of the detainees", dated October 1, 2017 by Al-Zallaqa, the media wing of Jama'ah Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) - Malian soldiers held in captivity by the group, appeal to the Malian people, the Malian government...
Early on Sunday morning, an attack by unknown gunmen targeted a Malian army position in Almoustarat, located in the Tilemsi Valley, Gao Region, about 150km north of the regional capital Gao. The assailants cut off the local telephone network hampering communications from the village and also...
From targeted killings to complex attack - The Irchad network
Recent months have seen a significant increase in incidents of suspected jihadist activity in the Soum Province of Burkina Faso's far north. Spillover from the Mali conflict in the border areas is nothing new, but the...