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Jul- 2023 -

19 July

West Africa Leaders Review Security After UN Mali Mission Ends

Several West African leaders met in Nigeria to discuss how to manage security at the end of a UN peacekeeping mission in Mali and push for a return to democracy after a series of coups.

May- 2023 -

31 May

Africa

An Austrian army instructor works with Burkina Faso soldiers during training on April 13, 2018 at the KamboinsÈ general Bila Zagre militairy camp near Ouagadougo in Burkina Faso during a military anti-terrorism exercise

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Burkina PM Vows No Deal With Jihadists, Boosts Civil Militias

Burkina Faso's prime minister ruled out any negotiations with jihadist insurgents that have taken control of the West African country.

11 May

Africa

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Six Troops Killed in Rare West Mali Attack: Local Sources

Six Malian soldiers have been killed and nine wounded after a rare attack in the country's west, police and local sources said.

1 May

Africa

Togolese soldiers stand guard as they patrol at Namoundjoga village in northern Togo

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Togo’s President Says 140 People Killed in Jihadist ‘War’

Around 40 soldiers and 100 civilians have been killed in a jihadist "war" in northern Togo, President Faure Gnassingbe said.

Apr- 2023 -

25 April

Terrorism

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Al-Qaeda Group Claims Deadly Mali Attacks

An Al-Qaeda affiliated jihadist group has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing in the center of Mali, saying dozens of soldiers and Russian "mercenaries" were killed or wounded.

24 April

Africa

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Mali Army Conducts Operations in North and Center

Mali's army said it had arrested "12 terrorists" in the troubled northeast, where militants affiliated with IS have widened their control, but Tuareg ex-rebels claimed the fighters were theirs.

23 April

Africa

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60 Killed in Burkina Faso ‘By Men in Army Uniform’

About 60 civilians were killed in a village in northern Burkina Faso by men wearing military uniforms, the local prosecutor said.

11 April

Africa

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Five Niger Soldiers Die in Desert Attack on Gold Convoy

Gunmen have killed five Niger army troops protecting a convoy of gold miners in the remote north of the country near Algeria, a security source said.

9 April

Africa

Burkina Faso's armed forces, pictured during training, have carried out security sweeps in an attempt to stem jihadist violence.

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‘Terrorist’ Attacks Kill 44 in Burkina Faso: Governor

Forty-four civilians have been killed by "armed terrorist groups" in two villages in northeastern Burkina Faso, near the Niger border, a regional governor said.

6 April

Africa