Africa – Page 224 – The Defense Post

Oct- 2019 -

3 October

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France seeks international support for Sahel military coalition

France is asking European partners to send special forces to the Sahel for a coalition to shore up local forces increasingly targeted by jihadist attacks

2 October

Joseph Hammond

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Portugal’s military drone program takes flight

Portugal’s involvement in combat operations in Central African Republic makes it a special case as its unmanned aerial system program develops

1 October

Staff Writer With AFP

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Mali: ‘Terrorists’ attack military posts at Boulkessi and Mondoro

Insurgents conducted attacks against military posts in Boulkessi and Mondoro in the Mopti region of Mali, near the border with Burkina Faso

Sep- 2019 -

30 September

Joanne Stocker

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Al Shabaab attacks US and European troops in Somalia’s Lower Shabelle region

Al-Shabaab militants attacked a US base in the Lower Shabelle region of Somalia with EU troops hit in a separate bombing near Mogadishu

28 September

Staff Writer With AFP

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ISIS claims attack on Egyptian security checkpoint in Sinai as Cairo braces for protests

ISIS said Sinai Province fighters attacked an Egyptian security checkpoint in North Sinai, killing 15 soldiers

27 September

UN Mi-35 helicopter Minusca Central African Republic

Staff Writer With AFP

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Three killed in Mi-35 helicopter crash in Central African Republic, UN peacekeeping mission says

Three people were killed and a fourth was injured when a combat helicopter used by UN MINUSCA peacekeepers in the Central African Republic crashed on landing

27 September