Sahel

Niger soldiers killed in attack on Blabrine military base in southeast Diffa region

Niger's defense ministry said 12 soldiers were killed in a predawn raid on a military base in Blabrine in the southeastern Diffa region near Lake Chad

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Barkhane force ‘neutralizes’ 8 ISIS fighters during 9-day Mali operation

Commandos deployed to the France-led Operation Barkane counter-terrorism mission in the Sahel 'neutralized' eight Islamic State-affiliated fighters in Mali

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Denmark parliament approves deployments to Barkhane and MINUSMA in the Sahel

Denmark's parliament has approved two separate deployments of a C-130J and EH-101 helicopters to the Sahel region of sub-Saharan Africa

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Burkina Faso troops killed in ambushes in Barsalogho, Centre-Nord region

Gunmen killed six Burkina Faso soldiers in ambushes in Guiendbila and Sidogo in the Centre-Nord region

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G5 Sahel Joint Force makes ‘major’ weapons seizure in northern Niger

The G5 Sahel Joint Force (FCG5S) said Nigerien troops had made a "major arms seizure" during a 10-day military operation in northern Niger

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Niger soldiers killed in ‘terrorist’ attack in southwestern Dosso region

Two soldiers were killed and five others wounded in a "terrorist" attack in the in the Dogondoutchi department of the Dosso region of southwest Niger

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Mali: UN peacekeeper killed, 5 injured in attacks in Aguelhok and Bandiagara

A UN peacekeeper was killed and four others injured when their vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb near Aguelhok in northern Mali

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Burkina Faso: ‘Around 20’ killed near Soum province gold mine

Around 20 people were killed in an attack near a gold mining site in Madoudji in Burkina Faso's violence-plagued Soum province, security sources told AFP

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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

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France plots an autonomous course on drones

French armed unmanned aircraft will always have humans in the loop, defense ministry doctrine expert tells London UAV Technology conference

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