Sahel
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Feb- 2019 -5 FebruaryAfrica
Burkina Faso: 14 civilians killed in attack in Yatenta near Mali border
The attack in the town of Kain in the Yatenta province bordering Mali, is one of the most serious recorded in Burkina Faso and came on the eve of a G5 Sahel summit
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4 FebruaryAfrica
French Mirage 2000 jets strike vehicles that entered Chad from Libya
French Mirage 2000 fighter jets carried out air strikes to halt an armed group that entered northern Chad from Libya in a column of 40 pickups
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1 FebruaryAfrica
Romania to replace Canada peacekeepers in UN’s Mali mission
Romania will deploy transport helicopters to the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Mali (MINUSMA), replacing the Canadian deployment
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Jan- 2019 -31 JanuaryAfrica
France conducts air operations in Mali and Burkina Faso
Aircraft deployed to France's Operation Barkhane have recently conducted air operations in Mali and Burkina Faso
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31 JanuaryAfrica
‘Terrorist attack’ on Burkina Faso forces in Kompienbiga
The Burkina Faso armed forces confirmed an attack on a military facility in Kompienbiga in Kompienga province in the east of the country
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28 JanuaryAfrica
At least 4 Burkina Faso soldiers killed in attack on military base in Nassoumbou
At least four Burkina Faso soldiers were killed when gunmen raided a military base in Nassoumbou in Soum province in the northeast, the armed forces said
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27 JanuaryAfrica
10 killed in ‘terrorist attack’ in Sikire in northern Burkina Faso
Ten people were killed and two wounded in a "terrorist attack" in Sikire in Soum province in northern Burkina Faso
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20 JanuaryAfrica
Mali: 10 UN peacekeepers killed in attack on Aguelhok base
Gunmen killed at least ten UN peacekeepers from Chad in an attack on a base in Aguelhok in northern Mali
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17 JanuaryAfrica
France conducts air operations in Mali and Central African Republic
France has recently conducted air operations in Central African Republic and in the Sahel region, the Armed Forces Ministry said
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12 JanuaryAfrica
‘Terrorist’ attack in Gasseliki in northern Burkina Faso kills 12
Twelve people were killed and two injured in a terrorist attack in Gasseliki in Burkina Faso's northern Soum province, the security ministry said
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