Nigeria states Borno and Katsina witnessed attacks from Boko Haram terrorist group. Both states recorded scores of deaths from the attacks on June 9. As Borno confirmed 81 deaths, Katsina recorded 40, with many sustaining degrees of injuries. Houses were reportedly set ablaze and dozens of women raped. Ethiopia’s parliament approved an extra year in…
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Ukrainian soldier killed in Sahel
French Foreign Legion soldier died from injuries after anti-jihadist operation in Mali: Brigadier Dymyto Martynyouk was struck by an improvised explosive device during an “operation against terrorist groups” on April 23. He died from wounds on Mai 1, the Army announced in a communiqué. Le ministère des Armées a appris avec émotion et tristesse le…
G5 Sahel request of debt cancellation
The President of the European Council, HE Charles Michel and the President in office of the G5 Sahel, HE Mohamed Cheikh El Ghazouani, co-chaired today, April 28, 2020, a videoconference with all the Heads of State of the G5 Sahel , the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, and the EU High…
Burkina-Faso mourns victims of jihad
Thirty-five civilians, including 31 women, were killed on Tuesday in a jihadist attack in Arbinda, in the north of Burkina Faso, one of the deadliest tolls in the history of this Sahel country, which declared 48 hours of national mourning. Four soldiers and three gendarmes also perished, and “80 terrorists” and seven members of security…
Sahel meeting in Paris postponed
Today at doorstep of the European Council in Brussels French President Macron announced the a postponement to early 2020 of a meeting of Sahel countries, he said. EN DIRECT | Déclaration du Président @EmmanuelMacron à l’ouverture du Conseil européen. https://t.co/ddDCQ9xgPm — Élysée (@Elysee) December 12, 2019 “I made the decision yesterday with President Issoufou to…
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