1 French commando and 20 militants killed in Mali, 9 Nigerien troops killed in Niger
The firefights in both Mali and Niger represent a sharp increase in violence since the beginning of this year.
Tag Archives: Niger
Algeria
Algeria Tightens Niger Border Security
Niger
President Hollande of France said that on Oct. 9 French forces destroyed an al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb convoy in northern Niger that was transporting weapons from Mali to Libya. French forces “neutralized” the militants and captured some of them. France is establishing a new counterterrorism base in Niger.
Mali
Niger to Stay in Mali Despite Killing of Peacekeepers
France
French troops edge closer to Libya border to cut off Islamists
France
US extends Niger drone capabilities in cooperation with France
Boko Haram
Boko Haram has forced 650,000 Nigerians from homes: UN
Africa
Interactive: France’s new game plan to counter jihadism in Africa
France
France’s Hollande warns of Islamist threat in West Africa
Benin
Goodluck Jonathan: Nothing is more important than bringing home Nigeria’s missing girls
Boko Haram
Cameroon weakest link in fight against Boko Haram: Nigeria
Libya
US Training Elite Antiterror Troops in Four African Nations
Tuareg
Belmokhtar empire based on crime
Africa
US military presence in Africa growing in small ways
Africa
US Takes Training Role in Africa as Threats Grow and Budgets Shrink
Boko Haram
Nigeria Islamists better armed, motivated than army: governor
Niger
A Boko Haram cell planning attacks on Nigerien towns was arrested in Diffa. Although Niger still refuses to hand over Al-Saadi Gadhafi, a former high-ranking intelligence official in the Gadhafi regime has been extradited to Libya.
Boko Haram
Displaced by Boko Haram, Nigerians risk invisibility in Niger
France
Imagery of the Week: Drone Aprons at Niamey
Central African Republic
UNICEF Urges Action to Prevent CAR ‘Catastrophe’
Africa
Africa a ‘hothouse’ for extremist groups: US
Algeria
France revises counter-terrorism strategy in Africa
Al Qaeda
UN Security Council urges end to ransom payments to extremists
Al Qaeda
Tough road for Sahel security
France
France to bolster military presence in Africa
Al Qaeda
Desert gives al Qaeda refuge after Mali defeat
Niger
The first two of 12 French UAVs have been delivered to Niamey. The Reapers will support French operations in Mali, and are suspected to be earmarked for use in the Central African Republic soon as well.
US adds Belmokhtar’s brigades to terrorist lists
Mokhtar Belmokhtar’s al-Mulathameen Brigade is behind terror attacks in Niger, Algeria, and Mali. Its “aliases,” the al-Murabitoon Brigade and al Mua’qi’oon Biddam, have also been added to the US’s lists of terror groups.
Burkina Faso
Organised crime and terrorism among big threats facing the Sahel
Niger
President Issoufou said he would attempt “to lock” his country’s borders to combat free access by Islamists and traffickers. He also warned that Libya may become like Somalia.