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Niger
Gunmen attacked the central prison in Niamey, killing at least two guards and entering the facility, in an apparent attempt to free Boko Haram inmates. At least 10 people were injured in the attack, and police are said to be looking for attackers who escaped in a truck and into nearby houses. The government disputed the claim that gunmen had infiltrated from outside and said the attackers had been captured and that the situation was under control.
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Cameroon
Nigerian Islamist militants return from Mali with weapons, skills
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Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Sahel ulema launch prison campaign
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Niger
President Issoufou said that the jihadists who launched simultaneous suicide bombings on a military base and a uranium mine in Niger on May 23 were also planning attacks in neighboring Chad. The Niger attacks have been claimed by the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO) and by Mokhtar Belmokhtar’s Those Who Sign in Blood brigade.
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Niger
French special forces and Nigerian troops killed the last two members of the Mokhtar Belmokhtar group’s suicide assault team that attacked a military barracks in Agadez. Two cadets were also killed during the raid. In all, 10 Islamist fighters, 24 Nigerien troops, and a civilian were killed in the suicide assaults in Agadez and at a uranium mine in Arlit. President Issoufou said the attackers had come from southern Libya.
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Niger
Mokhtar Belmokhtar said that his Those Who Sign in Blood Brigade carried out yesterday’s suicide attacks in Niger along with the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa. Belmokhtar also promised more attacks in Niger if the government does not withdraw its military from Mali.
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Belmokhtar’s unit participated in Niger suicide attacks
Mokhtar Belmokhtar is alive, and announced that his al Mua’qi’oon Biddam, or Those Who Sign in Blood Brigade, carried out the suicide assaults in Niger in conjunction with MUJAO.
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Niger
The Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa claimed credit for a pair of suicide attacks. In one attack, five members of a suicide assault team assaulted a barracks in Agadez, killing 18 soldiers and a civilian. In another attack, a suicide bomber attacked workers at a uranium mine in Arlit.
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MUJAO suicide bombers hit uranium mine, barracks in Niger
The al Qaeda-linked Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa said the suicide attacks were intended to punish Niger for “cooperation with France in the war against Sharia” in Mali.
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Al Qaeda
Global impact to Sahel terror
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Jihadists launch 3 suicide attacks in Mali
Jihadists have launched 12 suicide bombings and assaults in Mali since the beginning of February.
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France
Malian Coup Leader Sanogo: ‘I Saved the Country’
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United States
Drone base in Niger gives US a strategic foothold in West Africa
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Al Qaeda
Insight: Islamist inroads in Mali may undo French war on al Qaeda
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France
France’s military operation in Mali in ‘final phase’
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Al Qaeda
French Intervention in Mali Raises Threat of Domestic Terrorism, Judge Says
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Al Qaeda
Al Qaeda targets French citizens abroad as no-go zones grow
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US adds senior AQIM commander to terrorist list
Yahya Abu Hammam is al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb’s emir for the Sahel. He fought with GSPC, conducted several deadly attacks in Mauritania, and served as AQIM’s emir for Timbuktu.
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Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Militant Threats Test Role of a Pentagon Command in Africa
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Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
France plays down report of ransom paid for Niger hostages
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Al Qaeda
Al Qaeda silent on French hostages in Mali
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Niger
France is sending special forces to protect the Areva uranium mining sites at Imouraren and Arlit. France derives about 20 percent of the raw material for its nuclear reactors from Niger. Some French forces are said to have arrived in the past week.
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Algeria
Sahel ulemas partner against extremism
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Al Qaeda
‘Darker Sides’: The Vast Islamist Sanctuary of ‘Sahelistan’
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African Union
In Mali, French Troops Step Up Role
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African Union
Mali conflict: AU set to discuss troop deployments
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Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Algeria attack mastermind targets Maghreb
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France
Mali Army, Riding US Hopes, Is Proving No Match for Militants
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Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Some Algeria Attackers Are Placed at Benghazi
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Algeria
How a pile of explosives I found in a Libyan field may have ended up in the hands of Algerian terrorists
