Sahel

Estonia parliament approves Mali troop increase for Operation Barkhane

Estonia's parliament agreed to increase to 95 the country's troop deployment to the France-led Operation Barkhane counter-terrorism mission in the Sahel

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US adds al-Qaeda-linked Mali firebrand Amadou Kouffa to global terrorist list

The US State Department added to its Specially Designated Global Terrorist list Amadou Kouffa, a senior figure in al-Qaeda-linked JNIM

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Burkina Faso: Dozens killed and injured in complex attack on Boungou gold mine convoy

An attack on a convoy transporting local employees of Canadian company Semafo near its Boungou gold mine in eastern Burkina Faso left 37 people dead

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France expects new international task force Takuba to deploy in Mali ‘by 2020’

France expects a new international special operations Task Force Takuba to deploy in Mali by 2020 to help train local troops, defense minister Florence Parly said

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French troops in Mali kill ‘second most-wanted terrorist in the Sahel’

French troops in Mali last month killed Ali Maychou, a senior figure in the al-Qaeda-linked Group to Support Islam and Muslims (JNIM)

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French soldier killed in Mali roadside bomb blast claimed by ISIS

A French soldier deployed to Operation Barkhane was killed between Gao and Menaka in Mali in an IED attack later claimed by Islamic State

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Mali: More than 50 killed in ‘terrorist attack’ in Indelilmane in Menaka region

At least 53 Mali soldiers were killed in a "terrorist attack" on a military post outpost in Indelimane in the locality of Ansongo in the Ménaka region

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US begins ISR flight operations from Air Base 201 in northern Niger

Intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance flight operations from Nigerien Air Base 201 have begun, United States Africa Command said

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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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