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Over 16 Gruesomely Murdered In Northeastern Mali Attacks

August 1, 2022 3:57 am

No fewer than 16 people were killed in two-midweek attacks which occurred in northeastern Mali by suspected jihadists on encampments of nomadic tribesmen, local sources have confirmed.

A source close to the authorities in Menaka, the region near the Niger border where the attacks happened told newsmen on Monday that; ‘The killings took place in the evening between Wednesday and Thursday with the same modus operandi: assailants on motorbikes who came into the camp, shot at people indiscriminately from close range, then take away their livestock’.

A first attack targeted a nomadic camp about 50 kilometres (30 miles) from the …

27 Murdered In Twin Jihadist Attacks In Burkina Faso

July 5, 2022 5:24 am

No fewer than 27 people were killed by suspected jihadists in attacks on villages in northern Burkina Faso at the weekend, authorities have confirmed.

A security official provided an estimate death toll, stating that ‘approximately 15’ individuals, some of them were children, were slain late Sunday near Bourasso in the Kossi province.

A local resident estimated there were 20 or so fatalities.

‘Armed men moved around the village at around 5:00 pm, firing in the air. They came back at night and blindly opened fire on people,’ the source said.

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8 Murdered As Suspected Jihadists Attack Burkina Faso

June 29, 2022 5:06 am

An attack by alleged jihadists on a baptism ceremony in eastern Burkina Faso resulted in the deaths of eight persons, a security source and a local confirmed on Wednesday morning.

‘A terrorist attack” in the village of Sandiaga in Koulpelogo province ‘left eight civilians dead’, the security source revealed.

The toll was confirmed by a local resident, who said armed men burst into a baptism ceremony on Monday morning and opened fire.

Africa Daily News, New York recalls that on Sunday, six people died and two were injured in two villages in the northern province of Bam when carts carrying …

Jihadists Kill 12 Soldiers In Chad In Fresh Attack

April 28, 2021 6:35 am

Clashes between the army and jihadists in the Lake Chad region on Tuesday left at least 12 Chadians dead.

Mahamat Fadoul Mackaye, a provisional head in the army said 40 Islamist fighters were also killed following the attack on an army position in the marshy region used as a rear base by jihadist groups including Nigeria-based Boko Haram and a dissident branch, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP).

‘The defence forces responded vigorously to chase away the enemy, which left 40 bodies and weapons, but we mourn the loss of 12 soldiers,’ Mackaye told newsmen by telephone.

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Mali Frees More Jihadists, Boosting Hostage Release Scenario

October 6, 2020 2:59 pm

A second batch of jihadists has been freed in Mali, sources said Tuesday, boosting speculation that a French charity worker and Malian politician held by the insurgents may be freed in a swap.

About 30 “jihadist prisoners were released” late Monday and early Tuesday “and were flown north,” a Mali security source said.

“It’s to do with the release of the hostage Soumaila Cisse and the Frenchwoman, Sophie Petronin,” the source said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

More than 100 suspected or convicted rebels were released at the weekend, an official in charge of the negotiations said on Monday.

They …

Suspected Jihadists Kidnap Six Teachers In Mali – Security

October 25, 2019 4:55 pm

Six school teachers were kidnapped Friday by suspected jihadists in central Mali because they spoke French in the classroom, local and security forces said.

More than 900 schools have closed in the country, one of the poorest in the world, with more than two-thirds of them in central regions that since 2012 have witnessed insurrections by separatists, Salafists and jihadists, interlaced with inter-ethnic violence.

“Terrorists kidnapped six teachers from a school in Korientze because they were teaching in French,” a security source told AFP.

Malian officials use the word “terrorist” to describe jihadists.

A municipal council member added that the

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Nigerian troops lose ₦15 million to Boko Haram in ambush

Boko Haram jihadists attack Nigeria military base, town

June 18, 2019 9:44 am

Suspected Boko Haram jihadists have overrun a military base and looted a nearby town in northeast Nigeria, security sources and residents said Tuesday, the latest such attack in the restive region.

The raids came a day after 30 people were killed on Sunday in a triple suicide bombing in the region that also bore the hallmarks of Boko Haram.

Boko Haram’s decade-long campaign of violence has killed 27,000 people and displaced about two million in Nigeria.

Late on Monday assailants, arriving on nine armoured trucks, stormed into the military base outside the town of Gajiram, 80 kilometres (50 miles),

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Jihadists kill Nigerian soldier, injure others in Mali

May 19, 2019 9:45 pm

A Nigerian soldier was killed and another compatriot was injured in two attacks on the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali, UN officials said on Sunday.

Gunmen attacked the UN troops in Timbuktu in the north of the country, where several groups of militants are active, according to Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres.

The Nigerian peacekeepers attacked have not been identified.

A further three UN soldiers from Chad were injured in Tessalit in the northern Kidal region near the border with Algeria when their vehicle drove over an explosive device.

The UN chief, Antonio Guterres expressed his “heartfelt …