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Burkina Faso announced the extension of the rule of the ruling military junta for another five years, according to a new charter approved by the participants in the national dialogue yesterday, Saturday.

This charter sets the transitional period to democracy at 60 months, starting next July. The charter also allows the interim leader of Burkina Faso, Ibrahim Traoré, to run for the presidency when elections are held.

The authorities have made it clear that security considerations will be the priority, with the possibility of holding elections sooner if the security situation allows.

Ibrahim Traoré, who currently holds the position of interim leader of Burkina Faso, is known for his advanced military career, as he joined the Burkina Faso army in 2009. During his career, he received training in the Air Defense Forces in Morocco, participated in the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Mali, and also played a role in... Operations against the jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso and was promoted to the rank of captain in 2020.

Traoré has become a symbol of change in Burkina Faso and shows a move towards reviewing the country's international relations, including relations with France and rapprochement with Russia.

#Al_Qaeda #Burkina_Faso #Burkina_Faso_News #Ibrahim_Traore #ISIS
The Nigerien National Army announced the start of military exercises to combat terrorism, with the participation of the armies of the Sahel countries (Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso), in addition to the armies of Chad and Togo, which the statement described as “two friendly countries.”

The statement, issued the day before yesterday, Saturday, indicated that the maneuvers are taking place under the name “Tarhna Kali,” which is a term from the “Tamasheq” language spoken by the Tuareg in the Sahara region, and means “love of the homeland.
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#Al_Qaeda #Anti_Terrorism #Burkina_Faso #Chad #Coalition_of_Sahel_Countries #ISIS #Military_Exercises #Niger #Niger_News #Nigerian_National_Army #Nigerian_Special_Forces #Tarehna_Kali #Tilia_City #Togo
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The mayor of Bankass in Mali announced yesterday, Sunday, that 20 civilians were killed in an attack that took place last Saturday on a village in the Mopti region in the center of the country.

According to the mayor, the attack targeted a village in the Bankass District, an area suffering from the activity of extremist groups linked to Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State.

He explained that unidentified gunmen attacked the villagers as they were heading to work in the fields, noting that the authorities counted 19 dead the day before yesterday, but the final number exceeded 20.
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#Al_Qaeda_Organization #Armed_Attack #Bandiagara_village #Bankass_municipality #ISIS #Mopti_region #Terrorism
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Armed men attacked the village of Munya in central Nigeria, killing at least 8 people and kidnapping about 150 others, local authorities announced Monday evening.

The head of the local authority, Aminu Abdul Hamid Njomi, said that gunmen on motorcycles attacked the village, killed eight people, and kidnapped about 150 other villagers, noting that among the eight dead were 4 villagers and 4 guards belonging to the local self-defense forces.

Nigeria, a country that is frequently exposed to this type of criminal and terrorist attacks, is witnessing mass kidnappings for the purpose of obtaining ransom in several states, including the northern, western and central states.
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#Boko_Haram #ISIS #kidnapping_incidents #mass_kidnapping #Monya #Niger #terrorist_incidents #United_Nations
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The Malian army announced the killing of five of its soldiers while repelling an attack carried out by militants linked to “Al-Qaeda” in the west of the country.

The army explained in a statement that the attack targeted a military site in the village of Mordia Gharbia, about 200 kilometers north of the capital, Bamako.

The statement stated that fighters from the “Supporting Islam and Muslims” group, which is linked to Al-Qaeda, carried out the attack using two suicide vehicles and fired shells at the military site.

The statement added that the Malian armed forces were able to repel the attack and inflicted “heavy losses in lives and property,” stressing that “a large number of terrorists were neutralized, and dozens wounded.
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#Al_Qaeda #Bamako #Combating_Terrorism #Group_for_the_Support_of_Islam_and_Muslims #ISIS #Mali_Army #Mali_News #Mordi_Village
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Members of the terrorist organization “ISIS” killed 30 fishermen in a retaliatory operation against the Nigerian army in Borno State in northeastern Nigeria.

According to “Europe 1” Radio, ISIS fighters launched an attack on the islands of Borno State last Sunday and Monday, where they detained fishermen and then shot them.

Although there was no official statement issued by the Nigerian army about the attack, informed sources confirmed that this attack came as a response to the air strikes carried out by the army against “ISIS” camps in Nigeria, according to the radio.

The groups “Boko Haram” and “ISIS” in West Africa are known for launching frequent attacks on farmers, loggers, herders and hunters, whom they accuse of providing the army with information about their locations and movements.

#Armed_Attack #Boko_Haram #Borno_State_Islands #ISIS #Nigeria #Nigeria_News #Nigerian_Army #Poachers #West_Africa
Armed men launched an attack in southeastern Niger, killing three government employees and a soldier who was accompanying them.

The army announced in a statement yesterday, Sunday, that “militants attacked a car, killing four people.”

Local sources explained that the victims were on an official mission in the Diffa region, which has been subjected to repeated attacks since 2015 by extremist groups such as Boko Haram and the terrorist organization ISIS.

The attackers fled after carrying out the attack, according to what the army confirmed in its statement.
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#Armed_jihadi_organizations #Boko_Haram #Diffa #ISIS #Lake_Chad #Niger
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Experts on African affairs and international terrorism have warned of the escalation of terrorist operations in Mali after the departure of the European Union military mission.

The mission has been present in Mali since 2013 to train the armed forces to confront extremist groups such as ISIS and Al-Qaeda.

Mounir Adeeb, a researcher on extremist movements and international terrorism, said that the withdrawal of the international forces of the European Union mission from Mali comes in the context of the African continent being affected by several factors, including the military coups that led to the withdrawal of American and French forces, which enhances the chances of terrorism growing.
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#Al_Qaeda #Burkina_Faso_News #Chad #European_Union #European_Union_Military_Mission #ISIS #Mali_News #Military_Coups #Mounir_Adib #Niger_News #Salah_Halima #Senegal #Terrorism
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Seven soldiers were killed in an attack carried out by suspected Islamist militants in the “Benjari” National Park in northern Benin yesterday, Wednesday.

“Reuters” quoted security sources as saying that the soldiers were killed after being ambushed near the town of “Tanguita”, while the Benin army did not officially announce the incident.

Burkina Faso and Niger, Benin’s northern neighbors, are facing an ongoing insurgency, making the region vulnerable to cross-border attacks by groups linked to “Al-Qaeda” and “ISIS”.

Last April, a border crossing with Niger was attacked by unknown gunmen, killing three people and wounding another.
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#Al_Qaeda #Armed_Attack #Benin_Army #Benin_News #Benjari_Park #Burkina_Faso #ISIS #Islamic_Militants #Niger #Terrorism
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More than 50 people were killed this week in the Beni region of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo due to a series of new attacks by militants affiliated with the terrorist group “ISIS.”

According to AFP, the “Allied Democratic Forces” (considered a branch of ISIS in Central Africa) carried out these attacks, with 13 people killed in the latest attack on Thursday, targeting three villages in Beni in North Kivu province.

Kinos Katwo, a civil society official in the Mamove area where the attacks occurred, explained that “seven men and six women” were killed, adding that “several other people are missing.
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#Allied_Democratic_Forces #Beni #Democratic_Republic_of_Congo #ISIS #Kinos_Katwo #Leon_Sefivue #Mamove_Area #Masao_Village #North_Kivu_Province #Red_Crescent #RedCross #Terrorist_Attacks #United_Nations
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Niger is facing a dangerous escalation in armed conflicts linked to the oil sector after a group opposed to the ruling military junta announced an attack on an oil pipeline funded by the Chinese company PetroChina.

This pipeline extends a distance of about two thousand kilometers from the Agadem field in Niger to the coast of the Republic of Benin, with a capacity of up to 90 thousand barrels per day and is part of a deal worth $400 million with the Chinese National Petroleum Corporation.

These attacks come in a complex context, as Niger has witnessed increasing political and security tensions since the July 2023 coup.

The National Liberation Front, which was formed after the coup, stated that the goal of its attacks was to pressure Chinese partners to cancel the oil export deal.
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#Al_Qaeda #Armed_Conflicts #Benin #Dossou #ISIS #Niger #Niger_Military_Junta #Niger_News #PetroChina
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The Nigerian army announced the liquidation of “Abdullah Suleiman Adwal”, an influential leader within the “ISIS” organization in the west of the country, last Sunday night in the town of Mihana in the Tillaberi region bordering Mali and Burkina Faso.

The army explained in an official statement that the operation led to the “neutralization” of Adwal as part of the counter-terrorism efforts launched by its forces in the region, which is a stronghold for extremists linked to “Al-Qaeda” and “ISIS”.

The Nigerian army announced earlier last week that it had killed nine extremists and arrested 31 others in security operations that took place southeast of Tira, an area that witnessed repeated battles between soldiers and extremists.
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#Abdoulaye_Suleiman_Adwal #Al_Qaeda #ISIS #Islamic_State #Niger #Niger_News #Nigerian_Army #Terrorism #Tillaberi_Region
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A security force in Niger was attacked by terrorist groups in the west of the country. The attack resulted in the deaths of 20 soldiers and one civilian, and nine others were injured.

The Nigerian Ministry of Defense announced this incident via a television statement, stressing that a “coalition of armed terrorist groups” carried out the attack near the town of Tassia.

The ministry also indicated that “dozens” of attackers were killed in the confrontation, and that it deployed air and ground reinforcements to pursue those who fled.

The authorities declared a three-day national mourning, starting today, Wednesday, during which flags will be flown at half-mast.

The Ministry praised the security forces, describing them as having “steadfast determination” in confronting the challenges that threaten the country’s sovereignty.
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#Al_Qaeda #Armed_Groups #Burkina_Faso #ISIS #Mourning #Niger #Nigerian_Ministry_of_Defense #Tasia #Terrorist_Attacks
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British reformist leader, Nigel Farage, accused his country of supporting the emergence of the terrorist organization ISIS through its participation in the military intervention in Libya in 2011.

The British newspaper “Daily Express” reported in a report that Farage described David Cameron’s decision to go to war as “complete madness.”

Farage said in his statements: “Before the war in Libya, ISIS did not even exist. We helped create it and we were complete fools when it came to these things.”
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#Britain #David_Cameron #ISIS #Libya #Mediterranean #Nigel_Farage #Terrorism
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‘Reuters’ quoted local officials in Mali as saying that unidentified gunmen killed about 40 people in an attack on the village of Djiguibombo in the Mopti region in central Mali.

The attack, which occurred on Monday, targeted the village of Djiguibombo, one of several areas in northern and central Mali, where armed groups linked to Al-Qaeda and ISIS have been active for more than a decade.

The mayor of Bankass, Moulay Guindo, said that the attack was “very dangerous, as armed men surrounded the village and shot people,” noting that the attack occurred during a wedding, which led to a state of panic among the attendees.

The mayor was unable to determine the exact number of deaths, but other local officials reported that the attack killed about 40 people, most of them men.
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#Al_Qaeda #Armed_Attack #Bankass_municipality #Djiguibombo_Village #ISIS #Mali #Mopti #Moulay_Guindo #Terrorism
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The Spanish Civil Guard, in cooperation with the Moroccan General Directorate of National Territorial Surveillance, dismantled a terrorist cell active in a number of Spanish cities, including Madrid, Malaga, Cornilla and Melilla.

A Civil Guard statement on its website explained that the operation resulted in the arrest of nine people and the seizure of materials suspected of being linked to ISIS.

The statement also indicated that the arrested individuals were active in spreading extremist ideology, recruitment, and incitement.

This operation comes within the framework of strengthening security relations between Morocco and Spain, which previously led to the dismantling of terrorist cells and criminal networks engaged in drug smuggling and human trafficking.
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#Anti_Terrorism #Cornilla #ISIS #Madrid #Malaga #Melilla #Moroccan_Intelligence #Morocco #Spain #Spanish_Civil_Guard
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Hundreds of thousands of people in Nigeria have begun returning to their homes from which they fled years ago due to attacks launched by terrorist organizations such as “Boko Haram” and “ISIS” in the northeast of the country.

The Boko Haram organization has appeared in Nigeria since the beginning of the second millennium, and has carried out mass terrorist attacks since 2009, killing more than 20,000 people across the country. The organization has also carried out attacks in Cameroon, Chad, and Niger, neighboring Nigeria, since 2015.

Hundreds of thousands of people were forced to leave their homes and migrate due to attacks carried out by “Boko Haram” and the “ISIS” arm in West Africa in the states of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe in northeastern Nigeria.
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#Adamawa #Babagana_Zulum #Boko_Haram #Borno #Cameroon #Chad #Counterterrorism #Dagash_Adamu_Khalil #ISIS #Mohamed_Kucha #Niger #Nigeria #Terrorist_Organizations #Ube #United_Nations
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On Wednesday, the Supreme Judicial Council in Iraq issued a death sentence against the wife of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the terrorist organization ISIS, after convicting her of working with the organization and detaining Yazidi women in her home.

The Council explained that the Yazidi women were kidnapped by gangs of the terrorist organization in the Sinjar district, west of Nineveh Governorate, and then the accused held them captive in her home in Mosul.

According to a source in the court who requested to remain anonymous because he is not allowed to speak to the media, the Central Criminal Court issued a death sentence by hanging against Al-Baghdadi’s wife after she was found guilty of crimes against humanity and the crime of genocide against the Yazidis, in addition to her involvement in terrorist activities.
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#Abu_Bakr_Al_Baghdadi #Al_Baghdadi_s_wife #Execution_of #Hatay #Iraq #Iraqi_judiciary #ISIS #Nineveh #Syria #Turkey #United_States_of_America #Yazidis
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The Nigerien army announced that a large number of escapees from the high-security Kotukale prison, near the capital Niamey, have been arrested after a mutiny that led to the escape of hundreds of detainees.

The army stated in a statement carried by Radio ‘France International” in its African bulletin on Monday that search operations are still continuing to find the rest of the fugitives.

The statement explained that the official number of fugitives who have been arrested has not been announced yet, even though a few days have passed since the mass escape.

The statement indicated that the prisoners in Kotukale prison are considered among the most dangerous, as they include extremists linked to “Al-Qaeda” and I”SIS”.
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#Al_Qaeda #Insurgency #ISIS #Jihadi_Militias #Kotukale_Prison #Niamey #Niger #Niger_Army #Niger_River #Terrorism
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The Nigerian Ministry of Defense announced that at least 15 soldiers were killed, and 16 others were injured during battles that broke out in the Tira region, southwest of the country, near the border with Burkina Faso.

The ministry said in a statement broadcast on state television: “A unit of the defense and security forces clashed on Monday during an operation with armed terrorist groups in the Bankilari-Tira axis on the outskirts of the village of Funikou in the Tillaberi region in the west of the country.”

The ministry added that “15 soldiers were killed according to a preliminary toll,” noting that “3 soldiers were missing and 16 were injured and were transferred to Tira Hospital.”

The statement stated that the Nigerian forces were able to kill 21 terrorists and destroy 8 motorcycles they were riding, and two Nigerian army vehicles were destroyed during the battles.
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#Al_Qaeda #Burkina_Faso #foneko #ISIS #Niger #Nigerian_Ministry_of_Defense #Terrorism #tillaberi
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