Long spared by armed groups active in the Sahel, Burkina Faso is facing increasingly frequent and deadly attacks, particularly in…
Beninese Armed Forces : Overview 2022
In February 2022, a team of forest rangers was ambushed in a cross-border nature park, the W National Park, managed…
The Togolese Armed Forces : Overview 2022
Since 2018, the terrorist threat long confined to the Sahel is spreading to the coastal countries of West Africa. For…
Weapons of war :rape, manipulation, slaughter
To wage war is to make the opponent admit defeat. Beyond the classical strategies to win the war, there are…
2022, year of the resurgence of terrorism in Mali
On June 18 and 19, 2022, several villages in the Bankass circle in the Bandiagara region of central Mali were…
The GATIA: Imghad Tuareg Self-Defense Group and Allies
Present for thousands of years in the Sahara and the Sahel, the Tuareg populations have always claimed independence and freedom…
Terrorism | Niger’s actions against terrorists
The localities of Intezayane, Bakorat, Woursanat and several other hamlets and camps in the Tillia area of the Tahoua region…
Terrorism in Niger : Situation Report 2022
On Monday, January 3, 2022, a skirmish occurred in the morning between a Niger National Guard reconnaissance mission and an…
ISGS takes over Ménaka’s region of Mali in a few months
Fighting between ISGS jihadists and the MSA and Gatia has been ongoing since the beginning of the week of March…
Terrorist weaponry in the Sahel: supply
Terrorism has become a major phenomenon of political violence in the international arena, and one that national armies and law…