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☆ Mali Claims Death of Terrorist Who Helped Lead Deadly Ambush in Niger
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-30 | by ( Ruth Maclean | More About Ruth Maclean | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Mali said on Monday that it had killed a high-value Islamist commander who helped lead a 2017 attack in which four American and four Nigerien soldiers were killed alongside an interpreter. The U.S. State Department had put a $5 million bounty on the head of the commander, Abu Huzeifa — a member of an affiliate of the Islamic State — after his participation in an attack in Tongo Tongo, Niger, on American Green Berets and their Nigerien comrades. At that time, the attack was the largest loss of American troops during combat in Africa since the “Black Hawk Down” debacle in Somalia in 1993. In a post on social media on Monday, Mali’s armed forces said that on Sunday they had “neutralized a major terrorist leader of foreign nationality during a large-scale operation in Liptako” — a tri-border region that contains parts of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger.

Persons: Abu Huzeifa —, — Organizations: Nigerien, U.S . State Department, Islamic, American Green Berets Locations: Mali, Tongo Tongo, Niger, Africa, Somalia, Liptako, Burkina Faso

☆ Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso sign Sahel security pact
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsBAMAKO, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso, three West African Sahel nations ruled by military juntas, signed a security pact on Saturday promising to come to the aid of each other in case of any rebellion or external aggression. Mali and Burkina Faso have vowed to come to Niger's aid if it is attacked. "Any attack on the sovereignty and territorial integrity of one or more contracted parties will be considered an aggression against the other parties," according to the charter of the pact, known as the Alliance of Sahel States. "I have today signed with the Heads of State of Burkina Faso and Niger the Liptako-Gourma charter establishing the Alliance of Sahel States, with the aim of establishing a collective defence and mutual assistance framework," Mali junta leader Assimi Goita said on his X social media account. France has been forced to withdraw its troops from Mali and Burkina Faso, and is in a tense standoff with the junta that seized power in Niger after it asked it to withdraw its troops and its ambassador.

Persons: Assimi Goita, Mahamadou Issoufou, Francis Kokoroko, Mohamed Bazoum, Tiemoko Diallo, Bate Felix, Jason Neely Organizations: Economic, West African States, REUTERS, Rights, Islamic, West, Alliance, Thomson Locations: Accra, Ghana, Rights BAMAKO, Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, al Qaeda, Islamic State, West African States, Sahel, State, France, Chad, Mauritania

☆ România anunță că va trimite militari în Africa de Vest. Decizia Bucureștiului, salutată de ministra franceză a Apărării
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-17 | by ( Buzdugan Loredana | ) www.zdg.md time to read: +2 min

România va trimite în luna octombrie 45 de militari în misiunea Takuba, care acționează în regiunea Sahel din Africa și al cărei scop este combaterea grupărilor teroriste prezente în zona Liptako, aflată la confluența statelor Mali, Niger și Burkina Faso. Decizia Bucureștiului a fost salutată de Florence Parly, ministra franceză a Apărării, care a mulțumit României pentru participare și a spus că “mobilizarea europenilor în Sahel continuă”, scrie presa română. La mobilisation des Européens au Sahel continue : la Roumanie déploiera 45 militaires dans Takuba, la taskforce qui rassemble des forces spéciales européennes pour mener des opérations de contre-terrorisme avec les armées maliennes. Decizia aprobată de parlamentarii români vine ca urmare a unei scrisori din partea președintelui Klaus Iohannis, iar misiunea va fi finanțată din bugetul Ministerului Apărării Naționale. Grupul operativ Takuba a fost creat printr-o declarație politică emisă la 27 martie 2020 de guvernele Belgiei, Republicii Cehe, Danemarcei, Estoniei, Franței, Germaniei, Mali, Nigerului, Țărilor de Jos, Norvegiei, Portugaliei, Suediei și Regatului Unit și are scopul de a combate grupările teroriste care acționează și provoacă tensiuni social-politice în Africa de Vest.

Persons: Florence Parly, Florence, June, - lea, Klaus Iohannis Organizations: Apărării, Armatei României, Task Force, Ministerului Apărării Naționale, României, Task Locations: România, Africa, Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, României, Franța, Belgiei, Republicii Cehe, Danemarcei, Estoniei, Franței, Germaniei, Nigerului, Țărilor de Jos, Norvegiei, Portugaliei, Suediei, Regatului Unit, Africa de Vest

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