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Three Senegalese MINUSMA peacekeepers were killed and five others were seriously wounded earlier today after a roadside IED targeted their patrol vehicle near Songobia, Mali. The attack occurred in the Mopti region, which is a hotbed for violent extremism from the al-Qaeda affiliated Jama’at Nusrat al Islam wal Muslimeen (JNIM), the country’s largest jihadist group. JNIM often carries out guerilla-style raids...

An interesting piece of news broke this past Monday when the Malian junta announced a move to ban all NGOs funded or supported by France. The interim Prime Minister of Mali, Colonel Abdoulaye Maiga justified this ban by pointing to France's recent suspension of development assistance to Mali. Now the French halted this support because of the junta's utilization of the...

The Islamic State has claimed in a press release today that it’s fighters had killed about 80 al-Qaeda militants and captured six vehicles on the Burkina-Faso-Mali Border on November 12th. The Islamic State and its affiliates have largely abated their competition with Al-Qaeda in Syria. However, across the Sahel, both groups continue to skirmish and in this case, conduct...

A video showing the landing of new Wagner paramilitary contractors (PMCs) in Mali has surfaced online today, as Russia continues to spread its influence throughout the African continent and especially the Sahel region.   The video from Russian state-owned media source Sputnik shows an official Malian delegation welcoming the PMCs in an airport. The Wagner forces, leaving a helicopter, are then met by...

France has announced that senior Al-Qaeda Emir Yahia Djouadi was killed during an overnight operation last month north of Timbuktu, Mali, that was carried out by ground forces backed by a Tiger attack helicopter and two drones. Djouadi has a prominent figure in Algerian Jihad back in the 1990s, where he became a key advisor and financier to Al-Qaeda...