Tag: Mali
BRIEFS
Malian Junta Bans All French NGOs
An interesting piece of news broke this past Monday...
ISIS Claims to Have Killed 80 al-Qaeda Militants, Burkina Faso-Mali Border
The Islamic State has claimed in a press release...
STORIES
Video of Wagner PMCs Landing in Mali Released
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....
Senior Al-Qaeda Official Killed By French Forces
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,...
