President Bola Tinubu on Saturday said Nigerian and U.S. forces killed a senior Islamic State commander, Abu-Bilal Al-Manuki, during a joint operation in the Lake Chad Basin. He described the strike as a major success in counterterrorism cooperation between both countries. Tinubu in a statement said the operation dealt “a heavy blow” to Islamic State...
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Six Sentenced For Life Over 2020 Jihadist Attack In Ivory Coast
Six people were on Tuesday jailed for life over a jihadist attack in 2020 that killed 14 soldiers at a border post in Ivory Coast, a lawyer involved in the case has revealed. The Lawyer Abdoulaye Ben Meite said six of the 45 defendants on trial for the attack in Kafolo received life sentences, while...
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Mali Faces Security Crisis After Deadly Rebel, Jihadist Offensive
Mali’s military government faced mounting pressure on Sunday after coordinated attacks by jihadist fighters and separatist rebels killed the defence minister and triggered fighting across several regions, officials and residents said. The offensive, launched early on Saturday, involved Tuareg rebels from the Azawad Liberation Front and the Islamist group Group for the Support of Islam...