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Today is the day I express my deepest appreciation for the experience to work with
@warnjason
,
@ryanmofarrell
&
@Pol_Sec_Analyst
and bringing this book to fruition, as well as everyone else who contributed from near and far. Get your copy
@HurstPublishers
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#BurkinaFaso
:
#JNIM
captured weapons, ammo, vehicles, and motorcycles worth (by moderate estimate) +130,000,000 CFA (+$200,000) at local market value, in an attack on the Group of Mobile Intervention Units (GUMI) and the VDP in Yamba, Gourma Province on 11 October..
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My contribution to
@ispionline
's
#Sahel
dossier, in 'The Conflict Between Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State in the Sahel, A Year On' including
@ACLEDINFO
data
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#BurkinaFaso
: Two volunteer fighters (incl. Loroum VDP leader "Ladji") with MG-M1 machine gun and M05E3 rifle
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#BurkinaFaso
: A communal transport bus ("Dina") was struck by an IED this morning between Dounkou and Dagalé (Toéni),
#Sourou
Province, 14 pupils killed and 4 severely wounded
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In our latest for
@CTCWP
,
@Weissenberg7
& I (map by
@julesdhl
) seek to provide a nuanced perspective on an intricate subject: 'The End of the Sahelian Anomaly: How the Global Conflict between the Islamic State and al-Qa`ida Finally Came to West Africa'
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According to an audio circulating on local WhatsApp, a new jihadi group (JNIM splinter) is born in the
#Sahel
, named Wahdat al-Muslimin (Muslim Unity) جماعة وحدة مسلمين, spox named Mouslimou Adam Abd al-Bara' calls for unity and an end to the war between JNIM and IS Sahel...
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#BurkinaFaso
: French Operation Barkhane forces carried out airstrike against a convoy of
#JNIM
militants yesterday in the area of Diguel,
#Soum
, 15 militants killed and 10 motorcycles destroyed
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#Mali
: The Mauritanian JNIM emir of the Aribanda region, Abu Hamza al-Shinquiti, calls on different communities in the region to help and support JNIM in its fight against IS Sahel, while warning of the dangers of the group to Muslims. JNIM is clearly in trouble in the Gourma.
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In light of the massacres in Tchoma Bangou and Zaroumadarey, Niger; an overview of mass-atrocities by non-state armed groups in
#BurkinaFaso
,
#Mali
, &
#Niger
between 2017-2020
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#BurkinaFaso
: Yesterday's complex attack in Arbinda & December 3 assault on Toéni base are probably the biggest defeats jihadi militant groups have sustained in Burkina Faso, operational responsiveness seems to be the key component explaining the relative successes at local level
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#Togo
: Presumed
#JNIM
militants aboard technicals with crew-served weapons attacked a Togolese military position in Tiwoli, Kpendjal Prefecture, Savanes Region, near the border with
#BurkinaFaso
and
#Benin
. 17 soldiers killed according to a provisional toll.
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#Niger
-
#Mali
: Extremely interesting and immensely important announcement, Sultan Ould Bady's Katiba Salah Eddine, a group of
#JNIM
members and
#AnsarDine
members ("Kouffa's Toleebe") pledge allegiance to "Amir al-Mu'mineen wa Khalifat al-Muslimeen" (Al-Baghdadi)/
#ISIS
@MENASTREAM
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#Sahel
: Signaled tensions and clashes between
#JNIM
and
#ISGS
in
#Mali
and
#BurkinaFaso
-
@julesdhl
@MENASTREAM
#dataviz
#maps
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#Sahel
: JNIM has released its latest video showing footage from two raids on military camps in
#BurkinaFaso
in 2022, respectively in April in Gaskinde (named as "Mentao") and in July in Barsalogho.
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‘Impossible’ to rescue: How three foreigners died in
#BurkinaFaso
@sammednick
and I conducted a six-month investigation for
@AJEnglish
into the tragic outcome of an
#EU
-funded anti-poaching mission in April 2021 near Natiaboani in eastern Burkina Faso
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Tunisia: Joint operation between Tunisian and U.S. forces targeted AQIM militants in Kasserine – ”Battle of Mount Semmama” via
@MENASTREAM
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#Niger
: A few pics of the French Reaper drone that crashed in the area of Bougoum on the road toward Torodi
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#Algeria
/
#Sahel
: It was very much expected that Abu Obeida al-Annabi would replace
#AQIM
's late emir Droukdel, but now it's officially announced; head of AQIM's media committee Abu Abd al-Ahmad al-Jijli announced Droukdel's death mid-June..
#AlAndalous
dans une vidéo de 20:26
#AQMI
annonce, par la voix d’Abou al-Nouman al-Chinkiti, que le successeur d’Abou Mossaab Abdel Wadoud
#Droukdel
est Abou Oubaïda Youssef
#AlAanabi
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Non-exhaustive
#ISIS
red headband retrospective
Sinai,
#Egypt
, January 2017
Nampala,
#Mali
, December 2019
Arbinda,
#BurkinaFaso
, December 2019
Palma,
#Mozambique
, March 2021
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#BurkinaFaso
:
#EMGA
/
#SIG
issued press release on OP Laabingol (15 - 23 January) in Sahel & Centre-Nord regions, says ~103 "terrorists neutralized" incl. Kelbo militant commander named Mdouli aka Abdramane, in addition to about 60 in "joint manoeuvres" with French
#Barkhane
forces
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#BurkinaFaso
: After a long night of rumours and conflicting information, it has now been confirmed that Loroum VDP leader Loroum, Soumaila "Ladji" Ganamé, is dead after he and his comrades-in-arms were ambushed on 23 December near You village, on the Titao-Ouahigouya road
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#Sahel
: This has largely passed unnoticed, but in the last 2 weeks, presumed
#JNIM
militants
- blew up town hall under construction in southern
#Mali
- booby-trapped 2 corpses in Mali &
#BurkinaFaso
- booby-trapped motorcycle in
#Niger
9 people killed, 7 of them in detonations
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#BurkinaFaso
-
#Togo
: 1st official
#JNIM
claim for ambush on Togolese forces on the border between Burkina and Togo (area of Sankortchagou), says 3 soldiers killed (some sources say 7 killed, social media posts speak of 20 militants killed), 3 AKs, 10 mags, and 7 motorcycles seized
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#BurkinaFaso
: On 1-2 December Burkinabe and
#Niger
-ien forces simultaneously launched artillery and air-supported assaults on presumed
#JNIM
bases in Tankougounadie (
#Yagha
) and Yeritagui (
#Gourma
). Twelve militants were killed and six soldiers were wounded in the operation
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#Niger
: An unofficial
#JNIM
video shows the spoils seized in the 14 June attack against gendarmes in Waraou (Gotheye),
#Tillaberi
, the reported outcome and items seized, as follows: 8 soldiers killed, 6 vehicles burned, 1 vehicle seized, 2 DShK, 1 "14.5mm" (actually two KPV),...
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#Sahel
: Interesting to see emerging
#Sahelization
dynamic take shape when looking at 5 simultaneous operations: Tangame 🇳🇪🇫🇷, G5 Sahel's Sama 🇳🇪🇧🇫🇹🇩, Taanli 🇧🇫🇳🇪, Foudre ("Otapuanu 2") 🇧🇫🇳🇪, and Tourbillon Vert 🇧🇫🇨🇮🇲🇱, never seen this level of coordination over such a large area
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#BurkinaFaso
: Small town of Nadiagou near
#Benin
&
#Togo
border has fallen under control of
#JNIM
-affiliated militants who armed roam the locality dressed in police & customs uniforms; police & customs stations were burned 4 days ago, sec forces abandoned their posts days earlier
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#Morocco
: Suspected perpetrators of the beheading/s of two Scandinavian tourists at Mount Toubkal arrested by combined units of the
#RoyalGendarmerie
and
#BCIJ
, named as Rachid Aftati, Ouazid Younes, and Abdelsamad Ijoud
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#Sahel
:
#IslamicState
officially acknowledges the death of
#ISGS
founder and emir Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi, and publishes a 2nd part of an interview with him in 3 pages in the latest issue of the Al-Naba newsletter
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#BurkinaFaso
: In an unofficial audio, Islamic State Sahel Province (formerly
#ISGS
) claims the 11-12 June massacre in Seytenga, Seno Province, which resulted in at least 86 people killed according to an official toll...
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