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Burkina Faso junta leader denies reports of army mutiny
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 days agoCommenting for the first time since the assault, Traore did not address a claim of responsibility by...
Al-Qaeda affiliate claims responsibility for June attack in Burkina Faso
Al Jazeera· 6 days agoAn armed group linked to al-Qaeda, Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), has claimed...
Al Qaeda Affiliate Claims Responsibility for Burkina Attack This Month, SITE Intelligence Group Says
US News & World Report· 6 days agoDAKAR (Reuters) -Al Qaeda affiliate Jama'a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM) group has claimed responsibility for what it said was ...
Burkina Faso attack on Mansila army base fuels mutiny rumours
BBC News· 2 days agoAn attack that reportedly killed over 100 soldiers on an army base in Burkina Faso has snowballed...
Is Burkina Faso on the cusp of another coup?
Al Jazeera· 1 day agoRecent shootings, first at the presidential palace, and then, at the site of a public broadcaster, in capital Ouagadougou, are fuelling suggestions that...
ICC unseals arrest warrant against Iyad Ag Ghaly over Mali war crimes
Reuters via AOL· 22 hours agoTHE HAGUE (Reuters) -The International Criminal Court (ICC) published an arrest warrant on Friday...
Mali: June 2024 Update
Strategy Page· 6 days agoJune 16, 2024: The landlocked Mali continues to stumble forward without an elected or effective government. Mali is in northwest Africa just south of the ...
Mali: Unfair Comparisons
Strategy Page· 7 days agoWhile the 15,300 UN peacekeepers (mainly from Senegal, Burkina Faso, Chad, Bangladesh and Togo) in Mali each cost $65,000 a year, the 5,000 G5 Force troops get by on $25,000 ...
Intelligence: Airbase 201 In Africa
Strategy Page· 4 days agoJune 29, 2019: After five years of negotiations, followed by years of construction delays, the new American airbase in Niger has been completed. Called Airbase 201, it cost $110 million and ...
Russia: The Survival Plan
Strategy Page· 6 days agoOctober 3, 2023: The war in Ukraine has led to massive losses for Russian forces. Aircraft losses have also been heavy, even though Russia sent few warplanes or helicopters into Ukraine because ...