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WEST AFRICAN MILITARY CHIEFS MEET; TO STABILIZE AND CONSOLIDATE TRANSITIONAL GOVT..ASSIST MALIAN ARMY IN THE RECONQUEST OF THE NORTH

Posted on June 17, 2012 by

Chairman, ECOWAS Defence Chiefs Gen Soumahila Bakayoko(r) with Air Chief Marshal Petinrin of Nigeria ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AFP) 16 June, 2012 West African military leaders met in Ivory Coast on Saturday to define the mission of a regional security force … Continue reading →

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AQIM-BACKED ANSAR DINE TERRORISTS FIRE ON ‘TWO SMALL AIRCRAFT’ IN NORTHWEST MALI

Posted on June 15, 2012 by

Mali rebel mans a truck-mounted anti-aircraft weapon 15/06/2012 BAMAKO (AFP) Islamist militants who have taken control of Timbuktu in northwest Mali fired on two aircraft flying over the famed desert trading town, residents and a journalist said Friday. “Two white-coloured … Continue reading →

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U.S. TO MAINTAIN ‘LIGHT FOOTPRINT’ IN AFRICA..CONCERNED ABOUT BOKO HARAM, AQIM ACTIVITIES

Posted on June 15, 2012 by

US AFRICOM Commander, General Carter F. Ham RT.com Published: 14 June, 2012 The US is planning to expand secret intelligence bases throughout Africa with a view to combating terrorism in the region, says a new report by the Washington Post. … Continue reading →

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U.S EXPANDING NETWORK OF SECRET SPY BASES, AERIAL SURVEILLANCE ACROSS AFRICA..BURKINA FASO, MAURITANIA, KENYA, ETHIOPIA, UGANDA ‘NETWORKED’

Posted on June 15, 2012 by

RADIO NETHERLANDS 15 June, 2012 The United States military is expanding a secret network of air bases across Africa in order to spy on Al-Qaeda and other militant groups, the Washington Post reported. The surveillance is carried out by small, … Continue reading →

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WEST AFRICA TO SEEK U.N MANDATE FOR MILITARY ACTION IN MALI..FRANCE PLEDGE SUPPORT FOR AN AFRICAN-LED INITIATIVE

Posted on June 12, 2012 by

Trans Sahelian Counter Terrorism Initiative: U.S and Malian troops train together 2012-06-11 PARIS (Reuters) West African nations will seek a U.N. Security Council mandate for military intervention in Mali where rising Islamist militancy has made the country an international security … Continue reading →

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FRANCE FEARS ‘TERRORIST’ CAMPS IN NORTHERN MALI

Posted on June 11, 2012 by

Renegade Malian soldier atop a BTR 60 APC near the Presidential Palace following a coup d’etat AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE 11 June, 2012 President François Hollande warned Monday that “terrorists” may be trying to set up camps in northern Mali, raising … Continue reading →

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AFGHAN AND PAKISTANI JIHADISTS OPERATING IN NORTHERN MALI; PRESIDENT ISSOUFOU OF NIGER CONFIRMS EXISTENCE OF BOKO HARAM TRAINING BASE AT GAO

Posted on June 11, 2012 by

Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Oluseyi Petinrin(left) FRANCE 24 EXCLUSIVE 07/06/2012 In an interview with FRANCE 24 Thursday, Niger President Mahamadou Issofou said foreign jihadists –including Afghans and Pakistanis – were training Islamist recruits in the breakaway … Continue reading →

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AL-QAEDA SUSPECTS: HOW MAURITANIAN, 4 OTHERS WERE ARRESTED IN KANO

Posted on March 29, 2012 by

Nigerian troops and black-shirted cops stand near an Otokar Cobra APC DAILY TRUST Kano Thursday, 29 March 2012 Following a raid on a supermarket and the arrest of a Mauritanian and four other men Thursday in Kano over the January … Continue reading →

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SSS RAID NABS MAURITANIAN, 4 OTHERS WITH ‘AL-QAEDA LINKS’ OVER GERMAN KIDNAP

Posted on March 27, 2012 by

SSS storm troopers with a suspected Iranian arms trafficker March 27, 2012 KANO (AFP) The Nigerian security operatives have detained five men, including a Mauritanian, believed linked to Al-Qaeda’s north African branch over the January kidnapping of a German, two … Continue reading →

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AFRICAN AQ-LINKED GROUPS USING ADVANCED IEDs..NIGERIAN INSURGENCY NOW THE MOST IED-INTENSIVE CONFLICT OF ALL

Posted on March 16, 2012 by

Men of the Nigeria Police Anti-Bomb Squad watch as a mine-protected Otokar Cobra APC drives past BY JASON STRAZIUSO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS THURSDAY MAR 15, 2012 NAIROBI, Kenya PENTAGON-documented tally of blasts in Africa in 2011 *Nigeria-197 IEDs *Somalia- 191 … Continue reading →

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