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Tag Archives: MALI
NIGERIA POLICE FORCE TO SEND 140-MAN FORMED POLICE UNIT TO MALI; DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF POLICE KAMAR APPOINTED HEAD OF AFISMA POLICE COMPONENT
Men of the Nigeria Police Mobile Force(MOPOL) deployed in Mogadishu, Somalia with the AMISOM Formed Police Unit stand around a Streit Spartan Mk.II APC PHOTO CREDIT: AU-UN IST PHOTO/TOBIN JONES RADIO NIGERIA 18-02-2013 A Nigerian Deputy Commissioner of Police, Subair … Continue reading
Posted in AL-QAEDA IN THE ISLAMIC MAGHREB(AQIM), ANSAR DINE, ARMED CONFLICT, COUNTERINSURGENCY OPERATIONS, MALI, MILITARY HARDWARE, MOVEMENT FOR ONENESS AND JUSTICE IN WEST AFRICA, NIGERIA, RELIGIOUS FUNDAMENTALISM, RISK ANALYSIS, SECURITY ISSUES AND CONCERNS, TERRORISM, WEST AFRICAN STANDBY FORCE
Tagged MALI, TERRORISM, NIGERIA POLICE FORCE, COUNTERINSURGENCY OPERATIONS, URBAN GUERRILLA WARFARE, ECOWAS STANDBY FORCE, DEFENCE AND SECURITY, GEOPOLITICS AND STRATEGIC STUDIES, AQIM, ANSAR DINE, AZAWAD, AFISMA, SUBAIR OLUSOLA KAMAR
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NIGERIAN ARMY: SHADES OF DESERT CAMOUFLAGE IN FOCUS
Nigerian UNAMID troops in Darfur, Sudan The first pattern of desert camouflage used by the Nigerian Army, it was first used for AMIS operations in The Sudan. During the July 2009 uprising by Boko Haram which was put down by … Continue reading
Posted in ARMED CONFLICT, BOKO HARAM ISLAMIC STATE MOVEMENT, COUNTERINSURGENCY OPERATIONS, GLOBAL DEFENCE NEWS, JOINT SECURITY TASK FORCE, MILITARY PHOTOS, NIGERIAN ARMED FORCES, NIGERIAN ARMY, RISK ANALYSIS, SECURITY ISSUES AND CONCERNS, SPECIAL TASK FORCE, TERRORISM, WEST AFRICAN STANDBY FORCE
Tagged ANSAR DINE, AQIM, Boko Haram, COUNTERINSURGENCY OPERATIONS, DARFUR, DEFENCE AND SECURITY NEWS, GEOPOLITICS AND STRATEGIC STUDIES, JOINT SECURITY TASK FORCE - OPERATION RESTORE ORDER, MALI, MUJAO, NIGERIAN AIR FORCE, NIGERIAN ARMED FORCES, NIGERIAN ARMY, NIGERIAN MILITARY HISTORY, NIGERIAN NAVY, NIGERIAN SPECIAL FORCES, SPECIAL TASK FORCE - OPERATION SAFE HAVEN, TERRORISM, URBAN GUERRILLA WARFARE
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UK MILITARY TO AIRLIFT 120-MAN GHANAIAN CONTINGENT OF ARMY CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERS TO MALI, 15-16 FEBRUARY
The Ghana Air Force’s second CASA C295 pictured in Spain enroute Ghana(8 March 2012) GHANA NEWS AGENCY 2 February, 2013 General Sir David Richards, Chief of Defence Staff of the United Kingdom on Saturday held a closed-door meeting with President … Continue reading
CHADIAN SOLDIERS BOARD A FRENCH 130 HERCULES AT N’DJAMENA IN CHAD ENROUTE MALI
The photo released by French Army Communications Audiovisual office (ECPAD) on Jan. 26, 2013 shows Chadian soldiers waiting to board a French Hercules military aircraft in N’Djamena, Chad, on Jan. 24, 2013. (Xinhua Photo/ECPAD)
Posted in AFRICAN ARMED FORCES, AL-QAEDA IN THE ISLAMIC MAGHREB(AQIM), ARMED CONFLICT, CHAD, COUNTERINSURGENCY OPERATIONS, GLOBAL DEFENCE NEWS, MALI, MILITARY HARDWARE, MILITARY PHOTOS, RELIGIOUS FUNDAMENTALISM, RISK ANALYSIS, SECURITY ISSUES AND CONCERNS, TERRORISM, WEST AFRICAN STANDBY FORCE
Tagged CHADIAN ARMED FORCES, MALI
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BOKO HARAM’S INTERNATIONAL CONNECTIONS – JACOB ZENN (WEST POINT COMBATING TERRORISM CENTRE/JAMESTOWN FOUNDATION)
Colonel(rtd)Sambo Dasuki, National Security Adviser Combating Terrorism Center at West Point Jan 14, 2013 Author: Jacob Zenn Since carrying out its first attack under Abubakar Shekau’s leadership in September 2010, Boko Haram has unleashed a wave of violence in northern … Continue reading
Posted in AFRICA, AFRICAN ARMED FORCES, AL-QAEDA IN THE ISLAMIC MAGHREB(AQIM), ANSAR DINE, ARMED CONFLICT, BOKO HARAM ISLAMIC STATE MOVEMENT, CAMEROON, CHAD, COUNTERINSURGENCY OPERATIONS, GLOBAL DEFENCE NEWS, JOINT SECURITY TASK FORCE, MALI, MOVEMENT FOR ONENESS AND JUSTICE IN WEST AFRICA, NIGERIA, NIGERIA IMMIGRATION SERVICE, NIGERIA POLICE FORCE, NIGERIA SECURITY AND CIVIL DEFENCE CORPS, NIGERIAN MILITARY HISTORY, NIGERIAN PARAMILITARY FORCES, NIGERIAN SPECIAL FORCES, RELIGIOUS FUNDAMENTALISM, SECURITY ISSUES AND CONCERNS, SPECIAL TASK FORCE, STATE SECURITY SERVICE, TERRORISM, WEST AFRICAN STANDBY FORCE
Tagged ANSARU, AQIM, Boko Haram, CAMEROON, CHAD, COUNTERINSURGENCY OPERATIONS, DEFENCE AND SECURITY NEWS, GEOPOLITICS AND STRATEGIC STUDIES, JOINT SECURITY TASK FORCE - OPERATION RESTORE ORDER, MALI, MUJAO, NIGER, NIGERIAN AIR FORCE, NIGERIAN ARMED FORCES, NIGERIAN ARMY, NIGERIAN MILITARY HISTORY, NIGERIAN NAVY, NIGERIAN SPECIAL FORCES, SENEGAL, STATE SECURITY SERVICE, TERRORISM, URBAN GUERRILLA WARFARE
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GHANA PLEDGE 120-MAN CONSTRUCTION ENGINEER SQUADRON FOR MALI INTERVENTION FORCE
AFP 14 January, 2013 Ghana will send 120 engineering troops to Mali to support a west African intervention force aimed at helping the country defeat Islamists who control its north, a military spokesman said on Monday. “We are sending 120 … Continue reading
PHOTO NEWSREEL: THE FRENCH MILITARY EXPEDITION IN MALI
A photo released on Jan. 12, 2013 by French Army Communications Audiovisual office (ECPAD) shows French soldiers prepare to board on a fighter plane to Mali on Jan. 11, 2013 at Kossei camp at the French military base of N’Djamena … Continue reading
Posted in AFRICA, AFRICAN ARMED FORCES, AL-QAEDA IN THE ISLAMIC MAGHREB(AQIM), ANSAR DINE, ARMED CONFLICT, COUNTERINSURGENCY OPERATIONS, GLOBAL DEFENCE NEWS, MALI, MILITARY HARDWARE, MILITARY PHOTOS, NIGER, RELIGIOUS FUNDAMENTALISM, RISK ANALYSIS, SECURITY ISSUES AND CONCERNS, TERRORISM, WEST AFRICAN STANDBY FORCE
Tagged COUNTERINSURGENCY OPERATIONS, DEFENCE AND SECURITY, FRENCH ARMED FORCES, MALI, TERRORISM
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HASTY INTERVENTION IN MALI WOULD FAIL – U.S AFRICOM COMMANDER; SAYS AQIM AIDING BOKO HARAM..FINANCIAL-IED TECHNOLOGY-TRAINING LINKAGES POSES GREATEST THREAT TO THE REGION
US AFRICOM Commander, General Carter F. Ham Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) 3 December, 2012 The top US military commander in Africa warned Monday against any premature military action in Mali, even as he said that al-Qaida linked extremists have strengthened … Continue reading
Posted in AFRICAN ARMED FORCES, ARMED CONFLICT, GLOBAL DEFENCE NEWS, NIGERIAN ARMED FORCES, RISK ANALYSIS, SECURITY ISSUES AND CONCERNS, TERRORISM, Uncategorized, WEST AFRICAN STANDBY FORCE
Tagged ANSAR DINE, AQIM, Boko Haram, COUNTERINSURGENCY OPERATIONS, GEOPOLITICS AND STRATEGIC STUDIES, MALI, MUJAO, NIGERIAN ARMED FORCES, TERRORISM, URBAN GUERRILLA WARFARE, WEST AFRICAN STANDBY FORCE
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NIGERIA, NIGER SIGN JOINT BORDER PATROL DEAL TO CURB BOKO HARAM, OTHERS * TO HELP MALI REGAIN TERRITORY
President Goodluck Jonathan WORLDSTAGE By Victor Iluyemi October 18, 2012 Niamey, Niger Nigeria and the Republic of Niger on Thursday in Niamey , Niger Republic, agreed to a immediate take off of the joint border patrols along the border between … Continue reading
Posted in AFRICAN ARMED FORCES, ARMED CONFLICT, COUNTERINSURGENCY OPERATIONS, GLOBAL DEFENCE NEWS, NIGERIA, RISK ANALYSIS, SECURITY ISSUES AND CONCERNS, TERRORISM, Uncategorized, WEST AFRICAN STANDBY FORCE
Tagged ANSAR DINE, AQIM, AZAWAD, Boko Haram, COUNTERINSURGENCY OPERATIONS, DEFENCE AND SECURITY NEWS, GEOPOLITICS AND STRATEGIC STUDIES, JOINT SECURITY TASK FORCE - OPERATION RESTORE ORDER, MALI, MUJAO, NIGER, NIGERIAN AIR FORCE, NIGERIAN ARMED FORCES, NIGERIAN ARMY, NIGERIAN MILITARY HISTORY, NIGERIAN NAVY, NIGERIAN SPECIAL FORCES, STATE SECURITY SERVICE, TERRORISM, URBAN GUERRILLA WARFARE
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ALGERIA’S STANCE ON NORTHERN MALI REMAINS AMBIGUOUS
Malian terrorists onboard a gun-truck(aka ‘technical’) VOA NEWS (17 Sep) Algeria is a key military power in the Sahel region and could play a decisive role in the outcome of the crisis in Mali, where al Qaida-linked Islamist militants control … Continue reading
