Category Archives: Terrorismo

Mali accuses France of training ‘terrorists’ in the country

África, África Ocidental, Crise Política, França, Mali, Terrorismo

Via: Aljazeera

Mali’s Prime Minister Choguel Kokalla Maiga has told the Russian media he has evidence that France has been training “terrorist” groups operating in the West African country. Maiga said French troops had created an enclave in Kidal, a town in the desert region of northern Mali, and handed it over to a “terrorist group” known as Ansar al-Din, allegedly linked to al-Qaeda. He said the Malian military was banned from entering the territory. “Mali has no access to Kidal, this is an enclave controlled by France,” Russia Today reported citing Maiga’s interview to state-owned RIA Novosti on Friday (08/10).

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News Attackers kill 100 civilians in Burkina Faso village raid

África Ocidental, Burkina Faso, Segurança, Terrorismo

Via: Aljazeera

Armed assailants have killed about 100 civilians in an overnight attack on a village in northern Burkina Faso (05/06), the government said, in what is the deadliest assault to hit the conflict-hit country in years. The attackers struck during the night on Friday, killing residents of the village of Solhan in Yagha province bordering Niger, spokesman Ousseni Tamboura said in a statement on Saturday. The local market and several homes were also burned down in the area towards the border of Niger, he added. The statement described the attackers as “terrorists” and said their “crimes will not go unpunished”. There was no immediate claim of responsibility. “We must remain united and solid against these obscurantist forces,” President Roch Marc Christian Kabore said, condemning the attack as “barbaric” and “despicable”. The government has declared a 72-hour period of national mourning.

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French anti-Jihadist force opens new base in Mali

África, Crise, França, Mali, Segurança, Terrorismo

Via The Atlantic

The anti-jihadist French force, Barkhane, is building a new base in Gossi, a small city in Mali and that previously held a UN base. This new strategic base has the goal to allow to french intelligence a support place against the terrorist groups of the region. The Barkhane Force has been present in Mali since July 2014, and has increased its troops from 3,000 mens in 2014 to 4,500 mens in 2018. About 15 of these military mens have been killed since operations started.

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