Tag Archives: Insurgents

Five soldiers were killed and 11 others were reported missing in an attack on two military installations in northern Mali that was carried out by armed rebel groups, the army announced late Monday. The army announced via social media that it had also lost a jet in the conflict in …

The Army reported on Tuesday that a suspected Insurgents attack in northern Burkina Faso claimed the lives of 53 security agents. In response to a “attack,” 17 soldiers and 36 citizen volunteers for the army perished on Monday, according to a statement from the army general staff. According to the …

The northeastern area of Nigeria, where insurgency has raged for years, is where the Nigerian army claims its troops have freed hundreds of hostages, including women and children, who were being held by insurgents. In Borno state’s Gwoza district, a stronghold for the insurgents warfare that has uprooted lives and …

On Thursday, the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) reported that 36 officers had died in Niger State. When Major General Edward Buba, Director of Defence Media Operations, provided a breakdown of casualties in the August 14, 2023, helicopter evacuation crash and ambush of troops in Niger State, he made this point clear. …

Authorities in the politically-instable Niger have announced that six Niger soldiers and 10 “terrorists” were killed on Sunday during fighting in the west of the country. The troops were ambushed on Sunday by suspected militants on motorcycles close to the western town of Sanam, according to a statement from the …

At least 12 people have been killed, according to Cameroon, in fresh attacks by Boko Haram in Darak, a fishing island on the northern borders of Cameroon with Chad and Nigeria. According to military sources, troops have been sent out to stop further invasions and attacks by the insurgent group …

22 civilians were reportedly killed in two attacks by insurgents in Burkina Faso’s North and West on Saturday, according to security and local sources. A security source reported that 16 civilians from the voluntary auxiliary supporting the army were neutralised on Friday in the extremely unrest north and that some …