Niamey, Sep 23 -The defense ministers of the G-5 Sahel group discussed a new strategy after Mali’s exit, at a meeting here, it was announced on Friday. Representatives of the member countries of the joint force plan to design a new configuration to adopt tactics to fight armed insurgents in the common space, according to…
Surrounded by his staff, the second in command of the GTIA KELETIGUI 1, Colonel Seydou Bassirou Niangado gave the details of the new reorganization of the said GTIA. It was during a general gathering of the mission held on Monday, April 18, 2022, in the compound of the Colonel Mohamed Ould Issa military camp in…
The Air Force received a batch of equipment comprising 2 MI-24P type combat helicopters, 4th generation radars and other combat equipment. The reception took place on Sunday, April 17, 2022, at Modibo Keïta International Airport in Bamako. It took place in the presence of the Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces, Division General Oumar Diarra,…
The new Commander of Military Region No. 2 (Ségou) and Commander of Sector 5 of Operation Maliko, Colonel Youssouf Oumar Cissé, accompanied by some of his collaborators, made his first field visit. Forty-five days after taking command of the military region of Ségou, Colonel Cissé went to the camps and checkpoints in the localities of…
In the dynamics of the consolidation of achievements in the fight against terrorism, the GTIA KELETIGUI 1, under the leadership of the Malian military Commander-in-Chief, Colonel Seydou Bassirou Niangadou neutralized two terrorists of great renown. These two individuals are specialized in the installation of IEDs and the collection of zakats on the populations in the…
After the overwhelming intervention of the Army in Mourrah which resulted in its liberation from the yoke of terrorists last week, a government team led by the Minister of Reconciliation, Colonel-Major Ismaël Wagué went on Saturday April 9 2022, on the spot. He carried the message of solidarity and support from the president of the…
Emerging reports indicated that a top Malian Jihadist, Amadou Kouffa, has been arrested. He was allegedly arrested while delivering sermon at a small village around Mopti. However, no official confirmation has been made by the Malian government.
Pushed towards the exit by the junta in power in Mali, France and its partners officially announced their military withdrawal from the country this Thursday, February 17. According to Emmanuel Macron, the military will now strengthen the armed forces of Niger and the countries of the Gulf of Guinea, which are the most exposed to attempts…
Nigerien President Mohamed Bazoum spoke about the withdrawal of Barkhane and Takuba from Mali, believing that this withdrawal could plunge the entire Sahel into chaos. To do this, he indicated that this situation calls for a reorganization of the Sahel countries, in particular Niger, which shares a border with Mali. The departure of the French…
While the hypothesis of a total withdrawal of French troops from Mali is becoming clearer at the Elysée, the transitional authorities in power in Bamako continued, Monday, February 7, the verbal escalation with Paris. After the expulsion, at the end of January, of the French ambassador following comments deemed “hostile and outrageous” by Jean-Yves Le Drian on…
