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11 Soldiers Killed In Latest Violent Raid In Mali
Suspected terrorists have killed 11 soldiers defending a village in a remote part of southwest Niger near another village where 69 people were recently killed, according to the state defence ministry. The heavily armed attackers approached in a convoy of cars and motorbikes on Thursday afternoon, clashing with soldiers stationed outside the village of Dagne…
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UN Reports 29 Million People In Need Of Humanitarian Assistance In Sahel
The United Nations have reported a hike in violent attacks in Chad and the Sahel regions in the north of Cameroon and Nigeria that have left many in need of humanitarian assistance. In recent years, large parts of the western Sahel, a semi-arid region directly south of the Sahara Desert, have been plagued by violence…