On December 29th, three French soldiers were killed when an armored vehicle was struck by an IED. Less than a week later, two of their comrades met a similar fate,… Continue reading "French Military Facing Mounting Losses and Controversy in the Sahel"
Aided by the chaos of the Libyan civil war, Islamist groups made significant gains in northern Mali over the course of 2013. The French were quick to act and rapidly… Continue reading "France to Withdraw Troops From the Sahel Region"
The French-led Task Force Takuba will consist of Special Operations Forces and its task will be to fight armed terrorist groups in the Sahel region of West Africa. Despite the… Continue reading "European Governments Form Task Force Takuba to Combat Terrorism in The Sahel"
In a recent press release Brussels announced the decision of the European Council to establish the European Peace Facility (EPF). With a budget of around $6 billion (€5 billion) for… Continue reading "EU Launches $6 Billion initiative Aimed at Bolstering International Security"
The Australian designed and manufactured Drone40 (D40) is in Mali with the British Army’s contingent on Operation Newcombe. Several hundred Drone40s are believed to have been purchased for use by… Continue reading "British Army Deploying Australian 40mm Drone In Mali"
With President Macron announcing that France may be pulling out some troops from the Sahel and the Americans just completing their withdrawal from Somalia, pulling troops out of Africa has… Continue reading "Russia withdrawing its 300 “Military Instructors” from the Central African Republic"
With a recent shift in positions by the Sweden Democrats, a populist right-wing party in Sweden, the NATO option has for the first time become a majority position within the… Continue reading "Majority for NATO Option in Swedish Parliament"
“Is Africa overtaking the Middle East as the new jihadist battleground?” asks the BBC as 300 soldiers of the Light Dragoons and Royal Anglian Regiment arrive in Mali. The UK… Continue reading "300 British Soldiers Deploy to Mali To Aid UN Counter-Terrorism Efforts"
On the fifth anniversary of the Paris terrorist attacks in 2015, the French military announced a successful operation against Bah ag Moussa, a veteran Tuareg leader from the RVIM (Jama’at… Continue reading "French SOF Kill Senior Jihadist in Mali"
The US-sponsored Flintlock 2020, the largest special operations forces (SOF) joint exercise held in Africa, sees SOF from more than 30 countries participating. The aim of Flintlock, running to the… Continue reading "African SOF Exercise Flintlock 2020 Kicks Off"