Conflict Research
Irish 🇮🇪 Remote Operations Security Advisor.
Based in Africa, monitoring conflict principally in North Africa & the Sahel Region. (Remote_Ops on X but mostly for research purposes)
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- 31.01 #Libya #Niger Video posted by an armed group of its takeover of the Al-Tum border post, between Libya and Niger. The situation has apparently bee escalating along the border following accusations that militias loyal to Khalifa Haftar are exploiting local populations & stealing resources.
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View full threadThe Union of Young Toubou in Libya has denounced the incursions by militias affiliated with Haftar into several homes in the South, describing these acts as serious violations of human rights and collective punishment.
- Video of militia affiliated with Saddam Haftar deliberately running over women & children in southern Libya in retaliation against the local populations protest against the abuses, illegal taxes and theft.
- Mohamed Baraka Wardkou, head of the Southern Operations Chamber appeared in a video after 03 soldiers were killed & several others captured at the border post representing the interests of the Toubou, Tuareg, Ouled Souleimane, and Mahamid communities on the border.
- #Nigeria ISWAP appoints Abu Khalifa as new commander in Timbuktu Triangle following the killing of its former commander, Julaibib, by Nigerian troops.
- According to the conflict tracking account WAMAPS on X, there were 77 terrorist attacks in January in the Sahel AES nations & Nigeria. Burkina Faso, 32 attacks claimed by JNIM Mali, 28 attacks - 26 by JNIM / 2 by ISSP Niger, 10 attacks - 5 JNIM / 5 ISSP Nigeria 7 attacks - 6 ISWAP / 1 Boko Haram
- #Mali Dozo Militia in the Bandiagara area of Dogon country, appealing for help from the Security Forces & Russians. They state that Islamic militants have surrounded their positions, hence this call for help.
- 02.02 #Mali Security sources have told Agence France Press that at least 15 drivers were murdered during a JNIM attack on a fuel convoy between Diboli, on the border of Senegal & Kayes. Close to 50 fuel tankers were destroyed.
- 02.02 #BurkinaFaso JNIM claimed responsibility for carrying out IED attacks against 02 Security Forces vehicles between Dyarakorosso and Noumoukiedougou in southwest Burkina Faso near the Ivorian border.
- 02.02 #Niger At Least 03 members of the Security Forces have been killed in an attack attributed to IS-SP on the National Guard Camp in Ayorou. The militants later fled taking 03 vehicles equipped with 12.7mm heavy machine guns along with other weapons and ammunition.
