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Kouré Shooting
The Kouré shooting was a mass shooting that occurred in Niger on 9 August 2020. The attack left at least 8 civilians dead, six French people, French and two Nigeriens. The attack took place in Kouré, Niger, Kouré, a rural community in Tillabéri Region. Background Tillabéri Region, which is in the west of Niger and borders Mali and Burkina Faso, is largely unstable and has been used as a hideout by various Islamist insurgency in the Sahel, Sahel jihadist groups including the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS). Since 2018, these terrorist groups have spread throughout the Sahel region, resulting in the deaths of hundreds of military personnel and civilians in sporadic attacks. As a result of the attacks, the region has seen extensive developments in security, such as the construction of a new United States Air Force, U.S. airbase. In an effort to combat the terrorists, the Nigerien government also restricted the use of motorcycles in January 2019. Despite this, parts of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Insurgency In The Sahel
Islamist insurgency in the Sahel or Jihadist Insurgencies in the Sahel refers to the Islamist insurgency in the Sahel region of West Africa following the 2011 Arab Spring to the present day. In particular, the intensive conflict in the three countries of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso has been referred to as the Sahel War. Background Since 2007, the al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) have been engaging the Algerian government in an Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present), insurgency campaign in the Maghreb. AQIM fighters are mostly drawn from the Algerian and local Saharan communities (such as the Tuareg and the tribal clans of Mali). After the 2011 Libyan Civil War, First Libyan Civil War in 2011, south-western Libya has offered sanctuaries to AQIM fighters, which dispatched cells to be established in the region. Western Sahel Mali Tuareg rebellion and Malian civil war After the end of the 2011 Libyan Civil War, an influx of weaponry led to the arming of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
