🇳🇪| #Niger: The Islamic State’s West Africa Province (#ISWAP) has claimed an attack on a military position in Diffa.
🇧🇫| #BurkinaFaso: The attack took place in Dargo, not Kaya. Reports state that two VDP and one soldier were killed, but seven were wounded. The attack began at dawn and lasted three hours, reinforcements arrived two hours after JNIM militants had left. Footage below:
🇧🇫| #BurkinaFaso: A VDP base was taken control of near Ouahigouya, #JNIM has claimed.
🇳🇬| #Nigeria: A ‘militiaman’ was executed in the countryside outside of Maiduguri, #ISWAP has reported.
🇧🇯| #Benin: A military base was overran near Karimama, located close to the border with Niger, #JNIM has reported.
🇲🇱| #Mali: A number of FAMa / Wagner troops were killed after two military vehicles were completely destroyed by IEDs, #JNIM has claimed. Images of the aftermath below:
It has been 10 days since the last the claimed attack in Benin, which did not have any reported casualties. It will be interesting to see how lethal this attack was, the deadly assault on the Triple Point Base seems a long time ago, but occurred on 08/01.
