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Nigerian Senator Proposes Employment of Private Military Companies Against Boko Haram

By nkirkpatrick2 | 02/15/2025 | Comments Off on Nigerian Senator Proposes Employment of Private Military Companies Against Boko Haram

Despite being pushed from its core territories in northeastern Nigeria in 2015 by the Nigerian and neighboring armies and South…

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Chadian President Threatens Withdrawal From Multinational Joint Task Force

By nkirkpatrick2 | 02/15/2025 | Comments Off on Chadian President Threatens Withdrawal From Multinational Joint Task Force

Chadian president Mahamat Idris Deby Itno is threatening to withdraw from the MNJTF and conduct counter-terrorism operations against Boko Haram…

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Mexico’s Sheinbaum Launches Plan To Address Security Crisis

By nkirkpatrick2 | 01/22/2025 | Comments Off on Mexico’s Sheinbaum Launches Plan To Address Security Crisis

Journalists protest rising violence in Mexico. “During López Obrador’s six-year term, crime claimed a record number of more than 190,000…

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Terrorist Attack in Togo Reveals Turkish Counter-Terrorism Role

By nkirkpatrick2 | 01/22/2025 | Comments Off on Terrorist Attack in Togo Reveals Turkish Counter-Terrorism Role

Togo’s Savanes Region is JNIM’s latest area of expansion, but it remains unclear whether Turkish PMCs can support the Togolese…

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Drone Warfare Is Becoming a Common Tactic in Mali

By nkirkpatrick2 | 12/07/2024 | Comments Off on Drone Warfare Is Becoming a Common Tactic in Mali

A Turkish-manufactured Bayraktar TB2 UAV on the runway. “The use of drones by the CSP rebels, if it were to…

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Cartel Internecine Warfare Erupts in the State of Sinaloa

By nkirkpatrick2 | 12/07/2024 | Comments Off on Cartel Internecine Warfare Erupts in the State of Sinaloa

Mugshot of Sinaloa Cartel leader, Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán Loera, one of the most wanted men in the world, extradited…

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The Failure To Deter Houthi Vessel Attacks May Deepen Saudi-China Security Ties

By nkirkpatrick2 | 11/16/2024 | Comments Off on The Failure To Deter Houthi Vessel Attacks May Deepen Saudi-China Security Ties

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mason (DDG 87), sails in the Red Sea in support of Operation Prosperity Guardian…

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Sahelian States Sever Ties with Ukraine

By nkirkpatrick2 | 11/16/2024 | Comments Off on Sahelian States Sever Ties with Ukraine

Flag of the Special Operations Forces of Ukraine. “The government of the Republic of Niger, in total solidarity with the…

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Russia’s Africa Corps Personnel Redeploy From the Sahel to Kursk

By nkirkpatrick2 | 11/16/2024 | Comments Off on Russia’s Africa Corps Personnel Redeploy From the Sahel to Kursk

Russian Wagner fighters have been active along the border of Belarus since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2021, but now…

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Criminal Organizations Mar Mexican Elections

By nkirkpatrick2 | 10/14/2024 | Comments Off on Criminal Organizations Mar Mexican Elections

Claudia Sheinbaum, former Mexico City mayor, won a resounding victory in the elections and will be the next president of…

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