Tag: Operation Barkhane

French soldiers who have been fighting Islamist militants in Burkina Faso have been ordered to leave the country in a ...

At least 32 Griffon armored vehicle of the French Army have been deployed to the Sahel to wage war against ...

The French Air and Space Force is readying its Nigér-based fleet of Block 5 MQ-9 Reaper UAVs to be armed ...

French military operation battling Islamist militants in the Sahel region of West Africa would come to an end says President ...

Forward deployed troops from British Long Range Recce Group (LRRG) in Mali has successfully carried out a month-long deep reconnaissance ...

Three RAF Chinooks deployed to Mali under the UK's 'Operation Newcombe' has been placed under a new British National Component ...

Yesterday, an unidentified Beechcraft Super King Air 350 ISR aircraft from a base in Niamey, Niger conducted a surveillance flight ...

In the coming days, the technical section of the French Army (STAT) will deploy it's reconnaissance mini-drone system to the ...

Seven years-long combatant France is revisiting it's military footprint in Africa's Sahel, in view of reducing troops number as joint ...

French military forces based in the Horn of Africa has received two VBMR Griffon wheeled armored vehicles for operational testing ...

US military Africa Command leaders and the French Chief of the Defence Staff, General Francois Lecointre, and other French senior ...

One hundred and fifty Swedish crack troops are preparing to be deployed to Mali in support of the French-led Operation ...

A French Air Force Lockheed Martins C-130J Super Hercules tactical transport aircraft arrived on July 31, at the planned air ...

several European countries including Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, the Netherlands, and Portugal will deploy troops to support a new French-led special ...

On January 13th ‌2020, Emmanuel Macron the President of the French Republic hosted a summit with the leaders of the ...

The French Air Force MQ-9 Reaper (Block 5 standard) Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle has carried out a drone strike during ...

The French Air Force MQ-9 Reaper (Block 5 standard) Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle based in the Niger republic have successfully ...

Analysts have almost frantic when commenting on the current security climates in both Mali and Burkina Faso in recent weeks. ...

The current struggle against the Islamic State (IS) is shifting fronts. No longer will the major campaign take place against ...

The Royal Air Force has dispatched a C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft to Gao, Mali in support of the French Operation Barkhane ...

  British troops numbering about 100 has arrived West Africa in support of French Operation Barkhane - a counter-terrorism operation ...