Security

The UN Security Council is concerned about the deterioration of civil and political rights in Central Africa, amid ongoing armed conflicts and humanitarian pressure related to the war in Sudan. Presenting the semi-annual report of UNOCA, Martha Pobee raised alarm about the massive influx of refugees to Chad, the violence in the Lake Chad basin, […]

In Pahou, two suspected robbers specialized in strangling taxi drivers were arrested by the Republican Police at dawn on Monday, June 8, 2026. Their mistake? They attempted to rob the same victim they had attacked four months earlier, unaware that it was her. To understand the epilogue of this case, we have to go back […]

The Court for the Suppression of Economic Offenses and Terrorism considered, during its criminal session on Friday, June 5, 2026, the case of a young man prosecuted for terrorist acts. The accused is suspected of having reported and stored firearms at his home following several suspicious stays in a locality in the country. The most […]

The Malian army claims to have carried out several airstrikes against armed group positions in the Gao and Kayes regions, asserting the neutralization of around fifty fighters. These operations, announced by the general staff, come amid a surge in military offensives and an expansion of the threat to the west of the country. The general […]

More than 400 women and children kidnapped by Boko Haram in Ngoshe, in Borno State, have been freed after several months in captivity. This release, confirmed by local officials and linked to a military operation carried out in the Mandara mountains, comes amid strengthened security cooperation between Nigeria and the United States against jihadist groups. […]

An operational detachment of the Republican Police has put an end to the criminal activities of a group of wrongdoers in the Koburu city. On the night of Friday, June 5 to Saturday, June 6, 2026, five individuals were apprehended in Parakou as they had just assaulted a citizen to steal his motorcycle in the […]

Sentenced to twenty years of imprisonment for “endangering the security of the State,” Yann Christian-Bernard Vézilier, a French officer presented as an agent of the DGSE and stationed at the French embassy in Bamako, becomes a symbol of a now profound break between Mali and France. Bamako claims to have thwarted an attempt at destabilization […]

The President of the Republic is undertaking a large-scale reform of the national intelligence system. The Directorate of Liaison and Documentation Services (DSLD) is changing its status and is now becoming the General Directorate of Services (DGS), marking a new step in the modernization of Benin’s security architecture. This change in denomination is not merely […]

The French hydrographic vessel Borda made a stopover in Cotonou as part of the maritime cooperation between Benin and France. At the request of the Beninese authorities, the ship will conduct bathymetric surveys in June aimed at updating the country’s nautical charts and enhancing the safety of navigation in Benin’s territorial waters. The La Pérouse […]

The former director of Nigerian defense information, retired General Rabe Abubakar, was kidnapped along with his wife in Katsina State, northwestern Nigeria. The kidnapping, attributed to armed men, occurred on the Matazu axis, an area frequently affected by attacks from criminal groups. Retired General Rabe Abubakar, former director of Nigerian defense information, was abducted along […]

The President of the Republic, Romuald Wadagni, made a strong move in the early days of his term by entrusting the coordination of his close security to Captain Elvire Toupé. A battle-hardened officer of the Republican Guard, she becomes the very first woman to hold the position of aide-de-camp to a head of state in […]

An operation conducted by the elements of the 11th arrondissement police station in Cotonou led to the dismantling of a ghetto in the Vodjè neighborhood. The intervention took place on Monday, May 25, 2026, in a swampy area of the locality, known to be difficult to access, and resulted in the seizure of psychotropic products […]

Two positions of the Beninese Armed Forces were targeted in attacks during the night of May 25 to 26, 2026, in the Kourou Koualou area, at the border with Burkina Faso. According to information from RFI reported by La Nouvelle Tribune, the assaults were launched against units involved in Operation Mirador. The toll reports four […]

The Central Office for the Suppression of Illicit Drug Trafficking in Niger (OCRTIS) presented to the press on Monday, May 25, 2026, an exceptional seizure of 233 bricks of cocaine, totaling 268.045 kg, intercepted on May 19 in the Zinder region. The market value of the drug is estimated at 16.08 billion FCFA, a national […]

The night of May 23 to 24, 2026, was marked by a violent attack in a concession in Péhunco, in northern Benin. Introduced at around 3:30 a.m., armed individuals surprised the sleeping household head in the courtyard. Threatened under duress, he was unable to prevent the assailants from targeting his wife, a trader of petroleum […]

Mojtaba Khamenei has stated that Gulf countries can no longer serve as a “shield” for American bases, in a message broadcast by Iranian state television on the occasion of the Hajj. This declaration comes amid high tension between Tehran and Washington, following American strikes near Bandar Abbas and while both sides continue parallel diplomatic discussions. […]

Bamako has made a formal protest to Riyadh following the illegal entry of Ibrahim Moustapha, a correspondent for Al Arabiya and Al Hadath, into Mali. Malian authorities accuse the Saudi channel of spreading “false” information and allude to “complicity with terrorist groups,” amidst a backdrop of increased control over information regarding the security crisis. The […]

The Bamako military prosecutor’s office announced on Saturday the opening of an investigation into several Malian soldiers and a political figure suspected of complicity with jihadist groups during the coordinated attacks on April 25, 2026, in the country, according to a statement seen by local press. These attacks, carried out against several positions of the […]