In Centre-North region’s Namentenga province, alleged al-Qaeda-affiliated Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM) fighters 7 Feb killed seven gendarmes and one VDP in Boala village. Earlier in month in Sahel region’s Seno province, IS-Sahel 4 Feb killed 22 civilians and three police officers in Bani town. Similar large-scale attacks significantly contributed to former Presidents Kaboré and Damiba’s fall. IS-Sahel 20 Feb attacked military detachment camp in Tin Akoff town, also Oudalan, and later took control of town, killing dozens of soldiers, volunteers fighting alongside security forces (VDPs) and civilians. In Sahel region’s Oudalan province, alleged Islamic State in the Sahel (IS-Sahel) 17 Feb ambushed military convoy between Oursi and Déou localities, leaving at least 51 and as many as 80 soldiers dead. Military suffered highest death toll from back-to-back jihadist attacks since 2015 govt worked to strengthen ties with other military regimes in West Africa.īack-to-back jihadist attacks against military left scores dead. Troops 19 Feb reportedly began patrolling border with Burkina Faso to prevent jihadist incursion. As part of largely militarised response to jihadist violence, authorities 3 Feb acquired two attack helicopters and 9 Feb 50 new military trucks. Govt acquired new military equipment to help contain jihadist threat. Meanwhile, hundreds of refugees arrived in northern Benin following 10 Feb deadly jihadist attack in Togo (see Togo). Unidentified gunmen 21 Feb clashed with security forces near Daloga village, also in Matéri commune, reportedly leaving one soldier and at least two assailants dead. Hundreds of residents around 4 Feb fled Niéhoun-Daloga village in Matéri commune after unidentified armed group late Jan reportedly gave them ultimatum to leave. Suspected al-Qaeda-affiliated Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM) militants 3 Feb attacked army position in Kerou commune, causing no confirmed casualties. Suspected jihadist attacks continued in northern Atakora department. Sporadic jihadist violence persisted in north despite govt’s efforts to strengthen military power.
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Police cracked down on pro-election protests, killing an opposition politician. Tensions spiked in Sri Lanka after the government claimed a funding shortfall, forcing the election commission to indefinitely postpone local polls scheduled for March.Tunisian President Saïed’s comments drawing links between migrants and criminality unleashed a wave of violence against sub-Saharan Africans, while authorities carried out the farthest-reaching arrest campaign in decades targeting opposition figures.
In Israel-Palestine, violence soared in the West Bank as Israeli forces conducted their deadliest raid in years, Israeli settlers rampaged the town of Hawara and Palestinians staged attacks, leaving dozens of Palestinians and seven Israelis dead.Al-Qaeda-affiliated jihadists launched their deadliest attack in Togo to date, killing dozens of civilians and indicating that the group has durably implanted itself in the country’s north.Back-to-back jihadist attacks in Burkina Faso left scores of military personnel dead similar large-scale attacks in the past contributed to the ouster of former Presidents Kaboré and Damiba.Our monthly conflict tracker highlighted eight deteriorations in February. Violence could escalate further if fighting spreads beyond Las Anod or draws in other actors. Deadly clashes erupted between Somaliland forces and local militias in Las Anod, the administrative capital of the contested Sool region.CrisisWatch warns of one conflict risk alert in March.
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