Flintlock 2017 Opens in Chad
N’DJAMENA, Chad — More than 20 Nations came together as Flintlock 17 kicked off with its opening ceremony Feb. 27, in N’Djamena. The annual training exercise is a Special Operations […]
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N’DJAMENA, Chad — More than 20 Nations came together as Flintlock 17 kicked off with its opening ceremony Feb. 27, in N’Djamena. The annual training exercise is a Special Operations […]
» Read moreOUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso – United States Special Forces Operational Detachment Alpha teams, partnered with host nations of Burkina Faso, Chad, Cameroon, Niger, Morocco, Mauritania, and Tunisia, began training in a […]
» Read moreExercise Flintlock 2017 kicked off in Diffa, Niger Feb. 27, 2017. This is the second time Niger has hosted Flintlock since 2005. Niger is one of seven host nations which […]
» Read moreSix journalists and three publishers have been arrested in the Ivory Coast for allegedly using ‘fake news’ reporting of the recent mutinies to incite further revolt, according to Deutsche Welle. […]
» Read moreIvory Coast Mutiny Spreads Ivory Coast special forces have reportedly mutinied in the town of Adiaké, southeastern Ivory Coast, on Tuesday, 7 February 2017. According to sources, the mutiny began […]
» Read moreIvory Coast Soldiers Holding Government to Ransome Soldiers launch mutinies in three Ivory Coast cities. West African nation’s defence minister says the mutineers are demanding salary increases and payment of […]
» Read moreDozens dead in car-bomb attack at camp housing government soldiers and rival armed groups in northern city of Gao. Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) has claimed responsibility for the […]
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