U.K. female soldiers deployed to Mali in front of one of the three Royal Air Force (RAF) twin-rotor Chinooks in west Africa Sahel nation providing crucial airlift support for France’s Barkhane anti-terror mission March 08, 2021. (credit:twitterUKdefenseafrica) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES United Kingdom
credit: Wikipedia, Courtesy by Pierre Delattre / France Panhard ERC-90 Sagaie 6X6 Armored Fighting Vehicle By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES France delivered nine Panhard ERC-90 6×6 armoured vehicles to Chad’s military Saturday to beef up the west African nation’s counter-terror operations in the
U.S. Army Gen. Stephen Townsend, commander, U.S. Africa Command, completed a multi-day engagement in Somalia and a visit to the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8), operating off the coast of Somalia, Jan. 16-18, 2021. (credit: africom.mil) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES
(credit: defense.gouv.fr) BCH Tanerii MAURI, 1 CL Quentin PAUCHET and 1 CL Dorian ISSAKHANIAN of the 1st Chasseurs regiment of Thierville-sur-Meuse were killed Dec. 28, 2020 in the region of Hombori, Mali. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Five French soldiers in France’s Operation Barkhane counter-terror
The Ministry of The Republic of Mali has placed a firm order for an additional Airbus C295 airlifter in the transport configuration (credit: airbus.com) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The west African nation of Mali has ordered another Airbus C295 plane to join its
Operation Barkhane is France’s Counterterrorism Forces in Africa. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATICT TIMES French troops killed a top commander of an al-Qaeda-linked armed group in West African nation Mali this week, France’s Defence Minister announced. Bah Ag Moussa, the military head of the Group to
Credit: Wikipedia Commons / A French military helicopter over the Nigerien town Madama, which serves as a forward operating base for the French, Niger and Chad armies in Operation Barkhane in Sahel region of Africa. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES France conducted its first deployment
Credit: africom.mil/ US Donates $8 Million in Military Equipment to NIGER and its G5 Sahel Joint Force partners to combat terrorism in the region. DIPLOMATIC TIMES The United States donated more than $8 million in military equipment to Niger in a ceremony Aug. 5. The
1st Class Parachute Hussar Tojohasina Razafintsalama, of the France 1st Parachute Hussar Regiment of Tarbes, died in action Jul. 23, 2020 in Mali. / Etat Major des Armées By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES A soldier of the French force Barkhane in the west Africa
Credit: foreignlegion.info / 13e DBLE legionnaires alongside Malian troops in Mali, March 2018. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES A soldier from France’s Foreign Legion died Friday from wounds sustained during in an operation against jihadists in Mali, President Emmanuel Macron reported. The death