The attack by terrorists targeted a U.S. delegation in the Ivory Coast and occurred at a hotel close to the beach. Photo by The 621st Contingency Response Wing
Good take from the Washington Examiner: Three years before masked gunmen stormed a hotel in the capital of Mali, killing at least 27 people early Friday morning, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney was mocked by certain media figures for warning about the spread of terrorist activity in the small West African country. During the final […]
The hostage situation is still ongoing…scary news: A hotel in the capital city of Mali came under attack Friday when ten gunmen stormed the building and took 170 guests and hotel workers hostage, leaving three dead, according to initial reports. According to the Associated Press, men shouting “Allahu Akbar,” “God is great” in Arabic, stormed […]
WASHINGTON — At least four United Nations peacekeepers were killed by a car bomb in the northern city of Aguelhoc in Mali this past Wednesday. Several sources said that the dead were peacekeepers from neighboring Chad, while another said that some were Mali’s own troops. Reuters reported that one of their sources within the United […]
WASHINGTON — Five local aid workers were freed from imprisonment by French troops in Mali. Reuters reported that no details were released about their captors or how they were captured, but these local aid workers were kidnapped and held since this past February. Four of the workers worked for the International Committee of the Red […]
WASHINGTON — Violence in the capital city of Bangui killed 6 Chadian peacekeepers and littered the streets of the streets with bodies. Reuters reported that the Red Cross recovered 44 bodies from the war-torn city streets after religious factions began to fight once again. The Red Cross said that this was only a fraction of […]
WASHINGTON — French troops claimed they killed one of the top assistants of the North African terrorist leader Belmokhar. Reuters reported that French troops killed the second-in-command to Mokhtar Belmokhar, Hacene Ould Khalill, whose nickname was Jouleibib. He was from Mauritania in western Africa. Belmokhtar’s assistant was killed during a counter-terrorist operation in the northern […]