Chad on Thursday began a three-day national mourning for soldiers killed in recent terrorist attacks in the Lake Chad region. Twenty-three soldiers were killed and 26 others injured on Monday in an assault by Boko Haram militants on the Barka Tolorom island military base in the region. LateContinue Reading
The Nigerian military has confirmed that a brigade commander and “some brave soldiers” were killed while repelling an attack by a group of suspected terrorists who recently attacked a military position in the country’s northeastern state of Borno. The attack targeted the headquarters of the 29 Task Force BrigadeContinue Reading
Russia and Ukraine have conducted another exchange of fallen soldiers’ bodies, authorities said Thursday. “As part of the Istanbul agreements, the bodies of 1,000 deceased Ukrainian soldiers were handed over to Ukraine, and the bodies of 38 deceased Russian soldiers were handed over to Russia,” Russian presidential aide VladimirContinue Reading
By Francis Kobena Tandoh Some soldiers in Benin announced early Sunday on state broadcaster Benin TV that President Patrice Talon had been “removed from office,” ahead of the country’s presidential election in April 2026. The group of soldiers who identify themselves as the “Military Committee for the Refoundation (CMR),” theContinue Reading
By Francis Kobena Tandoh The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has commenced investigations into the misconduct of some soldiers against a journalist and an eyewitness, according to the Military High Command in a statement late Wednesday. The statement, signed by Va Arhin, Acting Director General in charge of Public Affairs, observedContinue Reading
Russia has transferred the bodies of 6,060 fallen soldiers to Ukraine, Russian Presidential Aide Vladimir Medinsky said Monday. Russia agreed to return the bodies of 6,000 fallen Ukrainian soldiers after Russia-Ukraine talks in Istanbul on June 2. According to Medinsky, Russia has received the bodies of 78 RussianContinue Reading
An al-Qaeda-affiliated group on Thursday claimed responsibility for a deadly assault on a military camp in northern Burkina Faso that left 200 soldiers dead. The attack, which took place on Sunday in the town of Djibo, also targeted a police station and a market, according to security sources citedContinue Reading
