Tag Archives: Jean-Yves Le Drian
(AP) A French soldier has died in some of the most intense fighting thus far in the seven-week-old military campaign to push back a jihadist advance in Mali, officials said Sunday. Parachutist Corporal Cedric Charenton was killed Saturday night in … read more »
(Reuters) – France will not negotiate with gunmen claiming to be from Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram who have taken a French family of seven hostage, Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Tuesday. The three adults and four children … read more »
Posted in Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Boko Haram, Cameroon, France, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, Jean-Yves Le Drian, local Nigerian newspaper, Mali, Nigeria, Reuters
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French President Francois Hollande arrived in central Mali Saturday, three weeks after French forces launched their intervention against Islamist militants in the African country. Mr. Hollande, accompanied by the defense and development ministers, flew into the town of Sevare, and … read more »
Somali Islamists say they have decided to kill a French agent they have held since 2009, as confusion continues over whether he is in fact still alive. The Al-Qaeda linked Shebab said in a statement they have “reached a unanimous … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Somali
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, Barack Obama, Colombia, Foreign hostages in Somalia, France, Jean-Yves Le Drian, somali news, Somalia, Somalia News, Transport in Somalia, United States
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An image posted online on Jan. 14, 2013 by Islamic militants in Somalia allegedly shows the body of a French commando who was killed in a failed raid aimed at freeing a French hostage. / YouTube MOGADISHU, Somalia In a gruesome … read more »
Posted in Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Somali, Sudan, Zimbabwe
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Tagged Al-Shabab, Foreign hostages in Somalia, France, François Hollande, French Defence, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica news, Jean-Yves Le Drian, Mogadishu, photo of French commando killed in raid, somali Al-Shabab, somali news, Somalia, Somalia News
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France has said one of its soldiers and an intelligence agent have been killed in a failed hostage rescue attempt in Somalia. The agent, who is code-named Denis Allex and was captured by militants in 2009, died in the fighting … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Somali
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Tagged Al-Shabaab, Allex, Foreign hostages in Somalia, France, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfricaMagazine, Islamism, Jean-Yves Le Drian, Mali, Somalia
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By: Said Temsamani The international community have for some time ignored Morocco’s persistent warning that sub Saharan Africa is starting to transfom into a safe haven for terrorist groups. Plagued by systematic state failure, sub-Saharan Africa’s failed states have helped … read more »
Posted in Article, Mali
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, Algeria, Economic Community of West African States, European Union, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Jean-Yves Le Drian, Mali, mali news, United States
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Economics IT IS a rite of passage for every new French president to head to French-speaking Africa and reaffirm faith in la Francophonie. So it was with François Hollande, who has just visited Senegal and the Democratic Republic of Congo. … read more »
The African Union plans to refer the situation in Mali to the United Nations Security Council so that it can create a framework for tackling the worsening crisis there, a diplomatic source close to the AU president said on Wednesday. … read more »
Posted in Mali, News, Spotlight, West Africa
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Tagged African Union, Al-Qaeda, Bamako, IndepthAfrica, Jean-Yves Le Drian, Mali, United Nations, United Nations Security Council, West Africa
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