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Turkey Assumes Control of Strategic Military Bases in Chad Amid Shifting Regional Alliances

Global UpfrontFeb 16, 2025February 16, 20250

By Zagazola Makama In a significant realignment of military partnerships within the Sahel region, Turkey has assumed control over key military installations in Chad, following

Boko Haram’s Cattle Rustling: Funding Terrorism And Exerting Control In The Lake Chad Basin

Global UpfrontDec 15, 2024December 15, 20240

By Oluwole Ojewale and Raoul Sumo Tayo In Africa, transnational cattle rustling – the forceful theft of livestock for illicit commercial gain – is increasingly

NAF Airstrikes Destroy Terrorists’ Logistics Base, Kill Scores Of Commanders, Fighters In Lake Chad Basin area

Global UpfrontNov 25, 2024November 25, 20240

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Monday announced that its fighter jets have destroyed a Boko Haram/Islamic State West Africa Province (BH/ISWAP) logistics base and

How NAF Airstrikes Stopped Mass Movement Of ISWAP Terrorists From Lake Chad Basin To Southern Tumbuns, Eliminates Scores Of Commanders, Fighters

Global UpfrontNov 10, 2024November 10, 20240

The Nigeria Air Force (NAF) has given insight into how the Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai, delivered a crushing blow to the Islamic State

Lake Chad Basin: Shift in Boko Haram Tactics Requires Security Forces to Adapt

Global UpfrontNov 6, 2024November 6, 20240

Chadian President Mahamat Idriss Déby, center, surveys the damage in Barkaram on October 28, 2024, one day after Boko Haram militants attacked the island’s military

MNJTF Making Inroads Into Boko Haram

Global UpfrontAug 13, 2024August 13, 20240

Last week’s joint steering committee of the Lake Chad basin-based Multi-National Joint Task Force (MNJTF) heard the force’s Operation Lake Sanity 2 in recent weeks

Lake Chad Basin: Boko Haram Factional Violence Worries Islamic State

Global UpfrontMay 8, 2024May 8, 20240

By Malik Samuel, ISS Africa In October 2023, Boko Haram’s JAS faction (Jama’atu Ahlis-Sunna Lidda’Awati Wal-Jihad) launched major offensives against the group’s other faction –

MNJTF Progressing Towards Lake Chad Basin Stabilisation: 10 Months Under Major General Ibrahim Sallau Ali’s Command

Global UpfrontMay 6, 2024May 6, 20240

By Lieutenant Colonel Abubakar Abdullahi In the heart of Africa, the Lake Chad Basin serves as lifeblood for tens of millions, a unique ecological sanctuary,

Nigeria: What Happens to Repentant Boko Haram Fighters?

Global UpfrontMay 5, 2024May 5, 20240

By Chidi Omeje Media reports were awash a fortnight ago with stories of how some repentant Boko Haram insurgents attacked a police station in Maiduguri,

JAS Vs ISWAP: The War Of The Boko Haram Splinters

Global UpfrontMar 28, 2024March 28, 20240

What’s new? Jama’tu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad (JAS) has gained ground in the intra-jihadist fighting in north-eastern Nigeria, halting the previous momentum of the Islamic State