Actualité militaire au Niger

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Like the New York Times article already rightfully outlined „endless war“, we must anticipate an afghani-sation of the Sahel region.
On one hand there is the endless reservoir of weapons still from Kaddafi stocks, which circulate all over the Sahara together with a very wide array of armed groups with ever changing alliances.
Another reason is the geography of the sahel herself. A sheer endless mixture of desert savanna and mountains, were difficult to observe and control; thus an ideal region to carry out attacks and then to go into hiding.
An indigenous Touarek population which is since the independence of Niger and particular Mali feed up with status quo of poverty and marginalization, and a Touarek youth keen to revolted to seek for their aspirations.
However most important a strong presence of Western and particular US troops.

Where should a jihadi go elsewhere? There is a declining attractiveness to go for jihadist-fight in Syria. Thus where to go elsewhere?
The US gave them an answer: "Come to the Sahel! We are awaiting you, we even send out ill equipped soldiers to ill prepared missions"
Keep the recent video from the killing of 4 US soldiers in Togo Togo in mind.

As already indicated in CNN interview, the focus for US is now to counter militarily those jihadis, in other words to escalate the situation and seek revenge for the killing of their 4 soldiers. From a military perspective that makes sense, however one also needs to keep in mind as long they stay in the region they are continously exposed to attacks. The Afghani-sation of the Sahel will follow and one would expect that future attacks will continue to focus on foreign troops, to achieve maximal media coverage and thus new recruits. Recent new fights suggest that US will become more and more dragged into a war they cannot win.

Future more escalating attacks will likely vary from the incident in Togo Togo, as US will be better prepared in the future and may more likely look like Taliban attacks in Afghanistan using IED, Short rage missiles and suicide car-attacks. The area where those attacks on “hard targets” could take place across the whole Sahel region with dozens of US facilities.
Africom leadership needs to ask itself the question if they are willing to increase and ever extend operations in case, more attacks are carried out on their troops in that region of northern Niger (Agadez / Arlit) and Mali or if the answer is to support those countries from the capital and not to conduct “field training” with regional state troops.

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As concept the war on terror was wrong, as was the point of view wrong to use warfare tools and to win. Resolving the issue lies in "policing" tasks in the first place. Military presence provokes insurgency. In Niger their very presence will provoke more incidents, thus creating a waste array of "secret" and known bases in the region obviously requires maintaining those and to defend those bases. That requires a high number of boots on the ground. Particular if this presence is not a very sporadic but on the contrary in a “semi” permanent manner. This will act as an invite to all actors hostile to US to attack them. An un-clever move, seeming that no lesions where learned from Afghanistan. Even in Somalia they were cleaver enough to be based in Djibouti with local trained troops ensuing direct border security and a relative quietness in Djibouti. That is in the setting of Agadez 110 Million USD Drone base not possible. It is in the middle of the Sahel with an ethno/cultural diverse people and basically anybody can blend in and move around. It would be very smart to correct those errors quickly and to stop that project and utilize that money for local development of the regions together with education. The required security level for education and social development can be provided by local troops and will be supported by the local population.

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La grande muette
17 MARS 2018 PUBLIÉ DANS IDÉES ET OPINIONS

hhIls meurent à petit feu,laissant derrière eux femmes et enfants sans défense et dans le désarroi total.
Ils ne connaissent ni "nous exigeons" ni " nous réclamons ",ils ne savent et ne peuvent dire que " oui chef "et " bien reçu chef ".

Avez-vous cherché à savoir combien perçoivent ces hommes qui nous permettent de vaquer paisiblement à nos occupations?
Savez-vous dans quelles conditions de travail ils nous garantissent la sécurité, la paix?

Je les ai suivis sur le terrain, pendant le froid,la chaleur et ils ne sont à l'abri d'aucune intempérie.
J'étais à leur chevet dans les hôpitaux, certains des membres amputés, d'autres gisant dans un bain de sang.
J'étais à l'enterrement d'une cinquantaine, la plupart sans aucun membres de leurs familles, familles qui n'auront que des échos,certains de leur progéniture ne connaîtront jamais leur père.

La grande muette

Ces braves soldats qui donnent leur sang pour que nous puissions voler ,payer des grosses cylindrées, des belles maisons.

.Qu'est-ce que nous pouvons leur donner comme récompense ?

À leurs veuve et orphelin, que devons-nous faire?

Que Dieu vous accueille dans son paradis éternel !

Hassane Hamani

17 mars 2018
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Conférence de presse de l’Ambassadeur de la République Fédérale d’Allemagne au Niger
« La bas e militaire allemande au Niger est une bas e d’es cale de trans port aérien dans le cadre de la MINUSMA» , a assuré Dr Bern Von Münchow-Pohl
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L’Ambassadeur de la République Fédérale d’Allemagne SE Dr Bern Von Münchow-Pohl
L’Ambassadeur de la République Fédérale d’Allemagne au Niger SE Dr Bern Von Münchow-Pohl
L’Ambassadeur de la République Fédérale d’Allemagne SE Dr Bern Von Münchow-Pohl a animé, hier après midi, une conférence de presse relativement à ce que racontent certains médias sur la présence militaire allemande au Niger. Il s’est agi au cours de cette conférence pour le diplomate allemand d’apporter d’amples explications afin d’édifier l’opinion nationale et internationale. D’entrée de jeu, l’ambassadeur de la République d’Allemagne au Niger, Dr Bernd Von Münchow-Pohl a précisé que la base dont dispose son pays au Niger est une base d’escale de transport aérien comprenant un contingent d’environ 50 militaires composé essentiellement de spécialistes. En effet, il a indiqué que cette Base a été installée dans le cadre de la Mission des Nations Unies au Mali (MINUSMA) afin d’assurer l’approvisionnement, le transport, et l’évacuation des soldats allemands basés à Gao au Mali. L’installation de la Base d’escale de transport s’inscrit dans le cadre de l’accord de stationnement temporaire signé entre le gouvernement du Niger et le gouvernement allemand. Selon le diplomate allemand, l’existence de cette base est liée à la durée de la MINUSMA. Ce sont seulement deux (2) avions qui sont utilisés par cette base a confié le diplomate allemand.

En clair, les militaires allemands ne sont pas en opération au Niger et leur présence est temporaire.

En outre, la Base d’escale de transport aérien allemande est située sur le terrain de la Base Aérienne 101, assurant la provision des capacités MEDEVAC au profit des forces allemandes et des forces partenaires au niveau de l’Afrique de l’Ouest, l’appui logistique des détachements allemands intégrés à la MINUSMA et EUTM Mali, l’ONU et des partenaires militaires ; apportant aussi de l’appui logistique aux forces partenaires dans la limite des capacités disponibles. A travers cette coopération, l’Allemagne a entrepris des actions en faveur des Forces de Défense et de Sécurité et des populations civiles nigériennes. En clair, les militaires allemands ne sont pas en opération au Niger et leur présence est temporaire. Au cours de la conférence de presse, l’Ambassadeur de la République Fédérale d’Allemagne au Niger a répondu, sans langue de bois, aux questions des journalistes.

Laouali Souleymane

21 mars 2018
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MAN WHO UNCOVERED ISIS NIGER AMBUSH TAPE SAYS U.S. MILITARY MADE THINGS WORSE IN WEST AFRICA
BY TOM O'CONNOR ON 3/6/18 AT 4:36 PM
Updated | A recently released graphic video showing the deaths of Green Berets defending against an ambush from purported Islamic State militant group (ISIS) fighters in Niger shows not only the harsh realities of war but also its complexities, according to a researcher who helped uncover the grisly tape.

Mohammed Mahmoud Abu al-Maali, a Mauritanian author and expert on jihadi groups in West Africa, tweeted a blurry screenshot of what appeared to be a wounded or dead U.S. soldier on January 24. Accompanying the tweet, he explained that he had obtained footage showing the infamous October 4 attack claimed only days earlier by ISIS.

Related: U.S. soldiers killed in Niger seen battling ISIS in new video of their last moments alive

Maali told Newsweek that the tape had been acquired by the Mauritanian outlet he worked for, Agence Nouakchott d'information. That same day, the Pentagon's Africa Command confirmed it was probing Maali's posts, which appeared in Arabic and French. News of the video spread and circulated among journalists, as The Washington Post reported, but ISIS did not begin circulating the video until Monday. In a new interview, Maali revealed why his agency chose not to publish it.

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"The agency received the video but did not publish it out of respect for the feelings of the families of the slain American soldiers, whose faces are shown," Maali said.

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A still image from the ISIS video "Assault of the Brave Against the Army of the Americans" shows U.S. Army Special Forces attempting to flee an ambush from up to 50 ISIS-affiliated fighters near the border village of Tongo Tongo, Niger, on October 4, 2017.
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Maali said he believed that The New York Times also possessed a copy and that his agency received the video through "many contacts from different areas, but we are not distributors of Islamic State material." Analyzing the greater implications of U.S. Army Special Forces operating on the restive Niger-Mali border, he said the footage showed the growing role the U.S. was playing in a region already fraught with instability.

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"The American military presence was supposed to be limited to the training and rehabilitation of the armies of the region. But the exposure of American forces to the ambush during the month of October in the town of Tongo Tongo on the border between Mali and Niger, while carrying out the elements of a combat mission, revealed that the U.S. presence in the region has become part of the war there, as did the presence of dozens of American drones in Niger," Maali told Newsweek.

Once ISIS released the video and it became public, Newsweek obtained the clip Monday from one of many pro-ISIS accounts sharing it and chose to publish a 27-second excerpt that did not feature any injury to or death of U.S. personnel, nor the ISIS propaganda music the jihadis had edited over the sounds of combat. Jack Murphy, an editor at special operations forces news site SOFREP, explained why his team chose to publish a roughly five-minute, censored version of the battle footage, which ISIS obtained from cameras embedded on the equipment of the slain troops.

The original ISIS video is over nine minutes in length and opens with a typical jihadi call to arms, as well as scenes of West African militants pledging allegiance to ISIS, a brief shot of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's infamous June 2014 speech from Iraq's second city of Mosul, and still images of U.S. soldiers both alive and dead.

After showing a first-person perspective of the U.S. team's desperate attempt to flee a surprise assault by up to 50 militants associated with ISIS in the Greater Sahara near the border village of Tongo Tongo, the jihadis show off the bodies of two dead U.S. soldiers. That day, four U.S. personnel were killed and two more wounded, while Nigerien forces suffered five dead and eight wounded.

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The G5 Sahel force, backed by France and the U.S., will eventually comprise nearly 5,000 troop units from Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, Chad and Mauritania. It launched its campaign on October 28, 2017. This map dated July 11, 2017, shows areas of ISIS and Al-Qaeda influence, but ISIS has seen a boost from former Al-Qaeda affiliates in northern Mali.
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The attack sparked a public debate about the U.S. military's quiet yet expanding role in Africa, especially the Sahel region where ISIS has traditionally been overpowered by Al-Qaeda allies such as Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, Ansar al-Dine and Al-Mourabitoun. Highlighting the difficulty of tackling such a mission, Marine Corps General Thomas Waldhauser, commander of U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), told the House Armed Services Committee on Tuesday that the U.S. strategy incorporated more than just military action and worked "by, with and through" local partners to tackle groups such as Al-Qaeda, ISIS and Nigeria's Boko Haram.

"Our mission statement deliberately highlights the importance of ‘with partners,'" Waldhauser said. “In reality, very few, if any, of the challenges on the African continent can be resolved through the use of military force."

"AFRICOM’s first strategic tenet underscores that our military activities are designed to support and enable U.S. diplomatic and development efforts," he added. "We can create time and space for governments to establish effective and accountable governance while fostering conditions for economies to develop."

AFRICOM further defended its mission in an email sent to Newsweek.

"U.S. Africa Command does not conduct any operations without the consent of, and in direct, full coordination with, the host nation, most often at their individual request. These efforts are in partnership with the respective host government and reflect the commitment and desires of African partners for stability and security within the region," a spokesperson said.

"One of our core missions at AFRICOM remain that of helping our partners strengthen defense capabilities. Specifically in West Africa, U.S. Department of Defense personnel are there as part of an international effort, led by 4,000 French troops, to defeat terrorists in West Africa," the spokesperson continued.

Maali, however, argued that Washington's efforts to quell Islamist insurgency in the region may have actually exacerbated the issue.

He has authored at least two books on the complex dynamics of the jihadi groups in the region, including The Rivalry Between Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State in the Sahel and Sahara in 2017 and Al-Qaeda and Its Allies in Azawad in 2014, both published by the Al Jazeera Center for Studies. He also authored a 2012 report titled "Al-Qaeda and Its Allies in the Sahel and the Sahara," published by the same research center.

West Africa fighters affiliated with ISIS, a global brand that grew out of a coalition including Al-Qaeda in Iraq in the aftermath of the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, were mostly concentrated in northeastern Mali, according to Maali. They consisted of various Nigerien tribal fighters and were recently joined by a mostly Arab tribal faction from northwestern Mali that split from the Al-Qaeda-affiliated Jama'a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin, according to Maali.

The majority-Tuareg Azawad National Liberation Movement has also fought both the Malian government and Al-Qaeda affiliates for control of northern Mali.

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Militants of the Azawad National Liberation Movement listen to instructions at a waypoint along the Mali-Niger border during an anti-jihadi patrol on February 5. The mostly Tuareg group has been accused of being tied to Al-Qaeda's ally Ansar al-Dine but has also fought with the group, demonstrating the complex dynamics of non-state actors in the region.
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ISIS also became active in Libya after a military intervention by NATO supported a rebel uprising against longtime Libyan leader Muammar el-Qaddafi in 2011. The violent civil war between rival factions competing for power allowed ISIS to take hold in the city of Sirte, where they were expelled by U.S.-backed Libyan forces in 2016. Maali said the remaining militants fled south and were linked to ISIS elements in Mali and Niger, where Washington was set to become more involved than ever, threatening to drag the U.S. into another prolonged conflict abroad.

"This American presence is expected to further complicate the situation, as did the French presence, which began in early 2013 and was aimed at eradicating militant groups in northern Mali," Maali said. "After five years of confrontation, the result was the birth of more militant groups in the region and the spread of violence south toward central Mali."

He added, "Moreover, the American experience in Iraq and Afghanistan has proven that foreign intervention is always a cause of more tension and instability rather than bringing security and stability."

This article has been updated to include statements made by AFRICOM commander Thomas Waldhauser during his testimony Tuesday to the House Armed Services Committee and a statement sent by an AFRICOM spokesperson to Newsweek.
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U.S. SOLDIERS KILLED IN NIGER HAD WRONG EQUIPMENT AND WERE NOT EVEN SUPPOSED TO BE THERE, REPORT SAYS
BY TOM O'CONNOR ON 3/20/18 AT 5:37 PM

The team of U.S. soldiers targeted last year by a deadly Islamic State militant group (ISIS) ambush in Niger did not have the proper equipment for their mission and were deployed without the proper authorization, according to a new report.

Citing Pentagon officials speaking under the condition of anonymity, The New York Times reported Monday on the findings of a preliminary Defense Department investigation into a surprise attack that killed four U.S. and five Nigerien troops and injured two more U.S. and eight Nigeriens on October 4, 2017, near the Nigerien village of Tongo Tongo, located by the Western African state's border with Mali.

Related: Man Who Uncovered ISIS Niger Ambush Tape Says U.S. Military Made Things Worse in West Africa

The inquiry reportedly turned up major flaws in the operation, ones that may have contributed to the deaths of the U.S. servicemen.

The U.S. troops of Operational Detachment-Alpha Team 3212 were originally instructed to conduct a routine patrol before being reassigned to hunt a notorious jihadi by a junior officer, according to two unnamed Defense Department officials cited in the article. Such an order should have been only been approved after being sent up the ranks all the way to U.S. African Command headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany.

The junior officer was filling in for his superior who was on paternity leave at the time and holding an equal rank to Team 3212 Captain Michael Perozeni, the report indicated.

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The two officials maintained that neither AFRICOM nor the relevant Special Operations Command authorities in Germany or Chad knew of the change of plans, which would have required extensive approval from higher-ups. Switching a daytime reconnaissance mission to an overnight kill-or-capture for an individual such as ISIS-linked militant Doundou Chefou would require additional medical evacuation support and other assistance. The team would have their movements tracked by via communications channels and GPS

Perozeni reportedly warned that his team was ill-equipped and working on insufficient intelligence, but ultimately followed orders.

After stopping for water on the way back from Chefou's camp, 12 Green Berets of Team 3212 and 30 of their Nigerien allies came under fire from up to 50 jihadis linked to ISIS in the Greater Sahara. Perozeni and radio operator Sergeant First Class Brent Bartels were reportedly shot and wounded early on in the attack, but survived. Staff Sergeant Bryan Black, Staff Sergeant Jeremiah Johnson, Sergeant La David Johnson and Staff Sergeant Dustin Wright were killed.

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This image taken on on March 17, 2018, in Menaka, Mali, shows a M14 automatic rifle (TOP) and a M240-SLR (FRONT) machine gun which were recovered during an operation conducted by militants of the Azawad National Liberation Movement and said to have belonged to four U.S. soldiers killed during an ambush in the Tongo Tongo area in West Niger on October 4, 2017.
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Footage of the attack was captured by helmet cameras worn by the troops and was later incorporated into a propaganda video released last month by ISIS, which had not claimed responsibility for the attack until January. The ambush and release of the grisly ISIS video have prompted a national debate over the U.S. role in Niger and Africa in general, especially after news broke of a second firefight between U.S. personnel and ISIS-aligned fighters in December.

The Pentagon delayed the initial January release date of its findings into the October 4 incident near Tongo Tongo. One official cited in The Times article said Marine Corps General Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, would review them before being made public. Defense Secretary James Mattis reportedly said he expected answers to his own questions by Monday and was awaiting Dunford's advice on the results of the investigation.
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Soldier in Bloody Niger Mission Had Warned of Gaps, Defense Officials Say
By HELENE COOPER, THOMAS GIBBONS-NEFF and ERIC SCHMITTMARCH 19, 2018



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How the Ambush of U.S. Soldiers in Niger Unfolded
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One of the American soldiers ambushed by militants in Niger was wearing a helmet camera – we analyzed the footage to understand what happened. By DAVID BOTTI, CHRISTOPH The leader of an ill-fated team of American soldiers in Niger last fall warned before the mission that his troops did not have the equipment or intelligence necessary to carry out a kill-or-capture raid against a local militant, according to preliminary findings of a continuing Defense Department investigation.

In a departure from normal lines of authority, the report concludes, the Oct. 4 mission was not approved by senior military officials up the chain of command in West Africa and Germany. Instead, it was ordered by a junior officer, according to two Defense Department officials. Four American soldiers and five Nigeriens were killed when the unit was ambushed.

The two officials said Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., the Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman, are troubled that low-level officers are being blamed for the botched mission instead of senior commanders who should be aware when American troops are undertaking a high-risk raid.

The mission began as a routine patrol before Operational Detachment-Alpha Team 3212 was redirected to the operation against the militant, Doundoun Cheffou, who has been linked to the Islamic State.

The orders to the unit normally would have been issued by senior military officers up the chain of command — from Niger to Chad to Stuttgart, Germany, where United States Africa Command is based. If they were issued by a junior officer — the same rank as the leader of Team 3212 — it would signal a systematic breakdown in a mission that has ignited widespread criticism of the United States’ shadow war in Niger.

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The two Defense Department officials, both of whom have knowledge of the preliminary findings, spoke on the condition of anonymity because the investigation has not yet been released. One official cautioned that the findings could change as Mr. Mattis and General Dunford review them.

“This is not consistent with the approval for this type of re-mission,” said Brig. Gen. Donald C. Bolduc, who retired shortly after handing over command of Special Operations forces in Africa in June.

“Captains do not have this authority,” said General Bolduc, referring to the rank of the junior officers. “Plus, if the ground commander pushes back on the mission, this should be a red flag for everyone in the chain of command.”

The coffin of Sgt. La David Johnson, one of four American soldiers killed during an ambush in Niger last year, was moved after a viewing in Cooper City, Fla., in October. Credit Joe Raedle/Getty Images
A third Defense Department official said the leader of Team 3212, Capt. Michael Perozeni, had filed a “concept of operations” document — or Conop — that showed he planned only a daylong trip to meet with tribal elders when he and his soldiers left their base in Ouallam, Niger, on Oct. 3.

Instead, the team was rerouted miles away, toward the Mali border. Its repeatedly changing overnight mission targeted Mr. Cheffou, a former cattle herder believed to be involved in the kidnapping of an American in Mali.

The preliminary findings, according to the first two Defense Department officials, imply that senior officers up the chain of command believed Team 3212 was embarking only on the daylong reconnaissance mission, as Captain Perozeni outlined in his Conop document. That trip, of 11 Americans and some 30 Nigerien soldiers, described a “civil reconnaissance” mission meant for “key-leader engagement meetings.”

Before he left Ouallam, those officials said, Captain Perozeni received the order to join the kill-or-capture mission against Mr. Cheffou, to be led by a separate assault force flying out of the town of Arlit. The order came from another junior officer, who was filling in for a regional commander on paternity leave.

Captain Perozeni pushed back against the change of mission, citing concerns over insufficient intelligence and equipment available to his team on the high-risk raid. But he did not resist orders to back up the separate assault force, the officials said.

As it turned out, that mission was later scrapped because of bad weather. Team 3212 was still on its reconnaissance mission, near the town of Tiloa, when American intelligence officials concluded that Mr. Cheffou and a handful of fighters had left their desert encampment near the border with Mali. The team was ordered to press on to that location, hoping to collect any information left behind that might offer clues about Mr. Cheffou’s hide-outs and network.

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But the preliminary investigation indicates that senior officers at the Africa Command headquarters and its Special Operations component in Stuttgart were not informed of the change of plans. Nor were senior leaders at a Special Operations regional command in Chad, according to the findings.

However, according to the third Defense Department official, a lieutenant colonel in Chad had already approved both the helicopter raid based from Arlit, which was scrapped, and Team 3212’s original reconnaissance mission, which had taken it just 15 miles from the ambush site outside the village of Tongo Tongo.

Additionally, that official said, Col. Bradley Moses, the head of 3rd Special Forces Group in Germany, was informed of the two missions. The official was not authorized to discuss the missions or the investigation publicly.
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Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is still reviewing an investigation of the deadly ambush after saying its findings would be released in January. Credit Andrew Harnik/Associated Press
Current and former military officials said they found it highly surprising that the captain who was filling in for the regional commander in Niger — Maj. Alan Van Saun — would have been empowered to redirect Team 3212 without higher approval. They also said it would be extraordinary that senior officers and their staffs, in Chad or in Germany, would not have been aware of or involved in that decision.

Had it changed missions, the team would have been required to send in new routes — in part to be protected with medical evacuation support or other assistance if needed. Through a communications channel that was tethered to commanders at a base in Niamey, Niger’s capital, the team’s position would have been sent by either a satellite radio or phone and typed into a chat room monitored by the chain of command stretching from Niger to Germany. The team’s GPS tracker would also be monitored in Germany.

In short, the mission change should have been duly reported — and noted — by military officials from West Africa to Stuttgart.


Team 3212 came under fire on Oct. 4, as the soldiers headed back to Ouallam from Mr. Cheffou’s encampment. After stopping in Tongo Tongo for water, the American and Nigerien forces were ambushed and overpowered by militants who officials believe were linked to the Islamic State.

Captain Perozeni and Sgt. First Class Brent Bartels, the radio operator for Team 3212, were shot and wounded early in the Oct. 4 ambush. Four Americans — Staff Sgt. Bryan C. Black, Staff Sgt. Dustin M. Wright, Staff Sgt. Jeremiah W. Johnson and Sgt. La David Johnson — were killed.

Initially, Pentagon officials said the results of the lengthy inquiry would be released in January to Congress, the American public and the families of the slain soldiers.

Speaking last week with reporters traveling with him to the Middle East and Afghanistan, Mr. Mattis said he expected aides to provide him with answers to several of his questions by no later than Monday. The secretary said he was also expecting General Dunford’s advice on the report soon.

In December, two months after the ambush, a separate team of Green Berets operating in a different part of Niger killed 11 Islamic State militants in a firefight. That battle was reported last week, by The New York Times, as one of at least 10 other previously undisclosed attacks on American troops in West Africa between 2015 and 2017.

Together, they indicate that the deadly October ambush was not an isolated episode in a nation where the United States is building a major drone base. No American or Nigerien forces were harmed in the December gun battle.

The American military did not disclose the December firefight or the others until pressed by The Times. “We don’t want to give a report card to our adversaries,” said Dana W. White, the Pentagon press secretary.
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Niger – Forced displacement (DG ECHO, UN)(ECHO Daily Flash of 22 March 2018)
REPORTfrom European Commission's Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations Published on 22 Mar 2018 —View Original
Regular attacks, exactions and threats as well as military operations are pushing civilians to flee their villages in the region of Tillabery, at the border with Mali. In the past ten days, 8 000 people have arrived in Inates (Ayérou department), increasing the population by 25%.

In total, over 8 500 people have fled in recent months. The region of Tillabery also hosts 53 359 Malian refugees.
800 000 people live in the areas affected by the spill-over of the Mali crisis and the State of Emergency. Access to public services has been disrupted.

Humanitarian needs are exacerbated by potential inter-community violence, which may arise over access to resources. Humanitarian access is hampered by the presence of armed groups and the State of Emergency.
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"Les militaires allemands présents au Niger n'ont aucune mission de lutte contre le terrorisme" (ambassadeur)
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L'ambassadeur d'Allemagne au Niger, Bernd von Münchow-Pohl, a déclaré mardi à Niamey que les militaires allemands présents au Niger "n'ont aucune mission de lutte contre le terrorisme", répondant aux critiques de certaines organisations de la société civile et de l'opposition politique qui contestent la présence de bases militaires étrangères dans leur pays et exigent leur départ, à travers des manifestations périodiques.

Au cours d'une conférence de presse mardi à Niamey, le diplomate allemand a déclaré que le contingent allemand accomplissait des missions exclusivement liées aux transports, notamment "l'approvisionnement en vivres des militaires et les opérations d'évacuation médicale", précisant que la lutte contre le terrorisme "n'est pas notre rôle".

"Nous sommes contre ; c'est une insulte contre la souveraineté nationale, pourquoi ne pas former des militaires nigériens pour faire le même travail", a vivement réagi Mariama Gamatié Bayard, chef de la coalition des partis politiques non affiliés (opposition), présente à la conférence de presse.

En effet, de nombreux citoyens nigériens estiment que cette présence militaire étrangère sur leur sol est une "recolonisation militaire du Niger". Certains accusent ces puissances de vouloir "transférer le combat chez nous".

Depuis plus d'un an, l'Allemagne, à l'instar d'autres puissances occidentales, notamment la France et les Etats-Unis, engagés au Sahel dans la lutte contre les forces terroristes et autres trafiquants de drogues, a décidé de construire une base aérienne au Niger avec une cinquantaine de militaires en "appui" à la mission onusienne au Mali.

Parallèlement, l'Allemagne a fait d'importants dons, notamment en matériel roulant, au profit des Forces de défense et de sécurité du Niger pour renforcer leur mobilité dans la lutte contre le crime organisé.

"L'Allemagne reste à vos cotés dans cette lutte et est disposée à continuer son appui dans les années à venir", avait affirmé Bernd von Münchow Pohl lors de la remise de ces dons.

Vaste pays enclavé dans la bande sahélo-saharienne, le Niger fait face à trois fronts d'insécurité : au sud et au sud-est, le groupe terroriste Boko Haram, basé au Nigeria ; au sud et au sud-ouest, les organisations djihadistes proches d'Al-Qaïda au Maghreb islamique (AQMI), d'Ançar Dine et d'autres mouvements rebelles basés dans le nord du Mali ; et, au nord, des groupes armés et autres bandits de tout acabit qui contrôlent le Sud de la Libye depuis le renversement en 2011 du régime de Kadhafi.

Le Niger est également un pays de transit pour les candidats africains à la migration irrégulière vers l'Europe, un phénomène auquel des pays européens comme l'Allemagne restent très sensibles.

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On verra si le pouvoir actuelle Nigerien peut tenir...
Niger: des heurts et des interpellations lors de la manifestation interdite
Des membres de la société civile nigérienne sont interpellées à leur siège, à Niamey, en marge de la manifestation contre la loi de finances, le 25 mars 2018.
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Les autorités avaient interdit tout rassemblement pour raison de sécurité. L'opposition a décidé de braver l'interdiction. Des heurts ont éclaté avec les forces de l'ordre. Les services de sécurité ont également arrêté plusieurs figures de la société civile comme Moussa Tchangari. Dans le conflit qui oppose le pouvoir aux anti-loi de finance, une étape semble avoir été franchie.
La tension est vite montée au moment où les policiers tentaient de disperser les premiers attroupements sur le boulevard Zabarcan. Les sympathisants de la société civile n’ayant pas pu se rassembler sur la grande place de l’Assemblée nationale, fortement gardée par la police, ils ont convergé vers la place Toumon, point de départ de la marche interdite.

Les manifestants ont jeté des pierres, des barricades et des pneus ont été enflammés. « On veut empêcher les véhicules d'aller vite, explique Mamoudou, pour que l'on puisse se replier. »


Là également, le dispositif musclé de la police a été dissuasif. Très vite, la police a eu le dessus avec quelques tirs de grenades lacrymogènes et des courses poursuites dans le quartier Nouveau Marché. Les pneus enflammés sur certains carrefours ont également été maîtrisés et la circulation rétablie.

Deux leaders arrêtés

Au total, une dizaine de personnes ont été interpellées au siège de l’association Alternative Espaces Citoyens et gardées à l’Ecole de la police nationale. Son secrétaire général Moussa Tchangari a été arrêté par la police. « Ils l'ont interpellé devant tout le monde pour l'amener quelque part, on ne sait pas où il est actuellement », explique Djhori Ibrahim.

Au siège du Mouvement pour une Citoyenneté responsable (MPCR), les acteurs de la société civile suivent de près la situation dans les rues. Plusieurs leaders de la société civile ont été surpris en réunion. Tous ont été embarqués. Dans la voiture qui les emmenait à l'Ecole de la police nationale, Ali Idrissa, leur leader et coordinateur du Rotab Niger, a appelé le peuple à manifester. « Il y aura d'autres manifestations après celle-ci, assurait auparavant Ali Idrissa. Nous avons appelé à une ville morte jusqu'au 2 avril, jusqu'à ce que ce régime puisse écouter le peuple. »

Après un quart de siècle d'expérience démocratique, ces arrestations sont une régression terrible pour notre pays. Des milliers de citoyens sortent pour dire leur refus de certaines mesures contenues dans la loi de finances. Cela ne va pas nous intimider. Nous allons continuer à nous battre parce que ce combat est un combat citoyen de tous les Tchadiens.
Mamae Kaka Touda, responsable jeunesse de l'organisation Alternative Espace Citoyen
26-03-2018 - Par Gaëlle Laleix


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Avec l’arrestation de ces deux leaders, le mouvement citoyen est presque décapité. L’autre chef du mouvement citoyen, Nouhou Arzika n’a pas été appréhendé, il ne s’est pas présenté au siège et il n’a pas participé à la manifestation. Les autorités régionales de Niamey avaient prévenu : tout trouble à l’ordre public sera imputé aux responsables de la société civile.
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first image and last sentence....basically saying, "we take you for stupid" (that is what I take out of it).
Are you going to belief anybody is to belief the story you try to portray here :fou:

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Niger: UN expert urges Government to swiftly adopt strategy on internal displacement
2018/03/28 – A UN human rights expert has urged the Government of Niger to prioritise the adoption of a strategy to ensure the rights of internally displaced persons are respected following attacks by non-state armed groups in both the Diffa and Tillabery regions triggered a deterioration of the security situation and uprooted over 130,000 people.

“Despite some positive steps taken by the Government, including the decision to develop an IDP law incorporating the provisions of the Kampala Convention into domestic law, its approach to internal displacement has largely been ad hoc,” said the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons, Cecilia Jimenez-Damary.

“The authorities of Niger must intensify their efforts and devote greater resources and attention to the needs of IDPs, in collaboration with international partners,” she said in a statement, at the end of a six-day visit to Niger.

Jimenez-Damary said there were some 130,000 internally displaced in the south-eastern region of Diffa, while, in Tillabery, in the western part of the country, unofficial figures indicate that there are more than 8,000 internally displaced persons. “IDPs are living in precarious conditions, often under the threat of violence and further displacement, and with inadequate shelter, access to food, potable water, healthcare and education,” she said.

The human rights expert warned that the prospect of new waves of displacement in the Tillabery region were very likely and required a strategy which has been absent so far. “I encourage the Government to draw lessons from the ongoing situation in Diffa, so as to ensure a thorough response, which takes into account the humanitarian and human rights needs of IDPs at all stages of the unfolding displacement crisis,” Jimenez-Damary said.

“I learnt that many IDPs face suspicion of association to non-state armed groups. While legitimate security concerns exist, the overwhelming majority of IDPs are civilians and must be treated as such under international humanitarian law and protection principles.”

With increasing military operations in the Tillabery region, protection of civilians was vital, she said. “It is essential that, at this stage, the G5 Sahel force sets up a strategy for the protection of civilians. I also urge the Government, defence and security forces and the Humanitarian Country Team to work hand in hand to strengthen coordination between civil and military actors so as to allow for an effective response to the needs of IDPs,” the Rapporteur said.

Internal displacement in the Diffa region has resulted in the loss of social protection networks, exposure to abuses and other protection risks such as early marriage, sexual and gender-based violence, intercommunal tensions, and land and property disputes.

“In Diffa, IDPs whom I met reported that conditions in many areas are still precarious and not yet conducive for their return due to continuing insecurity, the destruction of infrastructure and homes, and the absence of basic services in their areas of origin,” Jimenez-Damary added.

Her full findings and recommendations will be included in a report which will be presented to the Human Rights Council in June 2018.
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Telephonic Press Briefing with U.S. Ambassador to Niger Eric P. Whitaker and a U.S. Special Operations Command Africa (SOCAF) Senior Representative to discuss the upcoming SOCAF-Sponsored Flintlock 2018 Joint Military Exercise in Niger
EVENT:

Please join us on Thursday, April 5, 2018, at 13:30 GMT|14:30 WAT|15:30SAST for a telephonic press briefing with Eric Whitaker, U.S. Ambassador to Niger, and a SOCAFRICA military official. They will discuss our multiform efforts to reinforce development, security, and diplomatic efforts in Niger, including the Flintlock program.

Niger has become increasingly vulnerable to the fragile security situation in the Sahel and ongoing humanitarian threats such as food insecurity. The United States Government is contributing to Niger’s development and providing humanitarian assistance while strengthening the capacity of its security and defense forces. We remain committed to our longstanding Nigerien partners in promoting a safer Sahelian region. The annual Flintlock exercise is just one way that we help develop the capacity of and collaboration among Trans–Saharan security forces in their efforts to protect civilian populations. Niger previously hosted Flintlock in 2014 and will host again 9-20 April 2018.

BACKGROUND:

During the briefing, Ambassador Whitaker and a SOCAFRICA Representative will discuss the U.S.-Niger bilateral relationship, including development and diplomatic efforts, and the United States’ role in building the security and defense forces’ capacity to strengthen Niger’s ability to manage terrorist threats. Special attention will be given to the evolution and importance of the annual Flintlock Exercise.

DETAILS:

Speakers: U.S. Ambassador to Niger Eric P. Whitaker and SOCAFRICA Senior Representative
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…invites aux les israélien les pays de l’est et pourquoi pas les chinois ?
Ricane, Français, Allemand, Italien et douka Norvège. En plus les G5-nations, souveraineté zéro virgule zéro

More debate urged over foreign policy
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Complaints have arisen that Norway’s foreign- and defense policy run on “auto-pilot,” subject to very little public input or debate. Critics are responding by creating a new forum meant to illuminate and spur discussion of international issues and national security.


It hasn’t seemed to matter much whether a Conservative leader like Prime Minister Erna Solberg or a Labour leader like her predecessor Jens Stoltenberg, now secretary general of NATO, is in charge of the government. Norwegian foreign policy often seems to operate on “auto-pilot,” contend critics, with far too little public debate. PHOTO: Forsvaret/Torbjørn Kjosvold

The effort comes just as Norway is joining other allies and “partners” around the world in expelling Russian diplomats, and as relations with Norway’s increasingly aggressive neighbour in the north are worrying Prime Minister Erna Solberg.

At the same time, Norway is often involved in operations abroad that stir little if any debate. “How many Norwegians are aware that Norway is sending soldiers to Niger?” asks Kristian Berg Harpviken, former leader of the Peace Research Institute in Oslo (PRIO). He was referring, in newspaper Dagsavisen, to a brief announcement on a Friday two weeks ago that Norwegian Defense Minister Frank Bakke-Jensen had confirmed participation in “capacity-building” exercises carried out by the US-led multi-national Flintlock operation in the Sahel region of Niger. Norway is due to send around 40 officers and special forces to Niger along with a Hercules aircraft next month, to train local security forces as part of an effort to ward off terrorism.

“Norway wants to contribute to strengthening stability in the region,” Bakke-Jensen stated. “Therefore the government has decided that the military in periods, together with other western countries, can contribute to the training and mentoring of security forces in the region.”

‘Consensus’ both a strength and a weakness
The decision to send military forces to Niger is an example, according to Harpviken, of how Norwegian governments on both ends of the political spectrum routinely set policy and agree on specific operations without public input. Harpviken also points to a lack of public debate over Norway’s operations in Syria and Iraq, at a time when calls for more military presence at home have been high.


Why is it, Harpviken asks rhetorically, that some of the most important foreign- and security policy decisions (not least including Norway’s international military operations) are made without the public being part of the discussion? Why is foreign policy such a small part of the public debate in Norway?


Kristian Berg Harpviken is among those spearheading an effort to stir more public debate over foreign and defense policy. PHOTO: newsinenglish.no

It’s not for lack of voters not caring, Harpviken told Dagsavisen, but rather because Norwegian politicians have grown accustomed over the years to making decisions in a “closed forum.” There’s a long tradition in Norway of “broad agreement” and general political consensus on foreign policy, and it tends to be transferred from government to government to maintain consistency. There’s political precedent in Norway for the sitting government to have control over foreign policy, and when Parliament gets involved, it usually occurs through its expanded committee on foreign relations behind closed doors.

Norway’s participation in NATO also puts obligations on Norway’s foreign and defense policy. The country’s decision to actively take part in NATO’s bombing of Libya, for example, was made mostly by former Labour Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, who now serves as NATO’s secretary general.

“Many important foreign policy decisions are presented as if they’re unavoidable, that they’re made on auto-pilot,” Harpviken told Dagsavisen. Churning up various opinions through public debate, he suggests, can mean that politicians would need to choose other alternatives than those most readily available.

Harpviken believes the so-called “Norwegian consensus” on foreign policy is a strength, “but the absence of an exchange of opinion on foreign policy creates a risk that important decisions are made without being anchored in the public.” He and Hedda Langemyr, former leader of Norges Fredsråd (Norway’s Peace Council), have thus taken the initiative to form ta new forum called Utsyn (Outlook) that aims to create a broader, factually based debate.

Fending off public resignation
The Utsyn forum will involve foreign policy experts from academia, diplomacy, defense and the media in gathering various organizations that already exist while also encouraging new voices. Dagsavisen itself, for example, recently published a Prosjekt Utsyn commentary by Ingrid Marie Dybvig, who holds two master’s degress in international relations and the rule of law. She took up the issue of controversial drone attacks in the Middle East, and how Norway may have contributed to them.

The Utsyn forum has secured financial support from the foundations Bergenstiftelsen and Fritt Ord, which champion freedom of expression. Robert Mood, the outspoken retired Norwegian general who has headed UN missions in the Middle East, is another supporter, writing on the forum’s new website (external link, in Norwegian) that “the world is full of challenges … but the most dangerous is resignation, pretending as though the challenges aren’t there or pushing them away.” Mood, who now heads the Red Cross in Norway, claims Utsyn is needed to clarify issues and spark open debate.

“We’re living in complex times with great changes going on,” Langemyr told Dagsavisen. “That also applies to Norway’s role in the world.” She contends that Norway has gone from being a “soft power” active in peace negotiations around the globe to being a bigger player in military alliances.

“How does that affect our collective self-image, who we are and who we want to be?” Langemyr asks. “That needs to be discussed.”
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Afrique : L’USAFRICOM annonce Flintlock 2018
En 2018, Flintlock sera accueilli par le Niger avec d’autres antennes de formation clés au Burkina Faso et au Sénégal

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OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso, 2 avril 2018/APO Group/ -- Du 9-20 avril 2018, le Niger, le Burkina Faso et le Sénégal abriteront le Flintlock 2018. Le Flintlock est le plus grand exercice militaire multilatéral d’opérations spéciales et d’entraînement à l’application de la loi entre les nations africaines et qui, depuis 2005, a renforcé les forces clés de pays partenaires à travers l’Afrique du Nord et de l’Ouest, ainsi que les forces occidentales d’opérations spéciales. Flintlock est le plus grand exercice annuel des forces d’opérations spéciales organisé par le Commandement des États-Unis pour l’Afrique.
En 2018, Flintlock sera accueilli par le Niger avec d’autres antennes de formation clés au Burkina Faso et au Sénégal. L’exercice vise à renforcer les capacités de pays partenaires clés de la région à lutter contre les organisations extrémistes violentes, à protéger leurs frontières et à assurer la sécurité et la sûreté de leurs populations. En outre, l’exercice renforce les partenariats entre les forces d’opérations spéciales et les forces de l’ordre des pays africains et occidentaux, en augmentant leur capacité à travailler ensemble pendant les opérations multinationales en cours et en réponse aux crises.

Les pays africains participants comprennent le Burkina Faso, le Cameroun, le Tchad, le Mali, la Mauritanie, le Niger, le Nigeria, et le Sénégal. Les partenaires occidentaux comprennent l’Autriche, la Belgique, le Canada, le Danemark, l’Allemagne, l’Italie, les Pays-Bas, la Norvège, la Pologne, l’Espagne, le Royaume-Uni et les États-Unis.

Durant cette période vous remarquerez un trafic aérien très dense sur Ouagadougou en raison de cet exercice.

Distribué par APO Group pour Ambassade des Etats-Unis au Burkina Faso
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