Today, the Nigerian Army set up a General Court Martial to try 20 soldiers involved in criminal activities which include murder, crimes against civilians, and illegal sales of firearms in the ongoing counter insurgency warfare in the Northeast.
With some regularity, every few months in the African Sahel, something “anti-Russian” happens (if we judge purely by European media). Today, in Niger’s capital, an attempted armed coup was carried out, which has failed at this point. And military personnel of the Africa Corps took part in preserving power. So, what are we even talking about? On the night of August 29, Niger’s capital was engulfed in fighting. Intense gunfire erupted simultaneously in two critically important locations: at the airport ...