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 by AFP Staff Writers Berlin (AFP) Aug 18, 2022
The German military said it resumed troop rotations in Mali on Thursday after a row over flyover rights saw tensions with Bamako flare. "Today at 2:06 pm, soldiers from the Bundeswehr mission landed in Bamako, Mali," the military tweeted. "That meets the requirements to replace the first personnel members from (UN peacekeeping mission) MINUSMA affected by the halt in rotations." The German defence ministry said last week it had suspended its reconnaissance and related operations in Mali after the local military-led government denied flyover rights to the UN mission. The German move came as Mali's junta turned away from France and toward Russia in its fight against jihadism. A spokesman from the German command told AFP that Thursday's flight was not identical to the troop movement planned last week, which would have involved "reinforcements to resume reconnaissance operations". Rather, the latest flight involved a routine "rotation". The long-running insurgency in Mali has claimed thousands of lives and forced hundreds of thousands from their homes. The relationship between Bamako and Paris, its former colonial power and traditional ally, has deteriorated in recent months. The German government said on Wednesday that Bundeswehr soldiers in Mali had spotted several dozen suspected Russian security forces in the city of Gao just as the last French soldiers left the country.
US strike kills 13 al-Shabaab fighters: Pentagon Washington (AFP) Aug 17, 2022 The Pentagon said Wednesday that US forces killed 13 fighters of the al-Shabaab militant group in an airstrike in Somalia. The strike took place on August 14 near Teedaan in the central-southern part of the country while Shabaab fighters were attacking Somali National Army forces, the Pentagon's Africa Command said in a statement. "US forces are authorized to conduct strikes in defense of designated partner forces," the statement said. It said that an initial assessment of the strike showed ... read more
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