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In the Tillaberi region of Niger, 20 soldiers and one civilian were killed in an ambush on June 25th. The soldiers were attacked by a heavily armed coalition of assailants while carrying out a security sweep near Tassia village. The region has been a center of conflict, with rebels linked to Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group waging an insurgency for almost a decade. Niger's army responded to the attack by killing over 100 terrorists in air and ground operations. The country has faced an upsurge in militant attacks since a coup in July 2023, mainly targeting defense and security forces in the Tillaberi region. Additionally, scores of Boko Haram jihadists and their relatives surrendered to the Mixed Multinational Force in Niger and Cameroon, and IS claimed responsibility for a prison break in the Tillaberi region. [Extracted from the article]

The article reports on the concern of international and regional organizations over the worsening violence in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo caused by the mutiny by the members of the rebel military group March 23 Movement. The increased fighting between government troops and the rebels has displaced more than 100,000 residents. The United Nations Security Council has expressed its disapproval of the mutiny. The role of Rwandan military officials in the mutiny is also explored.

The article reports that President Lansana Conte has awarded three-fold pay raise to soldiers in Guinea. The wage increase, which was announced in a presidential decree on March 3, 2007, was widely seen as an attempt by the President Conte to ensure military loyalty. According to the country's media, the president agreed to increase the soldier's wages after they threatened a mutiny.

Reports on concerns about the continuing conflict in the eastern portion of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Negative impact on the transitional regime in Kinshasa; Allegation that Rwanda is supporting the mutiny in Bukavu.

The article offers news briefs related to Cote D'Ivoire on topics including the mutinies of Ivorian special forces over pay, the arrest of journalists for spreading false information related to the mutiny, and the departure of the United Nations (UN) blue helmets or military personnel.

The article discusses the acts of insubordination by former Coted'Ivoire rebels supporting President Alassane Ouattara. Various incidents involving ex-rebels in November and December, 2014 were noticed including firing in the economic capital Abidjan and a strike by the soldiers.The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) has expressed concerns in December, 2014. The various crimes perpetrated by former rebel leaders including Charles Ble' Goude' are also mentioned.

The article reports on the political mutiny involving government soldies and protesters in Côte d'Ivoire on January 6, 2017, wherein rebel soldiers claims for significant changes in the security ranks of the country's armed forces.

This section offers security news briefs from Africa. Burkina Faso Army Chief of Staff Nabere Honore Traore has announced the discharge of more than 500 soldiers following a wave of mutinies. Two police posts in Bujumbura in Burundi was raided by an armed gang who proceeded to drop leaflets which proclaimed that were members of a rebel group. Five civilians have died and sixty others have been injured as a result of clashes between locals and a criminal gang in Douala, Cameroon.

The article focuses on the accusation of Madagascar strongman Andry Rajoelina that former president Marc Ravalomanana is behind the mutiny of gendarme forces in Antananarivo. The office of Rajoelina issues a statement, asserting that the event reflects the attempt of Ravalomanana to sow civil strife. The rebellion stirs a gun battle that left one dead as the mutineers are confronted by loyalist forces. Ravalomanana denies his alleged involvement with the military rebellion.

Reports that Guinea Bissau's President Henrique Rosa has declared that the two-day army mutiny sparked off by a protest over salary arrears was over. Negotiations with the mutineers; Statements by Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Junior; Killing of Guinea's chief of staff, General Verissimo Correia Seabra and human resource head Colonel Domingos de Barros; Statement by opposition leader Artur Sanha that he was not involved in the rebellion; Trip to Guinea by Mohamed Ibn Chambas, executive secretary of the Economic Community of West Africa States.

Reports on a riot after security forces opened fire to lift barricades in Bangui, Central African Republic. Use of the road barriers as protest to the murder of a Chadian national by the police; Impact of the mutiny staged by Chadian ex-rebels on the relations between the Chadian community and security forces; Security strategies of the army.

Reports on the coup attempt of Republican Guard and National Nomad Guard elements against Chad president Idriss Deby on May 16, 2004. Deby's claim that the hidden agenda of the coup attempt was his assassination; Role of loyalists in securing the surrender of the mutineers; Plans of Deby to amend the constitution.

The article highlights the mutiny in Eritrea where dissident troops briefly seized the information ministry to demand reform and the release of political prisoners. The commander of around 100 rebel soldiers agreed to surrender when the government accepted the commander's terms. The mutiny was said to have been led by an army commander Saleh Osman who tried to jolt back negotiations for democratisations he had with the president's office that have stalled.

The article reports that Madagascar's paramilitary police and army have suppressed a mutiny in the Ivatu military camp, following clashes in which at least three people were killed.

The article reports on the three-day mutiny put down by Madagascar forces at an army base and arrest dissident soldiers who had announced a coup on the troubled Indian Ocean island in 2010. It mentions that explosions and gunshots rang out as about 400 armed soldiers launched the assault on the barracks of the army. It states that dissident soldiers had declared that all government institutions were suspended and taken charge by military council.

The article reports on the attack of the residence of Guinea-Bissau President Joao Bernardo Vieira. The residence has come under gunfire in an alleged post-election mutiny that left one soldier dead and three others arrested. Observers say that the attack can equally have been a failed attempt to seize power by one of the president's rival. An army source has identified that the mastermind of the attack is related to opposition leader Kumba Yala.

The article reports on the issuance of a statement by the Sudanese government regarding the hold of military operations that would expel Chadian army mutineers in Darfur, Sudan. The mutineers fled to the area and pledged to overthrow Chad's President Idriss Deby. The government claimed that the army had killed civilians. But there has been no official word on the number of casualties in the fighting.

Reports on the appointment of Tagme Na Way as Guinea Bissau's interim chief of the armed forces to replace Verissimo Correa Seabra who was killed in the army mutiny. Mutineers' call for Way to lead the military; Military appointments for Armando Gomes, Antonio Gomes and Jose Americo Bubo Na Tchuto.