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SamuelAnyawu:
Gamboru under attack...

These guys are attacking both towns Ngala and Gamboru same time. This is the first time a twin attack on both close towns is happening.


These ISWAP guys are becoming more motivated.


May God keep all my guys there safe.

JOSCOFELIX:
Week ago the brother to the former governor was killed. those guy said they will come after those who have hand in the death of their leader. gana men have being aiding heardmen milita to attack taraba, benue, nassrawa.i dont see anything new if they sign a contract with heardmen

SamuelAnyawu:
I heard the attack has subsided.

E be like Na testing the microphone dem come do

SamuelAnyawu:
I heard the attack has subsided.

E be like Na testing the microphone dem come do

mekussa:
These guys leave from somewhere and return to somewhere after every attack.

These attacks on military positions have occurred too frequently for any right thinking planner of military operations not to have worked out an effective defensive, offensive or counter offensive plan by now.

This is what someone is collecting salary to do but...... Nada!.... we wait for an attack, shoot back, wait for airforce jets, bomb them, they run away, we celebrate and....... Repeat cycle.

JOSCOFELIX:
the attack was not done by herdmen but by gana boys.

DubaiLandLord:
Governor talk say nah fulanis attack am, person for him house dey talk say nah gana boys


Is okay

yoged:
I'm suspecting you to be a Fulani. .. The governor said he was attacked by Fulani herdsman , you open your mouth to say na gana men. .

Mozambique conflict: Why are US forces there?

A sharp increase in militant attacks in Mozambique's northern province of Cabo Delgado has forced the government to reassess its strategy against the Islamist insurgency.

It has invited in US military advisers to support its own armed forces in the conflict.
What is the role of US forces?

The agreement between the Mozambican and US governments is for American soldiers to train local forces fighting the al-Shabaab militia - believed to have links to the wider Islamic state group (IS).

"US special operations forces... will support Mozambique's efforts to prevent the spread of terrorism and violent extremism," the US embassy in Mozambique said on 15 March.


"Clearly, the US is trying to extend its influence," says Jasmine Opperman, an analyst for the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (Acled), which monitors political violence globally.

But she adds that it's a complex local conflict, and that "the US is framing the insurgency in a very over-simplified manner by referring to [the militants] as an extension of the Islamic State".

On March 10, the US government designated al-Shabaab in Mozambique as a "foreign terrorist organisation", describing it as an IS-affiliate.

Portugal, the former colonial power in Mozambique, has also committed to training the military.

"We will send a staff of approximately 60 trainers to Mozambique to train marines and commandos," said a Portuguese official.


Mercenary forces

Although the Mozambican government is reticent about acknowledging their presence, private military contractors have been operating in the region alongside its security forces.

Initially in 2019, Russian mercenaries from the Wagner group were involved in the region.

What are Russia's intentions in Africa?

More recently, the South Africa-based Dyck Advisory Group (DAG) was believed to have been invited by the Mozambican government to help it fight insurgents.

A recent Amnesty International report on human rights abuses committed in Cabo Delgado implicated this group as well as government forces, and the militants in the unlawful killings of civilians.

The DAG says it's investigating the allegations made against it.


"When you hear these accusations of civilian casualties involving private military contractors, it reflects badly on the government," says Emilia Columbo, a senior associate at the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies.

There are also concerns over the effectiveness of these private contractors.

Acting US counterterrorism co-ordinator John Godfrey has said the involvement of mercenaries "has not demonstrably helped" the government of Mozambique in countering the threat it faces from militants.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-56441499

DubaiLandLord:
Most of the insecurity issue we have in Nigeria is caused by the armed forces and our para military forces.

There was a time nah normal thing for IPOB members to be shot dead.

I don't believe in IPOB ways, but why should their members be killed

Now we don dey see the results. No be everything in life you go dey use force... Negotiation would have really help.

When GEJ was still the president of Nigeria, he was stoned in Gombe state. Can you imagine such nonsense Make GMB go Bayelsa state, make people unleash stone on am, only God knows the number of people that will be gunned down by our gallant troops on such a day.

We saw how hundreds of people were killed in Kaduna just because people were stoning a GOC convoy.

We can run Nigeria the way the UK is been run. A lot of self independence shout go seriously go down... Is not compulsory we have just 774 LGA or 36 states.

Salatavor:
This used to be a place for sane minds. Who is this vile fellow, where did you crawl out from?

demolition:

Na men una be.
Una no gats dey behave like market women 90% of the time

JOSCOFELIX:
mumu man sha you say no be ipob. confused man

Krak:
But he has a point, you cannot solve every problem using force. IPOB was once a relatively peaceful organization but the Nigerian State was using excessive force to shut them down. Now they are becoming more violent and things could start spiraling out of control.

The Lekki Toll gate incident has made many Nigerians to believe that violence is the only way to achieve any meaningful change in Nigeria now.

I believe that violence should only be used on a group or organization that was violent from the beginning, you should not use violence to crush peaceful organizations.

NOTE: I am not from the South East or even the South South, I am just looking at this issue as an officious bystander.

JOSCOFELIX:
mumu man sha you say no be ipob. confused man

motymop:
He is right in a way.

In respect to boko haram, the police made them go militant.

These people have been peaceful until the police started killing their members.

Aljazera showed a documentary on how bokoharam went militant.

Our police are very unprofessional

motymop:
He is right in a way.

In respect to boko haram, the police made them go militant.

These people have been peaceful until the police started killing their members.

Aljazera showed a documentary on how bokoharam went militant.

Our police are very unprofessional

motymop:
Ipob has always been the aggressor.

These people are not saint and they have been violent even before military actions

ugo4u:
I saw one mad combo on a Nigerian Army APC.
The legit mounted a main battle tank's gun on the APC it was a funny site to behold, I'm kinda curious what the C of G of the vehicle will be like.

bidex111:
Photos please

bidex111:
Photos please