Dr Banga (Ivory Coast): "The jihadists want to prove that they are still in the area"

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An Ivorian soldier patrols on the beach of Grand-Bassam in Côte d'Ivoire, March 15, 2016, the day after the attack. (Illustrative image) ISSOUF SANOGO / AFP

By: Sidy Yansané Follow

Four years after the attack on Grand-Bassam beach, Côte d'Ivoire is once again hit by a terrorist attack. During the night of Wednesday to Thursday, a position of Ivorian forces, located in the north-east of the country, some two kilometers from the border with neighboring Burkina Faso, was besieged by an armed group, causing the death of a dozen soldiers. Dr. Arthur Banga, researcher in the history of military strategies, brings his analysis to the microphone of our correspondent in Abidjan.

  • Terrorism
  • Ivory Coast

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