France killed the head of the Islamic State in the Great Sahara

This is another major success in the fight we are waging against terrorist groups in the Sahel,

died following a strike by the Barkhane force.

It is a decisive blow against this terrorist group.

Our fight continues

Le Monde Afrique

 the EIGS, created in 2015 by Adnan Abou Walid Al-Sahraoui, former member of the Polisario Front, then of the jihadist movement Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, had been designated as a" priority enemy "in Sahel, during the Pau summit in January 2020. It is indeed considered to be in charge of most of the attacks in the region of the three borders, this vast space with vague contours straddling Mali, Niger and the Burkina Faso.

This area is the recurring target of attacks by two jihadist armed groups: the EIGS, therefore, the Islamic State in the Great Sahara and the GSIM, the Support Group for Islam and Muslims, a rival group affiliated with Al- Qaida.

one who, at the head of the EIGS, mourned the families and the local armies on a daily basis, joined the hunting table of the" Macron boys "who made anti-terrorist health in the Three Borders area their priority.

Certainly, the hydra, whose head grows back as soon as it is cut off, has an extraordinary capacity for regeneration, but the job carried out by the elements of the French army engaged in the Sahel, in the fight against terrorism alongside the local armies, is really of public utility.

Because, the head of the EIGS, which sows death and desolation both in the ranks and civilians, did not fall alone.

Several executives of the terrorist organization were put out of harm's way by French soldiers

why so long before announcing this good news?

Certainly,

, the communication is exploited wisely by Paris, while raining condemnations against the possible establishment in Mali of Russian mercenaries of the Wagner company accused of many atrocities in the Central African Republic.

But, the other reason, also well founded, is that it was necessary to operate all the possible checks not to announce the elimination of a terrorist and that his ghost reappears a few days later.

no confirmation, too much speculation

The information has not been officially confirmed by either Moscow or Bamako

should not calm French anger,

Indeed, Moscow traditionally denies any link with the Wagner security group, mercenarism being illegal in Russia

the center is falling into horror and the south is overcome by psychosis

Despite the determined presence of the Armed and Security Forces, armed groups continue to terrorize populations, causing many deaths and displaced persons. This is how it is,

Le Matin, that the Niono circle, in the Ségou region, has been living in great insecurity for almost two years.

Killings, kidnappings of people, thefts of cattle, robberies have become the daily life of peaceful populations.

Armed groups, perpetrators of these crimes, mainly prevent the peasants of certain localities, such as Farabougou, from accessing their fields.

And according to NGOs such as Médecins sans frontières, the humanitarian situation is catastrophic due to the forced displacement of populations.