ISWAP attacked a position of the Nigerian army in Monguno last night, killing 3 soldiers according to the terrorists, the Nigerian army reported repelling the assault and killing 2 militants, an image shows a dead body and the weapons captured by the army.

In an interview released yesterday, Traore was asked what he had to say about the fact that he claimed he could finish the war in 3 months, but 3 years later the war is still ongoing, he says he didn't think there would be only 100,000 AK bullets in the whole country's stocks.

A suspected JAS/ISWAP IED targeted a vehicle of the Nigerien army between N'guigmi and Kablewa, killing 2 soldiers and destroying the vehicle, near the Nigerian-Chad triborder area.

The Malian army reports having destroyed 3 suspected FLA pickups in the Kidal region, southeast of Kidal city last night, local sources also reported drone strikes at about 2 AM this morning.

JNIM releases images from an unnamed training camp somewhere in Mali.

The Nigerian army clashed with suspected Mahmuda insurgents in the Zugurma sector of the Kainji reserve, neutralizing several terrorists, it appears the jihadists have started using the dense Zugurma forest as new hideouts for the past several months.

JNIM released an infographic detailing its operations for the past month, again noticeably numbers are going down, despite intense activity in western and southern Mali, it has not resulted in large number of casualties, and losses remained economic losses for the Malian govt.