Fabian
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Aviation, politics, terrorism, military stuff and OSINT from West Africa 🇧🇫 🇳🇪 🇲🇱 🇹🇩 🇧🇯 🇹🇬 🇨🇮 | DM‘s open! https://t.co/72YPevWAby
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#Togo‘s🇹🇬 Head of Government, Faure Gnassingbé, met Russian🇷🇺 President Putin in Moscow yesterday. Gnassingbé was accompanied by private sector representatives, looking for agreements on trade, transport & infrastructure. He also praised 🇷🇺 counter terrorism efforts in 🇧🇫🇲🇱🇳🇪.
C’est sous le signe d’une volonté commune de renforcer les relations d’amitié et de coopération entre le Togo et la Fédération de Russie que le Président Vladimir Poutine a accueilli ce 19 novembre 2025 au Green Hall du Kremlin, le Président du Conseil, @FEGnassingbe en visite
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#CotedIvoire🇨🇮 - A French🇫🇷 Air Force A400M (reg. F-RBAT | #3B775B) arrived this evening from Eindhoven🇳🇱 Air Base via Gran Canaria🇪🇸 at Abidjan Airport. #CTM3401
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#Niger🇳🇪 - Now former Bilma prefect A. Torda and his companions who were abducted by the rebel group "Front Patriotique pour la Justice (FPJ)" arrived with a Haftar LNA-linked Il-76TD (reg. 9U-BVU) at Niamey Airport on Nov. 09 2025. They were released in Libya🇱🇾 end of October.
#Niger🇳🇪 - According to a local report, Major Amadou Torda, the prefect of #Bilma, his guards and companions were kidnapped by a group of unidentified armed individuals near #Aguer in eastern Niger on Friday afternoon local time. @AirInfoAgadez
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IS-Sahel confirms capturing Tigou, Burkina Faso, from JNIM, killing 36 JNIM militants and capturing 34 rifles and other equipment.
Battles continued for the third day in a row between IS-Sahel and JNIM in northeast Burkina Faso, IS dislodged JNIM from additional positions along the Tigou-Bourga axis, inflicting casualties, so far JNIM hasn't been able to organize a counter offensive.
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#Mali🇲🇱 - On Tuesday, Russia’s🇷🇺 Deputy Defence Min. Yevkurov met with Trans. Pres. Goita and ministers in Bamako. Usual press release: Further support in fight against terrorism and solidarity with Malian population. They flew in with two RuAF Il-62M (RA-86559 & RA-86539).
Russian AF IL-62M RA-86559 #15521F as RFF7232 departed Bamako. Aircraft arrived earlier today 11 Nov from Latakia. @sipjack1776 @thereccelizard @holgidaun @RBbethetruth @LadyAstroJet @fabsenbln @Dinlas3
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Private Gulfstream IV TC-IHA with miscoded hex code #0000CA en route from Istanbul to Bamako. Aircraft is operated by CKD Havacılık & linked to the Turkish intelligence agency MIT. @sipjack1776 @Dinlas3 @fabsenbln @LadyAstroJet
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#BurkinaFaso🇧🇫 - Yesterday an Il-76TD was photographed leaving Tashkent🇺🇿 Airport. The aircraft has a Burkinabe reg. XT-ABL and is now believed to belong to Batot Air, based in Ouaga. It made its maiden flight in 1992 & was in storage the last 19 years. Soon at Ouaga airport?
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#Benin🇧🇯 - An Air Force "AutoGyro" Cavalon Sentinel 916 iS (reg. TY-51L | 094011) was out earlier today conducting aerial reconnaissance along the southern border with #Togo🇹🇬.
#Benin‘s🇧🇯 Air Force received the first 2 of 12 ordered AutoGyro "Cavalon Sentinel" gyrocopter. According to the German🇩🇪 manufacturer some will be equipped with „specialized 4K infrared cameras“ for serial surveillance. TY-50L & TY-51L appeared at the independence celebrations.
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🔴 Exclusive @FRANCE24 Only one UAE citizen was freed for 50M$, the retired general Joumaa Bin Maktum al-Maktum who was in the gold business, the two other freed hostages are Pakistani, with UAE residency, & Iranian.
#Mali is JNIM on the verge of taking over Bamako, what is the objective of the blocade & how did the UAE free two of its citizen abducted on the outskirts of the Malian capital @France24_en
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#Mali🇲🇱 - A @GermanyDiplo spokesperson said a high double-digit number of 🇩🇪citizens are still in the country. The embassy in Bamako contacted them with the call to leave. The reason is the increase of #JNIM activity in the south & the tense supply situation, especially fuel.
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#CotedIvoire🇨🇮 - @AFP accompanied a patrol of paramilitary OIPR forestry guards through #Comoé National Park, looking for illegal gold miners, poachers and prepare against infiltration of terrorists. The patrol used a what looks like a DJI Phantom 4 drone for close-range recon.
🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire : Laissé à l'abandon pendant toute la crise politico-militaire de 2002 à 2011, le parc national de la Comoé, revient lentement à la vie dans cette région reprise en main par les autorités. https://t.co/zbMHLoRIcb
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#Tchad🇹🇩 - Delegations led by 🇳🇪PM Zeine (used reg. 5U-GRN to travel) & 🇹🇩PM Halina met in N'Djamena Oct. 30 + 31 for the first meeting of a "Joint High Commission for Cooperation". A statement said all bilateral cooperation agreements were reviewed and new ones were signed.
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#Mali🇲🇱 - After the 🇦🇪hostages release, several reports suggested they left Bamako on 30 Oct on reg. T7-VVV. But this aircraft flew to Nairobi🇰🇪. I consider it more likely that they flew directly to Dubai on 31 Oct on a "SkyMark Executive" Gulfstream G450 (reg. T7-LJA | 500239).
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UAE is paying a $50 million ransom to Al Qaeda to free two of its citizens. This is an absurd amount going into the coffers of one of AQs largest branches.
reuters.com
A deal has been reached to free two citizens of the United Arab Emirates who were kidnapped in Mali by al Qaeda-linked insurgents, with the group getting a hefty ransom payment in return, four...
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#BurkinaFaso🇧🇫 - @AirBurkina put a second Embraer ERJ-190 into service today: reg. XT-ABT | #09C033. The previous operator since October 2015 was the Chinese airline Hebei Airlines. With the other ERJ-190 (reg. XT-ABI | #09C028) in service since last year, the fleet is expanding.
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#Niger🇳🇪 - Yesterday "Niger Airlines" resumed operations after a long inactivity. Flights are operating between Niamey, Agadez and Arlit. A 30-year-old Beech 1900D (reg. TL-VIC | #06CC04) leased from "Via Air" is being used for these flights.
Une grande nouvelle pour le transport aérien national: Niger Airlines, annonce la reprise officielle de ses vols domestiques à partir du mercredi 29 octobre 2025. Cette décision marque un tournant majeur dans le secteur, après une période de ralentissement.
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#CotedIvoire🇨🇮 - An "Antonov Airlines🇺🇦" An-124 (reg. UR-82072 | #50801F) arrived in Abidjan from "Base Aérienne 118" in Mont-de-Marsan🇫🇷 via Dakar🇸🇳.
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OFAC-sanctioned Russian Aviacon Zitotrans IL-76TD RA-76846 #152C2E as AZS1905 departed Entebbe, descending to Ouagadougou. Aircraft originated in Fujairah. @sipjack1776 @Dinlas3 @LadyAstroJet @fabsenbln
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🇩🇪🇲🇱🚨| The German Foreign Office is calling on its citizens to leave Mali immediately by any commercial means. ⚠️ German nationals are also advised to avoid traveling by land, as national roads are currently the target of attacks by terrorist groups. https://t.co/u3cOM9MGwq
🇲🇱🇦🇺🚨| Australian embassy issues a security alert advising all australian nationals to depart country immediately "using commercial means". Previously, Australia had already raised its alert level, advising its citizens not to travel to the country. https://t.co/5y99Qnfnkd
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