It was a summery, but chilling defense council.
On August 11, 2020, from Fort Brégançon, President Emmanuel Macron meets by videoconference with his Prime Minister Jean Castex, the royal ministers, the chief of staff of the armed forces and the bosses of the intelligence services.
The agenda is serious, mourning the murder, on August 9, of eight people, two Nigerians and six French members of the NGO Acted, in the Kouré reserve, near Niamey, in Niger.
A real massacre committed by men arriving on motorcycles.
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Until now, this area still seemed protected from repeated attacks by jihadist groups who have spread their guerrilla warfare in several countries of the Sahel.
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