Doundou Chefou
Ibrahim Doundou Chefou is a Nigerien militant and a mid-level commander in the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara. Code named "Naylor Road" by the United States.
Background
Chefou is believed to have the led the ambush of a convoy of U.S. and Nigerien troops in October 2017 that left four American and five Nigerien soldiers dead. Formerly a Fulani herder in the Niger-Mali border region, he initially took up arms to battle Tuareg cattle thieves.[1][2] According to The New York Times, U.S. troops were attempting to locate Chefou in October 2017 when at least fifty militants purportedly led by him attacked them near the village of Tongo Tongo in southwestern Niger.[3]
Chefou is believed by African officials to be one of the main propagators of unrest in the Sahel region. Niger's defense minister labeled him a "terrorist" and a "bandit."[citation needed]
See also
- Tongo Tongo ambush
- Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present)
- Islam in Niger
- Fulani herdsmen
- Niger Armed Forces
References
- ^ Reuters (2017-11-12). "How a Herdsman Became the Jihadist Who Killed US Soldiers in Niger". VOA. Retrieved 2018-02-24.
{{cite web}}:|author=has generic name (help) - ^ Yang, Mackenzie (2017-12-11). "December 11th, 2017 - Vol. 190, No. 24 - Asia, Europe, Middle East, and Africa, South Pacific". TIME.com. Retrieved 2018-02-24.
- ^ Callimachi, Rukmini; Cooper, Helene; Schmitt, Eric; Blinder, Alan; Gibbons-Neff, Thomas (2018-02-20). "'An Endless War': Why 4 U.S. Soldiers Died in a Remote African Desert". The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-02-24.
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