Senegalese army conducts week-long exercise near Mali and Mauritania borders
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Seneweb
The Senegalese army conducted a nearly week-long nomadisation operation in military zone No. 4, along the borders with Mali and Mauritania, in Bakel and Goudiry (Tambacounda region). Troops distributed medicines and equipment in about ten localities before concluding the exercise on 10 November 2026 with parades, according to Seneweb.
Colonel Simon Sarr, commander of military zone No. 4 of the Senegalese army, set up his headquarters along the border with Mali and Mauritania during the nomadisation operation conducted in northern Bakel and Goudiry, Seneweb reports. The forces involved also carried out civil-military activities in about ten localities.
Medicines and various items of equipment were distributed notably in Wouro Thierno, Marsa, Ndia, Mbagnou, Diarémbolo and Sinthiou Tapsirou. The exercise ended on 10 November 2026 in Bakel with parades by soldiers on foot and in vehicles in front of local administrative and military authorities, according to Seneweb.
