Le Monde: The possibility of using drones in the war in Africa raises concerns
The French newspaper Le Monde has published a report saying that drones have become a threat due to the possibility of widespread use in wars in Africa, indicating that armed groups have so far only used drones in reconnaissance operations.
The report has revealed that the attack carried out by the al Shabab group on the US military base in Kenya in 2020 in Manda Bay, near the border of Kenya and Somalia, was planned based on images collected using a reconnaissance drone. It added that the Daesh group (ISIS) in West Africa has started using drones regularly in Nigeria to monitor the front line of the country's army. The report quoted Robin Das, a researcher at the International Center for the Study of Political Conflict and Terrorism in Singapore, as saying that armed groups are using these drones to conduct reconnaissance operations or take propaganda videos, adding that: "We have yet to see being used in military attacks as was the case in Syria and Iraq since 2016." A report by Le Monde newspaper said that the "assassin drones" - which ISIS has used extensively against the international coalition - have a different and varied design. The report quoted one of the European officials who was recently sent to the Sahel region as saying, "It is only a matter of time before this technology is used on African soil." Al Shabab fighters in Somalia At the same time, the Chief of the Air Force of Senegal, Father Souleymane Sarr, has expressed his fear about the use of drones in armed operations, saying that "the widespread use of remotely controlled vehicles has become a real threat to the armed forces all even those that have made great strides."
