source: Telegram; Menastream; RFI
actor1: Ansar Dine
actor2: MINUSMA: United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (2013-2020)
location: Aguelhok
notes: On 20 January 2019, Ansar Dine (JNIM) militants launched a coordinated attack against MINUSMA positions in Aguelhok (Tessalit, Kidal). The attack was initiated by a suicide car bomb follow by armed assault, 11 Chadian peacekeepers were killed and 25 others wounded, at least three attackers were killed and one captured, JNIM claimed responsibility and said it was in response to the normalization of relations between Chad and Israel, the attack coincided on the day with PM Netanyahu's historic visit to N'Djamena.