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The General Staff of the Armed Forces confirms the arrest of Mahamad Ould ERKEHILE alias ABOU RAKIA and recently ABOU HACH, a leading leader of the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (EIGS), the neutralization of several of his fighters and the recovery of various military equipment including countless materials for the manufacture of Impr@vised Explosive Devices (EEl) this January 3, 2025. On January 3, 2025, the Rapid Intervention Battalion (#BIR) 18 carried out a major operation in #Montionkui, Burkina Faso, neutralized more than 20 terrorists and seized a large arsenal.