The jihadist leader of the Islamic State group in the Greater Sahara has been killed by the French military, President Emmanuel Macron says.
Writing on Twitter, Mr Macron described the death of Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi as a “major success in the fight against terrorist groups in the Sahel”.
French forces, backed by US intelligence, have been hunting jihadist cells in the region for years.
Islamist insurgent groups have spread across the region, including Mali, Niger, Chad and Burkina Faso.
