Terrorism
Thursday, September 5, 2013 - 07:33
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), an umbrella group for Nigeria's oil militants, has threatened to attack a Chevron facility in the oil producing Niger Delta region on this year's independence day, to be observed 1 Oct.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 13:26
A renegade soldier has made an attempt on the life of Burkina Faso's President Blaise Compaoré, reports Fasozine.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 13:25
The spokesman of Alshabab fighters Sheikh Abdi Aziz Abu musab claimed that his fighters destroyed 2 vehicles used by the presidential convoy.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 13:24
Qadar Haji Abdullahi, a government official who was based in Afmadow town located in the lower Juba region of Somalia has been slaughtered by Alshabab fighters.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 13:22
news just in from Bufo town located in the lower Shabelle region confirm that a motorcade escorting the president of the federal republic of Somalia Mr. Hassan Sheikh has been attacked on their way to Marka town.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 13:07
Somalia's president has escaped unhurt from an ambush on his military-escorted motorcade that the armed group al-Shabaab said it carried out.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 13:05
The Nigerian Army yesterday said it has began investigations into the killing of members of the youth vigilante group called Civilian JTF by suspected members of the Boko Haram sect in Monguno, Borno State.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 13:04
The number of jihadi groups operating in Sinai's rugged, mountainous deserts has mushroomed over recent years, believed to have thousands of fighters.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 12:46
Shabaab, al Qaeda's affiliate in Somalia, released two photographs of what it claimed are newly trained "Mujahideen fighters" who are to be deployed to Hiran and Galgaduud in central Somalia and are to serve with the "Ali bin Abu Talib" battalion. Shabaab released brief statements, which are reproduced below, and two photographs on its Twitter accounts:
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 12:38
The ancient desert town of Timbuktu, like much of northern Mali, is struggling to recover from the effects of a yearlong rebel occupation.