Africa

August 11, 2026

The head of military intelligence for eastern Libya’s Libyan National Army ​was killed on Monday when an ‌explosive device detonated in his car outside his home in the Hawari area of Benghazi. Brigadier Fowzi ​Mansouri was killed in the evening ⁠blast, the sources said, speaking on condition ​of anonymity. They did not say who ​was responsible ...

August 8, 2026

Troops of Operation Fansan Yamma (OPFY) on a patrol near Maradun in Zamfara State have intercepted a 35-year-old terrorists’ collaborator, and recovered N5.302 million and mobile phone from him. “Preliminary interrogation showed the suspect was allegedly delivering the funds on behalf of a terrorist leader to another individual, Kasimu Garba, who was arrested at his residence. ...

August 7, 2026

A 35-year-old man lost an arm after a suspected improvised explosive device exploded in his hands in Mandera Town on Friday evening, triggering a security response. The blast occurred at about 6:30pm in the Bula Buruburu area, near Holland Sports Ground, according to preliminary police reports and witnesses. Investigators suspect the man was carrying the device ...

August 7, 2026

At least six people were injured, one of them critically, after the vehicle they were travelling in struck a roadside improvised explosive device (IED) in what is suspected to be an Al Shabaab attack in Mandera County. The incident occurred at about 6 p.m. on Thursday near Odole Village in Elwak Sub-County, according to preliminary reports. The ...

August 6, 2026

At least 308 people abducted in different attacks in the northern part of Nigeria were rescued, the country’s president said Wednesday. Those rescued include 163 people abducted from Woro community in Kaiama area of Kwara state in February, and 145 people kidnapped mostly from Niger state, Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu said in a statement. Details of the operation that freed ...

August 6, 2026

Military authorities have declared some senior commanders of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) wanted, following forensic analyses of electronic devices recovered during recent combat operations in the Lake Chad region of Borno State. In a statement issued on Wednesday, Mohammed Goni, the acting spokesperson for Operation Hadin Kai, a joint task force in the North-east, ...

August 4, 2026

Five suspected Islamic State West Africa Province, ISWAP, terrorists, including an alleged medical officer and four Improvised Explosive Devices, IEDs, specialists, have reportedly been killed in a premature explosion while assembling explosives in Marte Local Government Area of Borno State. The incident occurred at Maina Daya Village, located between Sabon Tumbu and Jubilaram, about 29 kilometres ...

August 3, 2026

Somalia’s Islamist insurgent group Al-Shabaab said it seized a strategic location in central Somalia on Sunday after intense fighting with government forces, a claim confirmed to AFP on Monday by locals in nearby areas. Somalia has been battling the Al-Shabaab insurgency for around two decades but the militants still control vast swathes of the country. In a statement, Al-Shabaab claimed it ...

August 2, 2026

The Office of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA) in Nigeria, has disclosed that nearly six million people still depend on humanitarian assistance, even as global humanitarian funding continues to decline. Head of UN OCHA Nigeria, Miss Danielle Parry, stated this when she led a delegation to pay a courtesy visit to the ...

August 1, 2026

The Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) has passed out Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) and Counter-Improvised Explosive Device (Counter-IED) technicians and combat engineers from Intake 4/2026 at the School of Combat Engineering, Kalama. Presiding over the pass-out ceremony, the Commander of the 14 Combat Engineering Brigade, Brigadier General Richard Wakayinja, said the nature of modern warfare has ...

August 1, 2026

The commander of the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM), General Dagvin Anderson, has said Washington is not abandoning Somalia but wants the Somali government to take greater responsibility for securing the country and leading the fight against terrorism. Anderson delivered the message during his visit to Mogadishu this week, saying the United States wanted to see ...

July 29, 2026

Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have discovered and safely detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) planted along the Dikwa-Gajibo road in Borno State. The explosive device was discovered at about 10:10 a.m. on Monday by troops of the 81 Division Task Force Battalion during a routine picketing patrol along the Dikwa-Gajibo axis. “The troops immediately secured the ...

July 28, 2026

UNMAS, together with the National Mine Action Authority (NMAA), marked the official handover of vehicles and operational equipment procured under ‘The Project for the Improvement of the Working Environment for Mine Action Agencies’, funded by the Government of Japan through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) The handover represents a significant investment in strengthening the operational capacity of the ...

July 28, 2026

Five security personnel have been killed following a roadside bomb attack in Arabia, Mandera County. The casualties include four officers from the elite Special Operations Group (SOG) and one National Police Reservist (NPR). According to local authorities, the officers were on a routine security patrol when their vehicle struck a suspected Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted along ...

July 26, 2026

Terrorist groups operating in Nigeria’s North-East and North-West are increasingly adapting their tactics by exploiting public infrastructure, with recent military and police operations reportedly uncovering evidence that components from solar street lights are being repurposed for improvised explosive devices (IEDs). According to security reports and images circulated from recent operations, insurgents linked to Boko Haram and ...

July 25, 2026

The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) is seeking to draw on Tunisian expertise to strengthen Libya’s capacity in mine clearance and explosive ordnance disposal. The discussions came during a visit to the Tunisian Centre of Excellence for Countering Improvised Explosive Devices in Bizerte by the Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and Resident ...

July 20, 2026

Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) troops operating under Operation Amani Boni (OAB) have disrupted terrorist plans after detecting and safely destroying four Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) hidden along key supply routes in Lamu County. According to their X post on Monday, July 20, 2026, the discoveries were made during routine dominance patrols and route clearance operations aimed at securing ...

July 17, 2026

Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have arrested suspected terrorist informants and logistics suppliers, received the surrender of a suspected member of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), and destroyed an improvised explosive device (IED) during separate operations across Borno State. According to an operational report released yesterday, troops of the 195 Battalion, in collaboration with members of ...