- Somalia: Two Al-Shabab militants killed in blast in the Lower Shabelle region
August 5, 2023
The African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) said Friday that two members of Al-Sabah militia were killed when a road bomb, they tried to plant in the Lower Shabelle region, blew up accidentally. The blast took place on the road between area 50 and Lanta-Buro – Al-Sabab’s former stronghold nearly 25 miles (40 km) to ...
- Somalia: Al-Shabab launches bomb and gun attack on SNA base near Kenya border
August 4, 2023
The Al-Qaeda-linked Al-Shabaab militants carried out a yet another daring attack in Somalia amidst preparation for final anti-Al-Shabaab push. The Friday morning assault occurred in the vicinity of Dolow near Somalia’s porous border with Kenya, where Al-Shabaab targeted a key SNA base, according to the residents. Read more… Source: Shabelle Media Network
- Nigeria: IED Injures 5 Soldiers, 2 Policemen At IPOB Camps
August 2, 2023
Five soldiers and two policemen sustained various degrees of injuries from Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) detonated Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) during clearance operations in Anambra and Imo states. Gen. Nwachukwu said the troops during the raid cleared IPOB camps in Eke Ututu, Orsomoghu, Lilu and Mother Valley camps of the dissidents. “Troops came in contact ...
- Senegal: Two dead, five wounded in Dakar bus petrol bomb attack
August 2, 2023
Two people were killed and five wounded when an attacker hurled a petrol bomb on a bus in Dakar on Tuesday, the interior minister said. Bus driver Abdoulaye Diop, who was hurt in the attack, told an AFP journalist at the scene that a group of hooded youths boarded the bus and insulted him, while ...
- Managing exits from violent extremist groups: lessons from the Lake Chad Basin
August 2, 2023
Some Lake Chad Basin countries (Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria) have been dealing with violent extremism for over a decade. Disarmament, demobilisation, repatriation, reintegration and resettlement processes in these countries may offer useful lessons for other West African contexts, including Mali and Burkina Faso, or more recently affected countries such as Benin, Côte d’Ivoire and ...
- Ugandan peacekeepers starts clearing unexploded ordnances in DR Congo
August 1, 2023
The Ugandan peacekeeping troops have embarked on demining and clearing unexploded ordnances in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) unit of Uganda People’s Defence Force (UPDF) Contingent is clearing unexploded ordnances from several plantations, fields, and bushes within the villages of Mabenga in DRC’s North Kivu Province, the UPDF ...
- Somalia: Bomb blast wounds one person in Mogadishu
August 1, 2023
A witness says an explosion occurred in the Wadajir district of Mogadishu early on Monday Tuesday morning. The explosion from a landmine was targeted at a vehicle carrying soldiers of the government army that was passing through the Buulo Hubey neighborhood in the Wadajir district. It has been confirmed that one soldier was injured in the ...
- Niger: EU suspends security cooperation and budgetary aid
July 29, 2023
The EU has suspended all security cooperation with Niger after the country’s army took power in a coup. It comes shortly after the US declared its “unflagging support” for ousted president Mohamed Bazoum – seen as a key Western ally in the fight against Islamist militants. On Friday the head of the presidential guards unit Gen ...
- Kenya: Attack On Kenya Defence Forces Outpost Confirms Al-Shabaab Drone Use
July 27, 2023
Kenyan security forces have increased their operations along the country’s 680-kilometer border with Somalia in response to recent attacks by al-Shabaab. During one recent attack against a military outpost in Sirari, security forces killed a suspected suicide bomber and brought down a drone that al-Shabaab fighters were using to gather intelligence ahead of the attack. Read more… Source: ...
- Camp Lemonnier dog handler teams train together
July 25, 2023
Military working dog handlers from U.S. Navy Camp Lemonnier security and Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa partnered with the U.S. Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians for an MWD training event at Chabelley Airfield, Djibouti, July 25, 2023. The training encompassed explosives detection, detection to aggression transition drills, and patrol and obedience training. Read more… Source: DVIDS
- Somalia: A suicide bomber kills at least 25 at a training academy in Mogadishu
July 24, 2023
A suicide bomber on Monday targeted a military training academy in Somalia, killing 25 soldiers in the capital of Mogadishu, a senior army officer said. Al-Qaida’s affiliate in East Africa, the Somalia-based al-Shabab, claimed responsibility for the attack. The officer said more than 40 others were wounded in the bombing at the Jalle Siyad military academy, ...
- ‘Vigilance is key’: Al Shabaab threat rising in Kenya’s northeast
July 23, 2023
In Kenya’s rural northeast, roadside bombs and beheadings that killed two dozen people last month appear to be part of a troubling escalation of violence by Al-Qaeda-linked Islamists, analysts say. A regional economic powerhouse and a popular tourist draw, Kenya has not suffered a high-profile jihadist attack since 2019, when 21 people lost their lives at ...
- DR Congo: Nine killed in North Kivu bomb blast
July 20, 2023
At least nine people have been killed and 16 injured after an explosive device accidentally detonated in a field in conflict-torn Democratic Republic of Congo, local sources said on Thursday. The blast occurred on Wednesday evening in Lubwe Sud in North Kivu province’s Rutshuru territory. Justin Mwangaza, a local civil-society figure, told AFP that a civilian ...
- Kenya: Al Shabaab casts wide recruiting net as Tanzanians arrested heading for Somalia
July 17, 2023
Al Shabaab militants are recruiting foreigners from neighbouring countries, as fewer Kenyans are joining, security officials have said. Two Tanzanians were arrested in Garissa last Wednesday, while on their way to join the al Shabaab terror group in Somalia. It was the third such arrest of foreign would-be recruits in a month. Read more… Source: The Star
- Somalia: At least 18 Al-Shabaab members killed in Danab force operation
July 16, 2023
The Danab commandos carried out operations against Al-Shabaab in the villages between the Gal’ad district and the Bud-bud of Galgudud region. Officials of the military forces who spoke to the state media said that they have inflicted a great loss on the al-Shabaab group during the massive crackdown in the remote villages. In the operations, the ...
- ‘There is always risk’: The Zimbabwean de-miner in South Sudan
July 14, 2023
When the call came from war-ravaged South Sudan in June 2011, Job Tawengwa did not hesitate to say yes. Harare-based Tawengwa, a de-mining and explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) expert, knew it would be risky, as usual. His first call to clear landmines came in 1998, from Mozambique, next to his native Zimbabwe. He joined a team ...
- Kenya’s rise in al-Shabaab attacks calls for localised solutions
July 12, 2023
In the past three weeks, over 30 security force officers have been killed by improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in more than 10 attacks across north-eastern Kenya’s Garissa and Lamu counties. The violent extremist group Al-Shabaab is believed to be behind these and other attacks that have occurred over several years. IEDs have become al-Shabaab’s preferred weapons ...
- Kenya: 3 police officers killed in roadside blast in Garissa
July 11, 2023
At least three police officers were killed and eight others wounded when their vehicle ran over an improvised explosive device on Monday in Garissa County in northeastern Kenya, according to the police. After the explosion, the al-Shabab militants ambushed the officers, the police said in a security report. People who were injured in the attack were ...
