- Sudan: Unexploded Mine Injures Six Children In North Darfur
July 7, 2022
Six children were reportedly injured after an undetonated device exploded at the Zamzam internally displaced persons (IDP) camp in North Darfur, Sudan. The device believed to be unexploded ordnance (UXO) went off after one of the children found it in the field. The six siblings suffered various injuries including to the eye, arm, and chest area. Elham ...
- Somalia: Bomb blast kills senior police officer near Mogadishu
July 6, 2022
A bomb blast, targeting a vehicle carrying security personnel, killed a senior Somali security official near the capital Mogadishu on Wednesday. The bomb blast took place in the town of Afgooye, in the southwestern province of Lower Shabelle. Afgooye is a strategic agricultural town located 30 kilometers (18 miles) from Mogadishu. Mahamud Abdi, a security official in the ...
- Nigeria: Gun and bomb attack hits Kuje prison in Abuja
July 6, 2022
Gunmen suspected to be terrorists have launched an attack on the Kuje Medium Prison in Abuja. The prison facility came under attack around 10:27 p.m. with bomb explosions and gun shots. Investigation revealed that the suspected terrorists invaded the facility from the back of the premises. Read more… Source: Daily Post
- Mali: 2 Peacekeepers Killed, Several Wounded In Deadly Mine Incident In Gao
July 5, 2022
An armoured vehicle of a MINUSMA logistics convoy struck a mine on the Tessalit-Gao axis. According to an initial assessment, two peacekeepers succumbed to their injuries, and five others were seriously wounded as a result of this attack. A rapid response force was dispatched to the scene and the wounded were evacuated. MINUSMA strongly condemns this attack, ...
- Burkina Faso: At least 4 killed in explosion in Bam province
July 2, 2022
At least four civilians were killed in the blast of an improvised explosive device Friday in the central-north region of Burkina Faso, a security source told Xinhua in the capital Ouagadougou. A tricycle among a convoy of civilians under Army escort hit an improvised explosive device, causing the death of at least four people, the source ...
- Senegal: Bomb disposal experts comb Singhere village for explosives
June 30, 2022
Since June 2, the team from Handicap International has been combing the village of Singhere, about 50 kilometres from Ziguinchor, in search of hidden mines, to allow the population to have access to this track which links two villages. The majority of the population have abandoned their land due to the crisis that has long affected ...
- In post-coup Burkina Faso, jihadist attacks grow fiercer despite junta pledge
June 29, 2022
When mutinous soldiers ousted Burkina Faso’s democratically elected president in late January, they vowed to do a better job of securing the Sahelian country from attacks linked to al-Qaeda and the so-called Islamic State. But violence has only increased over the past five months, draining public confidence in the junta, threatening coastal West African states, and ...
- Morocco and UN to Strengthen Counterterrorism Cooperation
June 25, 2022
Morocco’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nasser Bourita, said on Friday that cooperation between Morocco and the UN in the field of counterterrorism is “strong and fruitful.” The statement came during a celebration of the first anniversary of the Rabat-based United Nations Office for Counter-Terrorism and Training in Africa. During the celebration, Bourita and Vladimir Voronkov, the Under ...
- Nigeria: Terrorists bomb another police station in Kogi state
June 24, 2022
A police inspector on duty was killed when terrorists launched an improvised explosive device (IED) at a police station in Kogi Friday morning. The police station is located at Eika-Ohizenyi, in Okehi Local Government Area of Kogi State, North-Central Nigeria. A resident in the area, Abubakar Momoh, told Peoples Gazette that the brigands stormed the police post ...
- Mali: eight Burkinabe peacekeepers wounded near Timbuktu
June 23, 2022
Eight peacekeepers from the United Nations Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) were wounded Thursday in the explosion of a mine in the Timbuktu region, plagued by violence by jihadist groups, the UN said. The wounded are part of the Burkinabe contingent of MINUSMA, a UN official told AFP on condition of anonymity. “A security patrol of peacekeepers ...
- Nigeria: Troops Intercept Explosives, Ammunition In Cross River
June 22, 2022
Troops of 13 Brigade operating under command of 82 Division, Nigerian Army on Tuesday 21 June 2022, intercepted a Toyota Camry car with registration number JAL 492 AA, loaded with assorted munition while enroute Utanga village towards Obudu Mountains in Cross River State. The security operatives deployed at Forward Operating Base Amana attempted to stop the ...
- Somalia: ATMIS, UNMAS and key stakeholders conclude conference to counter IEDs
June 18, 2022
Top officials of the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS), the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS), and key stakeholders, have concluded a three-day conference to take stock of the current measures to counter Improvised Explosive Devices (IED), in order to develop a comprehensive IED threat mitigation strategy. The conference in Mogadishu, attended by Somali ...
- Kenya Defence Forces Successfully Removed And Detonated Under Vehicle Improvised Explosive Device In Somalia
June 15, 2022
Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) troops deployed under the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) recently removed and successfully, safely detonated a Remote Controlled Under Vehicle Improvised Explosive Device (RC UVIED) in Dhobley town, Somalia. The Improvised Explosive Device was mounted on the chassis of a Toyota Surf and is believed to have been targeted at ...
- Seychelles Police confirms Kenyan experts helping in Valabhji couple’s illegal firearms case
June 13, 2022
The Seychelles Police have confirmed that they have sought the expertise of the Kenyan ballistics experts to assist in an ongoing case of illegal possession of firearms. The Nairobi Review newspaper stated in a recent article that “the government of Seychelles has contracted the services of experts drawn from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) Forensic ...
- Somalia: Double explosions kills at least 2 near Mogadishu
June 11, 2022
At least two people were killed and more than five others wounded late Friday in two explosions in and around Somalia’s capital of Mogadishu, according to an official. The first attack was a landmine explosion that targeted a vehicle carrying security personnel on the outskirts of Mogadishu, according to a police officer who spoke to Anadolu ...
- Nigeria: ISIL affiliate blamed for church massacre
June 9, 2022
The Nigerian government has blamed an ISIL-affiliated armed group in the country for carrying out an attack that killed dozens of worshippers at a church. Security experts, however, expressed scepticism about the allegation. The responsibility for Sunday’s deadly bomb and gun assault in Owo town, Ondo state, which killed at least 40 churchgoers, belonged to the Islamic ...
- Nigeria: Gunmen kill ‘many’ church worshippers in Ondo state
June 6, 2022
Gunmen with explosives stormed a Catholic church and opened fire in southwest Nigeria on Sunday, killing at least 21 worshippers and wounding others, the government and police said. Richard Olatunde, spokesman for the Ondo State governor’s office, told AFP that dynamite exploded inside the St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo town before gunmen opened fire through ...
- Kenya: Five police officers injured as car is hit by explosive in Garissa
June 5, 2022
At least five police officers from the Critical Infrastructure Protection Unit (CIPU) are nursing injuries after a vehicle they were travelling in was hit by a roadside explosive in Ijara, Garissa County. While confirming the Sunday incident, Ijara Deputy County Commissioner Willy Cheboi said the officers were heading to Sangailu from Masalani when the explosion happened. “Our ...
