- Nigeria: Officer killed as police raid IPOB’s camp in Imo
August 28, 2021
One officer was reportedly killed in a gun fight between the police and suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in Akata, Oru East LGA of Imo state. The police spokesperson said three improvised explosive devices (IED, two pump-action guns, nine cartridges, one locally-made pistol and one Toyota Highlander SUV were recovered from them. Read ...
- Uganda foils bomb plot at army commander’s funeral
August 27, 2021
A suspected suicide bomber has been arrested in Uganda for planning to blow up mourners at the funeral of an army commander known as “the Lion of Mogadishu”. Maj-Gen Paul Lokech earned his nickname from the time he headed the African Union force in Somalia (Amisom) in the mid-2000s. He is credited with flushing out al-Shabab Islamist ...
- Nigerian troops foil terrorists’ attack on Babangida town
August 26, 2021
The Nigerian Army said troops of Operation Hadin Kai on Wednesday foiled an attempted attack on Babangida town in Yobe by terrorists belonging to Boko Haram and Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP). According to Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, terrorists attempted to infiltrate the town but were met with a fierce counterattack forcing them to retreat. Troops ...
- Nigeria: Army nab Boko Haram bomb-making materials’ supplier
August 22, 2021
Troops of Sector 2, Joint Task Force, Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) have nabbed a man supplying bomb-making materials to Boko Haram members in Geidam Local Council of Yobe State. The suspect, Yusuf Saleh, was arrested at Bayamari along the Geidam/Gashua road for allegedly supplying 38 bags of urea fertiliser for bomb making. Spokesman of the Army, Brig-Gen. ...
- Mali: 15 soldiers killed, several wounded in ambush in Mopti province
August 20, 2021
Fifteen Malian soldiers were killed and 10 others wounded when a booby trapped vehicle exploded Thursday in Mali’s central Mopti region, the Defense Ministry said. “The convoy of the Malian Armed Forces (FAMa) leaving Douentza for Boni was the target of a complex attack” as a “victim of an ambush after the explosion of an abandoned ...
- Somalia: Bomb blast in Mogadishu kills local official
August 17, 2021
A local official in the Somali capital Mogadishu was killed and several people wounded on Tuesday when a bomb blast targeted his vehicle, a police official said. “A vehicle carrying Garasbaley officials including Commissioner Mohamed Abukar Afrah was hit by a landmine explosion while traveling between the Garasbaley and Kahda districts today,” Mohamed Ali Dhere, a ...
- Security Experts Warn Al-Shabab May Try to Emulate Taliban in Somalia
August 16, 2021
The Taliban’s swift takeover of Afghanistan has raised concerns that it could encourage other Islamist militant groups around the world, such as al-Shabab in Somalia. Experts warn that when and if international forces there try to hand over security to the Somali government, the world could see a repeat of what happened in Afghanistan. Former Somali ...
- Nigeria: UNICEF Condemns Killing Of 3 Children By IED In Borno
August 14, 2021
The United Nations Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF), on Saturday, condemned the killing of three children in Borno State reportedly by Improvised Explosive Device (IED), which are part of remnants of war in the North-East region. UNICEF expressed worry that the avoidable deaths of the children as young as 12 year-old, who were playing on Mblu Bridge ...
- Nigeria: Boko Haram’s IED commander, Abu Dardi, 20 other IED experts surrender in Northeast – Army
August 7, 2021
There are indications that the days of Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists who had held sway for about ten years are coming to an end following the surrender of about 300 terrorists and some of their Commanders in the North East. This is just as Amir Abu Darda (terrorist Commander) in charge of IED’s, Improvised Explosive Device making ...
- US adds two senior Al-Shabaab leaders to global terror list
August 7, 2021
The US government on Friday designated two senior Al-Shabaab leaders as terrorists amid intensified operations against the militant group by Somali forces backed by African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom) troops. Ali Mohamed Rage, also known as Ali Dhere, and Abdikadir Mohamed Abdikadir, also known as Ikrima are listed as Specially Designated Global Terrorists under Executive ...
- Cameroon: Two soldiers killed in makeshift bomb blast in Anglophone region
August 6, 2021
Two soldiers are reported to have lost their lives after their convoy was hit by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in Kumbo, a locality in the Bui sub-division in the restive North West region of Cameroon Wednesday August 04. According to the Senior Divisional Officer for Bui, Henri Lanyuy, the convoy was heading to Firkov-Meluf in ...
- Nigerian Army: Insurgents use fertiliser to produce IEDs
August 5, 2021
The Nigerian Army (NA) says troops of 28 taskforce brigade, Madagali, Adamawa, seized bags of fertilisers because the product is banned in the state. The Army made the clarification following accusation by farmers that troops were reselling the seized fertilisers at an exorbitant price. In a statement on Wednesday, Haruna Sani, assistant director, army public relations, said ...
- Drones and Violent Nonstate Actors in Africa
August 5, 2021
The risk of militarization of drone technology in Africa represents a new asymmetric tool that violent nonstate groups may deploy to extend the reach of their lethality, reshaping the African battlefield. In late 2016, the Islamic State (ISIS) reached an important milestone during the battle to secure the city of Mosul in Northern Iraq. In what ...
- Japan donates $4 million to counter IEDs in Somalia
August 4, 2021
Japan has donated $4 million to Somalia to support in countering improvised explosive devices that have become commonly deployed weapons by extremist groups in recent years. According to a statement from the Japanese embassy in Kenya, the donation will be channelled through the United Nations Voluntary Trust Fund for Assistance in Mine Action. “This important contribution will ...
- Zimbabwe: 1 500 People, 120 000 Livestock Killed By Landmines Since 1980
August 3, 2021
Over 1 500 people have been killed or maimed by landmines while more than 120 000 livestock have also perished since independence in 1980. As a result, a local Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) organisation has urged the government to compile a database of people injured by explosives during the liberation war in communities along Zimbabwe’s border ...
- Niger: Fifteen soldiers killed in ambush in Tillaberi Region
August 2, 2021
Suspected terrorists ambush soldiers near Niger’s border with Burkina Faso, killing 15 of them and wounding seven others. The attack took place in the Torodi area of the Tillaberi region that lies along the common border, Niger’s defense ministry said in a statement. The ministry said the attackers first ambushed the soldiers and then struck them with ...
- UK and Kenya sign new Defence Cooperation Agreement to tackle shared threat from Al-Shabaab
July 28, 2021
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace and Kenyan Cabinet Secretary for Defence Dr Monica Juma signed the deal after agreeing to step up UK support for the key security partner The UK is stepping up its counter-terrorism and military support to Kenya as the two countries signed a new five-year Defence Cooperation Agreement (DCA). Defence Secretary Ben Wallace and ...
- UN says five peacekeepers injured in attack in northern Mali
July 26, 2021
Five U.N. peacekeepers were injured in an attack using an improvised explosive device in Mali’s restive north Monday, the United Nations said. U.N. deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said a quick reaction force was immediately sent to the site in Aguelhok in the Kidal region and the wounded peacekeepers were taken to a hospital. No other details were ...
