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Police in Limpopo have arrested a man found in possession of explosives worth about R300,000 at the Beitbridge Border post in Musina. The 37-year-old was apprehended during routine inspections at the port of entry’s south gate on Thursday. Officers searching Read More …
Tension gripped the Idi-Araba area of Mushin, Lagos State, on Thursday following a deadly explosion that claimed a life and left three others badly injured. The incident, which occurred on Taiwo Street, was reportedly triggered when a local scavenger discovered Read More …
The United Nations (UN) on Friday reaffirmed its commitment to supporting Somalia in the fight against explosive hazards, aiming for a safe and secure future for all citizens. James Swan, UN secretary-general’s special representative for Somalia, said improvised explosive devices Read More …
Defence Cabinet Secretary Soipan Tuya has unveiled the ultra-modern Counter Improvised Explosives Devices (Counter-IED) complex at the Humanitarian Peace Support School (HPSS) in Kahawa Garisson, Nairobi County. HPSS is an institute of the International Peace Support Training Centre (IPSTC) which Read More …
Angola requires $240 million from government or donor funding to clear nearly 1,000 minefields from the civil war that ended more than two decades ago, the National Mine Action Agency head said. The landmines, planted during the 27-year civil war Read More …
Under the cover of darkness, the jihadists moved into Wulgo, where the shores of Lake Chad meet the arid countryside of northern Nigeria. Around 1:00 am, a “barrage” of rocket-propelled grenades was fired, sending Cameroonian troops, stationed there as part Read More …
Suspected Islamist fighters launched a coordinated attack on an army base and a military outpost in Nigeria’s northeastern Borno State, killing at least 16 people, security sources told Reuters. Boko Haram insurgents and ISWAP fighters struck an army base in Read More …
At least 12 Cameroonian soldiers were killed Monday night in an attack by Islamic militants on the border with Nigeria, according to a statement from the Cameroonian Ministry of Defense. The attack also left over a dozen soldiers wounded and Read More …
An operation carried out by the Commercial Customs Brigade of Idenau during a physical inspection of cargo being offloaded from an artisanal boat onto a truck within the port area led to the successful seizure of a huge quantity of Read More …
A cache of arms has been seized by the military. This followed the foiling of a plan to bomb another oil pipeline in Rivers State. Eight suspects have been arrested. A joint security force set up following the March 18 Read More …
At least one Puntland soldier was killed, and nine others were injured in an attack by ISIS militants in the Xabley area of Ufayn district, Bari region, on Monday night. The attack, which took place in the Dhaban-Qooxle area of Read More …
At least three people have been hospitalized after an undetonated Improvised Explosive Device (IED) exploded in Gujba Local Government Area of Yobe State. The explosion occurred on Saturday in Ngomari Community, Buni Yadi, the headquarters of Gujba LGA. Boko Haram Read More …
At least six police personnel were killed in Kenya while four were injured in an attack on a police camp by suspected Islamist militants in Garissa county in the country’s east on the border with Somalia, police said. The assault Read More …
Islamist militants killed at least 44 civilians and severely injured 13 others during an attack on a mosque in southwest Niger on Friday, the country’s defence ministry said. The attack occurred during afternoon prayers in the village of Fombita in Read More …
Four people have lost their lives, and four others sustained injuries after an improvised explosive device (IED) detonated beneath a commercial vehicle in Biu Local Government Area of Borno State. The explosion occurred on Wednesday, March 19, at approximately 2:30pm Read More …
Nigerian President Bola Tinubu declared a state of emergency on Tuesday in oil-producing Rivers State and suspended the state governor, his deputy and all lawmakers. Tinubu, in a television broadcast, said he had received security reports in the last two Read More …
Al Shabaab militants targeted Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud in a bomb attack on his motorcade as it was traveling through the capital Mogadishu on Tuesday, the Islamist group said. Two senior government and military officials told Reuters that Mohamud Read More …
Police in Mpumalanga have arrested two foreign nationals, Justice Thejana, 30, and Rethabile Pheku, 40, after explosives were discovered in their vehicle, a white Toyota Fortuner. The pair was arrested along the R532 Road between Graskop and Ohrigstad. “During an Read More …
Puntland security forces have killed a senior Islamic State (ISIS) commander responsible for directing drone attacks using explosive-laden unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), authorities announced Thursday. The militant, identified as a foreign national, was killed in a Puntland-led operation in the Read More …
An improvised explosive device (IED) planted by terrorists on the Maiduguri-Damaturu road has injured three police officers on routine patrol. The incident occurred at about 3pm on Tuesday, near Garin Kuturu village, between Auno and Jakana in Borno state. The Read More …