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Seven people have been killed and six injured after a suicide bomber detonated an unidentified device at a cafe outside a police training school in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu. According to police, both officers and civilians were among the victims, who Read More …
Ukraine denied late on Monday media reports that it has been involved in supplying drones to rebels fighting in the north of Mali. The French Le Monde newspaper reported that the Tuareg fighters in the West African country use Ukrainian Read More …
As tensions heighten in Rivers State over conduct of local government elections, the Rivers State Police Command has confirmed that two explosions rocked the state on Saturday. According to the police, the first explosion took place at the All Progressives Read More …
Two police operatives have been killed by an improvised explosive device detonated by unidentified gunmen in Uruagu, a community in Nnewi North Local Government Area of Anambra State. The attackers were said to have launched a surprise attack on the Read More …
Eleven people have died in Rwanda as the African country continues to fight an outbreak of Marburg virus. The Rwandan government said there were 36 confirmed cases of the virus in its latest update, with 25 people in isolation. Two Read More …
On September 30, 2024, the Government of Canada announced more than $38.3 million in funding for a total of 15 projects to support security, peace and stability in the Middle East and Central Asia. Through the Peace and Stabilization Operations Read More …
Angola’s landmine problem is a tragic legacy of decades of conflict, first in the fight for independence from Portugal and later in the ensuing civil war. Historical records indicate that almost all parties involved in these conflicts were responsible for Read More …
The Minister in charge of Foreign Affairs, Karamoko Jean Marie Traoré, spoke at the United Nations (UN) General Assembly on Monday, September 30, 2024, on behalf of Burkina Faso. Among other things, he said, to the cheers of the assembly, Read More …
Two separate bomb blasts killed at least three people in Somalia on Saturday, officials said, noting that no group had taken responsibility for explosions in Mogadishu and Lower Shabelle, which also left scores of people critically injured. The first blast Read More …
UNOPS and the UN Resident Coordinator’s Office in Yemen are working to scale-up much-needed mine action operations across the country. Years of conflict in Yemen have left a devastating mark on the country, including the widespread contamination of explosive remnants Read More …
Multi-agency teams are searching for suspects behind the recovered bomb-making materials from a guesthouse in Garissa Town. The team said the materials were meant to make an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) for use at an undisclosed place. A team raided a Read More …
As Somalia advances in its journey towards self-reliance and sustainability in national security, the threat of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) remains critical. Their impact on local communities and national armed forces is devastating: in the last 12 months, about 600 Read More …
Throughout most of Bié province, the soil is fertile and water sources are widely accessible, but where mines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) are present, use of the land is severely limited. From 1983 to 1985, mines and other explosive items Read More …
At least 1,500 civilians were killed or injured by 600 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in Somalia over the past year, the UN reported late Thursday. UN Secretary-General’s Acting Special Representative for Somalia James Swan said that the threat of IEDs Read More …
More than 70 people are thought to have been killed in an attack by an al-Qaeda-linked group on Mali’s capital Bamako earlier this week, according to diplomatic and security sources. Hardline fighters from the Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wa al-Muslimeen (JNIM) Read More …
The United Kingdom has announced an additional USD 5.5 million in funding to aid landmine clearance in Zimbabwe’s Mashonaland East and Mashonaland Central provinces. The initiative aims to enhance safety in these regions and promote awareness of the lingering dangers Read More …
Al Qaeda affiliate Jama’a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM) claimed responsibility for the pre-dawn attacks on strategic points in Bamako in a rare case of unrest reaching the capital after years of armed conflict in the hinterlands between government forces Read More …
An attack by some hoodlums at Umunze Police Station in Anambra State in the early hours of Monday left two policemen dead. This was disclosed by the Police Public Relations Officer of the state police command. According to him, five Read More …
The United States (US) Embassy in Nairobi has issued a security alert, warning its citizens of possible terror attacks. According to the embassy, terrorists may target the locations that are highly frequented by their citizens and other foreigners, including tourists Read More …
At least five people were killed and eight others wounded in a series of roadside explosions in Mogadishu’s Kahda district on Saturday, according to local officials. The blasts targeted a popular spot where young people often gather for recreational photography, Read More …