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In January 2024, the Ukrainian organization “Come Back Alive,” through its embassy in Mauritania, recruited representatives from Azawad, who then underwent training in Ukraine. This revelation highlights a concerning cooperation between Ukraine and Tuareg separatist groups, further exacerbating tensions in Read More …
Nigeria Police Force on Saturday released an update on incidents recorded in the nationwide protests against economic hardship in the country. The Police also dismissed a report by Amnesty International that 13 individuals have so far lost their lives in Read More …
The Borno Police Command says it has discovered six projectile grenades allegedly abandoned by terrorists at Ajilari Cross Area in Maiduguri, the state capital. Police Explosive Ordnance Department (EOD), Base 13, deployed to the scene to assess the grenades, discovered Read More …
At least 32 civilians were killed and 63 injured in an explosion on a popular beach in the Somali capital Mogadishu late on Friday evening, police said, an attack blamed by Somali state media on the militant Islamist group al Read More …
The Borno Police Command said an Improvised Explosive Device(IED), explosion resulted in the death of one male victim, while eleven others sustained various degrees of injuries in another attack in Maiduguri. The Police Commissioner (CP), Yusuf Lawal, disclosed this on Read More …
At least 17 people have been killed and over 20 injured after a suspected Boko Haram suicide bomber targeted a market in Konduga, Borno State, northeastern Nigeria. The incident occurred on Wednesday night in the Kawuri community, located approximately 50 Read More …
African health officials said mpox cases have spiked by 160% in the last year, warning the risk of further spread is high given the lack of effective treatments or vaccines on the continent. The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Read More …
An Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted by suspected Boko Haram terrorists has killed Shettima Mustapha, a senior accounting officer in the Education Department of Damboa local government area of Borno State. The IED also injured others when the vehicle they Read More …
The Lagos State Police Command’s Anti-Bomb Squad has deactivated an Improvised Explosive Device in the Ikeja area of the state. He said a vigilant police officer reported that a young man had alighted from a car and dropped a bag Read More …
In the northern region of Mali, Tuareg rebels reported on Saturday that they had killed and wounded several government soldiers and Russian Wagner Group mercenaries during a two-day clash near the Algerian border. The Malian military confirmed the deaths of Read More …
Kenyan security forces killed two al-Shabab militants while others escaped with injuries Saturday in a thwarted terrorist attack in eastern Kenya’s Garissa County near the border with Somalia. The police said in a security report released Saturday evening that its Read More …
At least seven Nigerian soldiers were killed after a mine exploded on a highway in Borno state, the hotbed of a Boko Haram militant insurgency, two vigilante officers said on Friday. A local vigilante officer helping to combat the insurgents, Read More …
Troops of Sector II Joint Task Force in the North-East Operation “Hadin Kai” on Friday, defused an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted at the Buni Yadi Cattle Market in Yobe. Capt. Mohammed Shehu, Spokesperson of the sector, told the News Read More …
According to the Guardian, a document sent to the UN Security Council and seen by the newspaper contains images allegedly found in Sudan and linked to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the paramilitary group that has been fighting the Sudanese Read More …
A civilian was injured on Tuesday in the explosion of a landmine in the military buffer zone of Jabal Salloum in Tunisia’s western province of Kasserine, the Tunis Afrique Presse (TAP) reported. Wounded in his leg and right hand, the Read More …
A road accident in Kiambu County has rapidly escalated into a potential public health disaster with far-reaching consequences. On Saturday, a truck ferrying 22 tonnes of sodium cyanide en route to Uganda overturned, spilling its lethal cargo in Kambembe, Rironi. Read More …
Five people, including a police constable, sustained varying injuries on Wednesday after an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) went off at Heritage Hotel in Mandera County, in a suspected terror attack. Police say the IED was placed on one of the Read More …
Gunmen killed 26 people in an attack on a village in central Mali’s insurgent-hit Mopti region on Sunday, a local official said on Monday. The attack targeted a village in the Circle of Bankass, one of several areas in Mali’s Read More …
The Sudanese army on Saturday said that it has defeated the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the country’s southeastern Sennar state. The army said in a statement that it captured five combat vehicles and destroyed 16 others. According to Read More …
The IED was discovered by residents around Mala Kachalla General Hospital at the federal low-cost along Baga Road around midnight. According to an eyewitness, the IED did not explode as it was discovered on time. The police anti-bomb squad was Read More …