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Save for a handful IED attacks targeting security agents mainly in operation areas in North Eastern and parts of Coast, 2023 saw much-reduced terror incidents, but not for lack of trying by the terror groups. A report by counter-terrorism agencies Read More …
At least six people were killed and 13 others have been injured in eastern Cuando Cubango province as a result of 13 land mine accidents recorded in 2023, ANGOP learnt Sunday in Menongue city. The figures were presented by the Read More …
A GSU officer has been injured while several others escaped unhurt after their Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected (M-RAP) vehicle was hit by a suspected IED in Banane, Garissa. The incident happened approximately two kilometres from Banane Centre in Damajale location some Read More …
The demining works for the implementation of the electrification project covering Triangle of Dembos and Nambuangongo in Angola’s northern has reached its final stage, the local governor Maria Antónia Nelumba has said. The project is expected to demine 252 kilometers Read More …
Uganda’s army bomb squad Friday evening detonated explosives as a civilian military helicopter crash victim was buried in Ntoroko District amid tight security.Civilian John Mukidi was killed when the UPDF helicopter gunship crashed into his house in Nyamisigiri Village on Read More …
President William Ruto announced Wednesday the deployment of troops to eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in a joint regional operation against a rebel offensive. Armed groups in eastern DRC have stepped up attacks, reviving ancient animosities and unleashing a surge Read More …
An improvised explosive device (IED) has claimed the life of an officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Abubakar Nurudeen, in Jakana, Konduga Local Government Area, along the Maiduguri-Damaturu road, Borno State. Nurudeen was, on Thursday, inspecting Read More …
The Anambra State Police Command says it has launched an intensive manhunt for armed insurgents who infiltrated from a neighbouring state and killed two Police Personnel. The gang which disguised in military fatigue and seemed to be on a kidnap Read More …
The National Intelligence and Security Agency [NISA] said it detained eight people in connection with the Al-Qaeda-linked militant group, Al-Shabaab. In a statement, NISA said the suspects were traveling in a car that was intercepted in Afgoye, 30 kilometers west Read More …
The security forces of Somalia’s Southwest regional state carried out an operation in the vicinity of the strategic city of Baidoa following a tip-off from residents. The hawk-eyed Darwish forces managed to seize a car packed with explosives while en Read More …
An improvised explosive device exploded on Christmas Day morning in Bamenda, the chief town of Cameroon’s Anglophone region of Northwest that has been ravaged by years of armed separatist conflict, several local and security sources said. The blast struck a Read More …
An attack by rebels in western Burundi has killed 20 people, all but one of them civilians, the central African country’s government has said. The attack was claimed by the Red-Tabara rebel group, which in its own statement said it Read More …
Two soldiers on motorcycle patrol in northern Benin were killed on Tuesday by an improvised explosive device, military and police sources said on Wednesday (13 December). While on motorcycle patrol Tuesday morning in the commune of Karimama, near the border Read More …
The Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ) under the Directorate General of Territorial Surveillance (DGST) arrested on Tuesday, as part of a joint security operation with the General Commissariat for Information of the Spanish police, an extremist active in Farkhana Read More …
A 15-year old teenager has been wounded in the explosion of an improvised explosive device (IED) in the Kasserine, a restive governorate used as a hideout by terrorists, in Tunisia. Abdelghani Chaabani, regional director of health in the governorate, confirmed Read More …
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has said wanted terrorists leader, Ali Kachala Kawaje; terrorists bomb expert Machika Dan Muhammad, and 38 other fighters were killed in Niger State airstrikes. Other prominent terrorist leaders neutralised include Haro and Dan Muhammadu both of Read More …
Police on Friday confirmed that at least four individuals lost their lives, and two others sustained serious injuries when their four-wheel-drive vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb. The Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was planted between Egge Dam and Bogyar Read More …
Four Senegalese soldiers were killed in Casamance when their vehicle hit an anti-tank mine in this region of southern Senegal in the grip of an independence rebellion, according to the army. The incident occurred on Thursday “during a mission” in Read More …
Two soldiers of Benin’s armed forces died Tuesday December 12 in the explosion of an improvised explosive device (IED) in the commune of Karimama, north of the country reeling with terrorism activities. The incident reportedly occurred at Bako Moko in Read More …
The U.S. has decreased its troop presence in Niger by almost half according to figures in a White House letter sent to Congress last week. The number of U.S. troops deployed to Niger appears to be 648, according to the Read More …