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A high-level UN Assessment and Advisory Team are scheduled to inspect self-sustenance equipment, combat vehicles and accessories, de-mining devices, Explosive Ordnance Devices, logistic and medical equipment, military hardware and witness mock demonstrations during their visits (March 20-25) to the 1 Read More …
Thousands across Yemen maimed and mutilated by unexploded weapons and land mines. Some are mortars or rockets fired between rival groups fighting over residential streets, others are mines and booby traps deliberately left behind by retreating forces. Landmines and other Read More …
The second edition of the Africa-India Field Training Exercise (AFINDEX-2023) between India and 23 African nations began on Tuesday at the Foreign Training Node in Aundh. This unique field training exercise is attended by 100 participants from Botswana, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Read More …
At least six Cameroonian soldiers were injured in a landmine explosion on Tuesday in the Far North region of the country, according to local and security sources. The soldiers were driving along the Kolofata-Amchide road in the region when their Read More …
Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have arrested Ba’ana Bdiya, a “repentant Boko Haram fighter” over a bomb attack that led to the deaths of some soldiers. Alegedly, ‘Manci’, gave out details on the movement of the troops to terrorists on Read More …
Improvised explosive devices and ambushes continue to pose a major threat to soldiers fighting Boko Haram and ISWAP in Northern Nigeria. An exclusive report by SaharaReporters has revealed that three young personnel of the 152 Task Force Battalion, Banki town Read More …
Eleven children were killed and one injured in an accident involving unexploded ordnance in South Sudan, the spokeswoman for the UN mission in the violence-wracked country (UNMISS) said on Friday. The accident occurred on Thursday in a remote village in Read More …
At the height of terrorist attacks in Nigeria, Boko Haram and other insurgency groups increased the use of improvised explosive devices (IEDs). Most of the IEDs deployed by those terrorist groups were made from Ammonium Nitrate and Carbamide, which are Read More …
At least 5 people have been killed and 11 wounded, including a governor, in a suicide bombing in southwestern Somalia on Tuesday. “A suicide bomber drove an explosives-laden vehicle into a guesthouse in Bardera where government officials were staying,” said Read More …
Al Shabab militants have staged an attack on a military base in a Somalian town recently recaptured from the armed group, killing several soldiers, according to army officials. Somalian army officers said the militants used explosive-laden vehicles to mount an Read More …
The security services were guilty of “a significant missed opportunity to take action that might have prevented” the Manchester Arena bombing, according to the chairman of the inquiry into the atrocity. A report published by former high court judge Sir Read More …
A tribute was paid on Wednesday March 1 to the three Senegalese soldiers of the UNMISMA contingent who died in Mali on February 21. Their vehicle had hit an improvised explosive device (IED) between Ogossagou and Sévaré, in central Mali. Read More …
On Saturday February 25, 2023, the city of Buea was shaken by three explosions, just before the start of the 28th edition of the Race of Hope. The first explosion occurred near the OIC market, about two kilometers from the Read More …
At least two police officers were Friday killed after their vehicle was hit by an explosive device in Dadaab, Garissa County. Witnesses and police said the Land Cruiser from Dadaab police station was racing on the Dadaab-Garissa main supply route Read More …
The Rivers State Police Command yesterday confirmed the explosive attack at the premises of Wish 99.5fm/Atlantic Television Network in Port Harcourt. The media house was hit with explosive device by suspected hoodlums, Tuesday evening. Read more… Source: This Day
Cambodian deminers departed Phnom Penh on Tuesday to the Central African Republic to as part of the UN peacekeeping force. They will be part of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA). Read more… Read More …
Gunmen launch a complex assault in Mogadishu amidst tight security measures by the police in an effort to avert terror attacks in the capital. The initial reports suggest that the assailants blasted their way into a building in Abdulaziz district Read More …
Three United Nations peacekeepers were killed and five others seriously injured on Tuesday when their convoy struck a roadside bomb in central Mali, the UN mission said. “A MINUSMA Force convoy hit an Improvised Explosive Device IED today,” it said Read More …
About 38 Local Government Areas in the North-East, comprising Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states are contaminated with Explosive Ordnances due to the activities of insurgents in the region, the Federal Government has said. It disclosed this in its latest report Read More …
The Kenyan military on Thursday killed three al-Shabab militants in the coastal Lamu region near the Somali border, Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) confirmed Friday. “The militants had planted an IED (improvised explosive device) that a water bowser ran over it Read More …