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Four civilians were killed after an auto-rickshaw they were travelling in ran over an improvised explosive device (IED) in Middle Shabelle of central Somalia on Monday. State-owned Radio Mogadishu reported that the landmine planted by suspended al-Shabab militants exploded near Read More …
The Kenyan Defence Forces soldier has been seriously injured on Saturday, February 12 when the vehicle he was traveling in ran over an improvised explosive device (IED) between Milimani and Baure in Lamu County. Al-Shabaab targeting construction workers clearly shows Read More …
Nine people including a Frenchman were killed this week in attacks in a national park in Benin’s remote north bordering troubled Niger and Burkina Faso, according to a government update. The toll was the deadliest in recent attacks Benin has Read More …
A suicide bomber targeting a minibus full of delegates involved in Somalia’s parliamentary elections killed at least six people in Mogadishu, the ambulance service said, as the al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab armed group claimed responsibility for the attack. The blast occurred early Read More …
Four people have been killed in an IED attack in Sangailu, Holugho sub-county in Garissa county on Thursday morning. The group was travelling from Masalani to Holugho when the incident happened. The driver of the vehicle narrowly escaped death and Read More …
At least four people were killed and seven others injured in an explosion at a restaurant in northeast Somalia’s Puntland commercial city of Bossaso on Wednesday afternoon. A Puntland police officer told state-run Radio Mogadishu that the bomber struck in Read More …
Burkina Faso’s new armed forces chief, who was appointed last week following a military coup, on Wednesday vowed to give a “new impetus” to a years-long struggle against jihadist insurgents. At a ceremony to mark his appointment, Colonel David Kabre Read More …
At least 10 people were killed and two others wounded on Friday when the bus they were travelling in struck a landmine in Somalia, security officials and residents said. The victims were heading to the southern port city of Kismayo Read More …
A Deputy Commander of Civilian Joint Task Force, CJTF, Mallam Ibrahim Maliya Saidu who have been very supportive in the fight against Boko Haram/ISWAP died after his patrol vehicle rammed onto a planted Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) while on duty Read More …
The Federal Government on Thursday disclosed that 123 companies and 33 bureau de change service providers have been linked to terrorism financing in the country. Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed disclosed this during a press conference on the Read More …
Four people were Wednesday killed when a vehicle they were using ran over a bomb that had been set on the road in Andaki, Wajir County. The four were travelling in a land cruiser and are believed to have been Read More …
Security chiefs and experts from the Intergovernmental Authority of Development (IGAD) and member states converged in Kampala on Tuesday to chart possible ways of collaboration to combat threats posed by the Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs). The IGAD director of Security Read More …
At least seven people have been killed in a roadside blast in northern Kenya. Attackers ambushed a minibus, locally known as a matatu, after the blast and opened fire on its occupants near Mandera town, a police statement said. Survivors Read More …
A Kansas woman was charged with providing material support to ISIS, according to charges unsealed by the Justice Department on Friday night. On six separate occasions between 2014 and 2017, authorities say Allison Fluke-Ekren, 42, allegedly expressed interest in carrying Read More …
At least four people including three police officers were injured in a roadside bomb targeted at the vehicle of Mogadishu’s Karan district police Commander Maj. Salad Arale. The commander survived the attack. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack. Read More …
There is a persistence of serious threats against Western nationals in Kenya. There is a real risk targeting public places frequented by foreign nationals (restaurants, hotels, leisure places, shopping malls, etc.), particularly in Nairobi. Therefore, it is recommended that people Read More …
After decades of civil war, landmines and unexploded bombs still contaminate large tracts of South Sudan’s landscape, threatening the lives and livelihoods of its residents. In the village of Gondokoro, a few kilometres from the capital Juba, the United Nations Read More …
At least one person was killed and two others wounded when a bomb blast hit a teashop in northeastern Somalia on Wednesday, local media reported. According to Somali National Television (SNTV), a police officer was among those injured in the Read More …
At least six people were killed and more than 10 others wounded in Somalia when a bombing targeted a teashop on Monday afternoon in the Middle Shabelle region, officials said. The attack took place in the town of Qalimow, located Read More …
Military personnel from Djibouti will be trained at the International Mine Action Center of the Russian Armed Forces in Nakhabino near Moscow, the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Russian Defense Ministry reports. A group of eight foreign Read More …