Nigeria: IED kills Civilian JTF Deputy Commander, others injured in Damboa, Borno state

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 …

Nigeria: Federal Government Discovers 123 Companies, 33 Bureau De Change Linked With Terrorism

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 …

Kenya: Four killed in IED attack on a vehicle in Wajir

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 …

Uganda: IGAD Security Chiefs Discuss Collaboration to Combat Improvised Explosive Devices Threat

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 …

Kenya: Seven killed in a roadside bomb blast in Mandera

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 …

American woman arrested, allegedly trained women of ISIS

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 …

Somalia: At least four people including three police officers injured in a roadside bomb explosion in Mogadishu

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 …

Kenya: French Embassy has issued an alert of a possible terror attack in Nairobi

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 …

UN demining body explodes landmines in South Sudan

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 …

Somalia: At least 1 killed, 2 wounded as bomb blast hits teashop in Bosaso

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 …

Somalia: Bomb blast kills at least 6 in the Middle Shabelle region

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 …

Russia: Djibouti military will be trained in Russia to use Uran-6 mechanical mine clearance system

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 …

Somali Journalist-Turned-Politician Survives Fifth Suicide Attack

By all odds, Mohamed Ibrahim Moalimuu should not be alive to tell his story. Five times, this Somali journalist-turned-government spokesperson has been nearby when a suicide bomber set off explosives. The most recent incident occurred Jan. 16, when a bomber Read More …

Burkina Faso: Four French soldiers injured in bomb blast in Yatenga Province

Four French soldiers were wounded in an improvised explosive device blast in northern Burkina Faso, France’s military told AFP Tuesday evening. “(Their) off-road vehicle activated an IED as it left Ouahigouya airport,” the army said in a statement, adding the Read More …

Somalia: At least 4 dead, 14 others injured in a suicide bomb attack in Mogadishu

At least Four people have been killed and 10 others injured after a suicide bomber wearing an explosive vest blew himself up at a tea shop near the Gen. Dhagabadan, Ex. Wadajir District Candy Camp in Banadir region on Tuesday Read More …

South Sudan: Floods hampering UNMAS demining work in Jonglei State’s Pigi County

It may look idyllic, but the presence of a minefield is a threat to these villagers in Pigi County. Floods have so far made clearance of the area impossible. Residents in Pigi County, on the Jonglei State side of the Read More …

Somali government spokesperson wounded in suicide bomb attack

Somalia’s government spokesperson was wounded on Sunday in an explosion at a road junction set off by a suicide bomber in the capital Mogadishu, police and the national news agency said. The al Qaeda-linked Islamist militant group Al-Shabaab, in comments Read More …

Cameroon: Rebels say they killed Cameroon soldier in city hosting Africa Cup of Nations teams

Separatist rebels on Wednesday killed a soldier during an attack on Cameroon’s western city of Buea, the home base for four soccer teams competing in the Africa Cup of Nations, a senior militant said. The soldier was killed by an Read More …

South Africa: Three suspects arrested at Beitbridge Border Post for allegedly smuggling explosives

Three suspects (one woman and two males) were, in the early hours of this morning, Wednesday 12 January 2022 at about 00:58, arrested by the police at Beitbridge Border Post for allegedly being in possession of commercial explosives. The Police Read More …