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Niger’s army has raided jihadist-controlled informal mining sites in the country’s west, killing more than a dozen insurgents and seizing material linked to the manufacture of improvised explosive devices, it said. An army statement said the raids took place last Read More …
A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) officer was killed in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast during an anti-Maoist operation in Odisha’s Sundargarh district on Saturday morning, officials said. Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI) Satyaban Kumar Singh, 34, of the 134th Read More …
Somali police arrested several suspected Al-Shabaab members on Thursday after an explosion at a house in Mogadishu’s Dayniile district revealed an apparent bomb-making operation. According to police, the blast occurred as the men were assembling explosive devices inside a residence Read More …
Somalia’s federal government launched a two-day national conference in Mogadishu on Monday to address the growing threat of illicit arms, unregulated ammunition, and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) used by insurgent groups. The event, led by Defence Minister Ahmed Moalim Fiqi Read More …
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, Ph.D., NPM., today, May 27th 2025, commissioned 50 state-of-the-art operational vehicles for the Explosive Ordnance Disposal – Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (EOD-CBRN) Unit of the Nigeria Police Force, a feat which Read More …
Authorities have arrested one person and seized bomb-making materials in a law enforcement operation in the province of Zamboanga Sibugay, the police said Wednesday, May 28, 2025. The Zamboanga Sibugay Maritime Police Station (ZS Marpsta) identified the arrested person as Read More …
The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said on Monday that it thwarted an attack from the Islamic State (ISIS) in the eastern Deir ez-Zor province, which injured a civilian, amid a spate of militant attacks in the area. “Yesterday, our Read More …
The Anambra State Police Command has destroyed a local bomb factory and demobilised assorted improvised explosive devices after it raided a secessionist hideout in Isseke, Ihiala Local Government Area of the state. A statement released on Sunday by the Command’s Read More …
Fierce clashes between Somali government forces and Al-Shabaab fighters entered a second day Saturday along the border between the Middle Shabelle and Hiiraan regions, with both sides sustaining heavy casualties. The fighting is centered around the village of Ceel Hareeri, Read More …
Security agencies successfully neutralised an improvised explosive device planted along a road, thereby preventing what could have been a deadly assault targeting security forces and police personnel near Khoi Bahara police station on Tuesday. According to a statement issued by Read More …
In 2024, Nigeria experienced 197 attacks from improved explosive devices (IEDs) – an average of nearly one IED attack every two days. Troublingly, the use of IEDs in West Africa is on the rise, with terrorist groups increasingly relying on Read More …
The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) arrested two suspected members of the banned Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in sting operations in Sahiwal and its outskirts. In a raid conducted late Wednesday night near Village 58/GD, on the Faisalabad-Sahiwal Road in Noor Shah, Read More …
India fired several missiles into Pakistan overnight on Tuesday, according to Pakistan, which said it is responding to the “act of war.” The attacks, labeled Operation Sindoor, targeted nine sites of “terrorist infrastructure” in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir, Read More …
The National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, has called for development of effective mechanisms to enhance the ability to prevent and counter the use of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) by terrorist groups in West Africa. Ribadu made the call Read More …
Two personnel of the Special Task Force (STF) were injured after an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by Naxalites went off in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district, where a massive operation against ultras has been underway for two weeks, police said on Read More …
Under pressure of the Military Forces, the perpetrators abandoned a cloth bag containing four explosive devices, each weighing approximately one kilogram, in a wooded area. The troops moved to the place, and following the security protocols, the Sok on a Read More …
The U.S. military carried out airstrikes on more than 800 targets in Houthi-controlled parts of Yemen since March 15, U.S. Central Command said this past week. These strikes have destroyed multiple command-and-control facilities, air defense systems, advanced weapons manufacturing facilities, Read More …
Six more members of two now defunct terror groups, all experts in fabrication of home-made bombs, had surrendered to an Army unit and pledged allegiance to the government. Major Gen. Donald Guimiran, commander of the Army’s 6th Infantry Division, told Read More …
Pakistani security forces overnight killed 54 militants who attempted to cross into the country from Afghanistan, the military said Sunday, marking one of the deadliest such killings in recent years. The military said in a statement that intelligence reports indicated Read More …
A soldier sustained injuries when an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) exploded, striking his leg during an intense operation against Maoists on the Karregutta Hills area of Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh. The explosion caused significant damage, but his fellow soldiers acted Read More …