Mali: eight Burkinabe peacekeepers wounded near Timbuktu

Eight peacekeepers from the United Nations Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) were wounded Thursday in the explosion of a mine in the Timbuktu region, plagued by violence by jihadist groups, the UN said. The wounded are part of the Burkinabe contingent Read More …

Somalia: Double explosions kills at least 2 near Mogadishu

At least two people were killed and more than five others wounded late Friday in two explosions in and around Somalia’s capital of Mogadishu, according to an official. The first attack was a landmine explosion that targeted a vehicle carrying Read More …

Afghanistan: 5 security men, 1 civilian killed in Kandahar landmine blast

Six people were killed and a seventh injured in a roadside bomb blast in southern Kandahar province, officials said on Friday. Spin Boldak police chief Mohammad Hashim Mahmood told Pajhwok Afghan News the blast took place at around 8am in Read More …

Kenya: Five police officers injured as car is hit by explosive in Garissa

At least five police officers from the Critical Infrastructure Protection Unit (CIPU) are nursing injuries after a vehicle they were travelling in was hit by a roadside explosive in Ijara, Garissa County. While confirming the Sunday incident, Ijara Deputy County Read More …

Nigeria: Boko Haram/ISWAP IED kills 6 insurgents in Borno

Atleast six Boko Haram and Islamic State of the West African Province(ISWAP) terrorists got killed by Improvised Explosive Device (IED) trap they laid for Nigerians soldiers in the North East of Borno State, Zagazola Learnt. An Intelligence Officer, told Zagazola Read More …

Somalia: Al-Shabaab terrorists attack Ethiopian troops in Gedo region

Casualties are feared as two roadside blasts targeted an Ethiopian military convoy in Somalia’s southwestern Gedo region on Thursday, a security official said. The attack took place between the towns of Luq and Shatalow, the official said, adding that investigation Read More …

Ukraine: Of Roadside Bombs And Drones, Putin’s Looming Insurgency Problem

The Russian military may soon experience a violent and tech laden insurgency the likes of which it has never endured — in Afghanistan, in Chechnya, or in Syria — and against which it may not prevail. The Ukrainian military did Read More …

Ukrainian troops are ‘using Taliban-style roadside bombs’ to destroy Russian tanks

The success of Ukrainian forces in deploying improvised explosive devices (IEDs) similar to those seen in the Middle East follows extensive military programmes run by British and American troops to bolster Kyiv’s military capabilities Ukrainian troops are claimed to be Read More …

Burkina Faso: 13 soldiers killed in attack by suspected Islamic extremists in Gourma province

At least 13 soldiers were killed and eight others wounded in Burkina Faso’s eastern Gourma province in an ambush by suspected Islamic extremists, the army announced on Monday. A number of the attackers were killed in the incident, according to Read More …

Pakistan: A water tanker driver killed in landmine blast in Naseerabad District

A water tanker driver was killed in a landmine explosion that took place in the Notal-Gandhwah road area of Nasirabad district on Saturday. Police said the landmine was planted at the under-construction Notal-Gand­hwah road and it exploded when the water Read More …

Somalia: Nine KDF soldiers killed, five injured in IED attack in Gedo

At least nine Kenya Defence Forces troops were killed when a vehicle they were traveling in was hit by an explosive in Gherille in Gedo in Somalia. Officials said five others were injured in the incident that happened Monday afternoon. Read More …

Kenya: Three workers injured in Mandera IED attack

Three employees of a road construction company were injured when a vehicle they were travelling in ran over an explosive in Banisa, Mandera. Police said the improvised explosive device had been planted on the road by suspected al Shabaab militants Read More …

Niger: Five soldiers killed in IED explosion in Torodi region

Five soldiers have been killed by a mine in Niger’s southwestern Torodi region, where jihadist attacks using improvised explosive device (IEDs) are increasingly frequent, the defence ministry said on Sunday. Three soldiers were wounded in the blast, which occurred on Read More …

Philippines: Roadside bomb goes off as Maguindanao

Police are still trying to determine the people behind a roadside bomb that exploded along the national highway here while a convoy of local candidates was passing by on Tuesday afternoon. Talking to reporters here Wednesday, Capt. Fayeed Cana, Maguindanao Read More …

Mexico sends anti-mine squads to cartel turf

Special squads of Mexican army troops equipped with metal detectors and bomb suits have deployed to the western state of Michoacan, where warring drug cartels have planted land mines or improvised explosive devices. The squads apparently have found dozens of Read More …

Niger: Improvised Land Mine Kills Five Soldiers in Tillaberi region

An improvised explosive device has killed five Nigerien soldiers in the southwest of the Sahel country, the defense ministry said Thursday. An army patrol unit on Wednesday hit the device, killing the five soldiers and wounding two others, the ministry Read More …

Nigeria: 5 Killed As Boko Haram IED Explodes In Borno

Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted by suspected Boko Haram / ISWAP terrorists has killed five people in Borno State. LEADERSHIP gathered that the IED, which was planted between Gajibo and Muala area along Gamboru Ngala Road, exploded and killed the Read More …

Mexico confirms 1st apparent victim of cartel land mines in Michoacan state

A farmer with fields on a front line between warring drug cartels in Michoacan state was killed when his pickup truck drove over an improvised land mine, prosecutors said Monday, reporting what appears to be the first civilian death from Read More …

Somalia: 4 killed in roadside blast in Middle Shabelle

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 …