Somali army successfully avert major Al-Shabaab attack on base

Early in the morning members of the Al-Shabaab group launched a complex attack against the Somali military base in the Nur Dugle area of the Middle Shabelel region. The attack started with a car explosion, which the Al-Shabaab used to Read More …

Kenya: Two place officers killed, six injured in IED attack in Mandera

At least two police officers were Sunday killed while six others were injured when a vehicle they were traveling in was hit by a bomb in Arabia area, Mandera county. The officers from Kenya Police Quick Response Unit were on Read More …

Belgium: Six men guilty of murder over Brussels terrorist attacks in 2016

Six men have been found guilty of murder and attempted murder for their part in the 2016 Brussels terrorist attacks that killed 32 people and injured more than 300. They include Salah Abdeslam, who is already serving a life sentence Read More …

Somalia: Several soldiers killed in Al Shabab attack on army base in Lower Juba

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 …

Somalia: Mogadishu hit by bomb and gun attack

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 …

Somalia: Six soldiers wounded in al-Shabaab attack in Lower Jubba

At least six soldiers were wounded in an al-Shabaab attack on a military base in southern Somalia, Jubbaland military officials confirmed. Heavily armed al-Shabaab fighters on Saturday stormed a military base in Sakai village in Lower Jubba, prompting hours-long fighting Read More …

Jammu and Kashmir: 2 children among 6 people killed in southern Rajouri district attack

Two children were killed and five other civilians wounded in a blast in a village in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Monday, a day after assailants sprayed bullets toward a row of homes, leaving at least four dead, police said. The blast Read More …

Pakistan: 2022 ends with deadliest month for security forces after decade

The year 2022 ended with the deadliest month for Pakistan’s security personnel over a decade with the emergence of a new terror triad, comprising Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) and Daesh-Afghanistan. In 2023, Pakistan is likely to endure Read More …

Yemen: Al-Qaida gunmen target government forces in Abyan, 3 soldiers killed

Gunmen of the Yemen-based al-Qaida branch targeted military vehicles of the country’s government forces in the southern province of Abyan on Friday, a military official told Xinhua. “Four military vehicles of the government forces were targeted by two explosions of Read More …

Afghanistan: ISIS Kabul Hotel Attack Kills and Injures 21 People

ISIS’s regional offshoot, ISKP claimed responsibility for the bomb and gun attack on a multi-story hotel in Kabul on Monday, which left at least 3 assailants killed and 21 others injured, including foreign nationals. The ISKP shared a video of Read More …

Somalia: Al-Shabab Militants Storm Mogadishu Hotel

Gunmen wearing suicide vests and believed to be members of a militant group attacked a hotel popular with government officials in the capital of Somalia on Sunday, according to the police. There were no immediate reports of casualties, but security Read More …

Somalia: Attack on hotel in the city of Kismayo ends with 9 civilians dead

An attack on a hotel in the centre of the port city of Kismayo in southern Somalia killed nine civilians on Sunday before security forces killed the gunmen. Security officers killed three of the attackers and a fourth died in Read More …

DR Congo: 13 Killed in Rebel Attack in Beni Region

Suspected members of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) attacked the town of Beu-Manyama in the Beni region on Sunday night, residents said. “Three soldiers were killed in the ADF incursion and two others wounded,” local leader Charles Endukadi told AFP, Read More …

GCPEA: Successfully Transforming Education Requires Protecting It from Attack

The Transforming Education Summit, to be held on September 19, 2022, at the 77th United Nations General Assembly, aims to mobilize solidarity and political will to transform education, and invites Heads of State to make commitments towards Sustainable Development Goal Read More …

Burkina Faso: Soldiers and ‘terrorists’ dead in Oudalan Province attack

Two soldiers died and a dozen “terrorists” were killed on Monday during an attack against a military detachment in Burkina Faso’s militant-hit north, the army said. The landlocked African state is in the grip of a seven-year-old insurgency that has Read More …

Somalia: Deadly attack targets food convoy in Hiiraan region

At least 20 people, including women and children, have been killed and food aid destroyed after militants attacked several vehicles in Somalia’s central Hiiraan region. “They put a bomb while people were in the car and blew it up,” the Read More …

Togolese army repels ‘terrorist’ attack, says official

Togo’s armed forces said Tuesday they had repelled a “terrorist” attack that injured “several” soldiers in the far northern village of Blamonga on the border with Burkina Faso. The attack, which took place on Monday, was the fifth in the Read More …

Somalia: Car bomb and gun attack target popular hotel in Mogadishu

Car bomb and gun attack targeted a popular hotel in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Friday night, weeks after the government of new President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud threatened to launch an all-out offensive against insurgents. Armed men entered Hayat Hotel near Read More …

Nigeria: Gunmen used tipper to break gate, detonated IEDs in attack on Imo station

The Imo police command says gunmen used a tipper to break the gate of a station in the state, during an attack on a division in Oguta LGA. TheCable had reported how four officers were killed when the assailants attacked Read More …