Nairobi, Kenya — Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki Tuesday embarked on a tour of the northern counties for talks with local security and intelligence committees, leaders and residents on how to defeat terrorism. He will visit Wajir, Mandera, and Garissa counties amid increased attacks. He vowed to defeat al Shabaab activities in the area. “The […]
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Afgoye (Smn) — Somali Intelligence forces conducted an operation against Al-Shabaab in Barire and Sabid, Lower Shabelle region in response to rising raids on SNA and AU bases. NISA said the troops killed Al-Shabaab and seized his AK-47 riffle during the covert operation that comes weeks after militants attack UPDF base in Bulo-Marer town. Uganda’s […]
Mogadishu, Somalia — A dawn mortar fire was reported in Mogadishu, the Somali capital, targeting villages near the presidential palace and other vital areas. A Quranic teacher and his Daughter died in Waberi District while 3 others were injured after a mortar struck a residential zone, according to the eyewitnesses. Four other mortar shells landed […]
Mogadishu, Somalia — Somali government said its troops backed by foreign partners killed at least 46 Al-Shabaab members in Lower Shabelle region during a joint military operation. The operation was conducted at farming field in Faay Yusuf area, where the militants were planning an attack against Somali army in Barire, small town located about 60 […]
Mali’s foreign minister has accused the UN mission of failing to respond to security challenges. The peacekeeping mission was established in 2013 to stabilize the country amid a jihadi insurgency. Mali’s Foreign Ministry has called on the United Nations Security Council to withdraw a peacekeeping mission operational in the country for a decade citing its […]
Suspected Boko Haram insurgents have slaughtered at least 15 people in coordinated attacks on two communities in Jere Local Government Area of Borno state.It was gathered that the insurgents stormed Kofa village at midnight and started shooting, which lasted about an hour into the early hours of Friday.It was learnt that they equally attacked Molai […]
Initial reports suggested the attack involved an explosion followed by gunshots. Meanwhile, in the south, children were playing with a mortar shell when it exploded, killing dozens. Islamist rebels attacked a hotel in Somalia‘s capital, Mogadishu, on Friday, prompting a confrontation with security officials. The al-Shabab group targeted the affluent Pearl Beach Hotel at Lido […]
Riyadh — The Global Coalition against Daesh adopted the action plan of its “Africa Focus Group”, co-chaired by Morocco, the United States, Italy and Niger, at the Coalition’s 10th meeting, held on Thursday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This action plan, which follows on from the last meeting of the “Africa Focus Group”, held on March […]
Mogadishu (Smn) — A witness says a deafening explosion was heard on Friday in the Somali capital, Mogadishu amidst tightened security. The blast from an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) struck a main security checkpoint manned by the Uganda-trained paramilitary forces in Karan District. The explosion was followed by a sustained gunfire as the panicked soldiers […]
Baido — The security forces of the Southwest state of Somalia displayed 10 Al-Shabaab fighters who surrendered in Baidoa, the regional capital of Bay on Monday. The surrendered militants said they fought for Al-Shabaab for several years and took part high-profile wars and attacks in Somalia, mainly targeted military bases and convoys. The regional authorities […]
Mogadishu — The United States said its military in Africa conducted a new airstrike against al-Shabab in Somalia on Thursday, June 1, killing three militants. In a statement, the U.S. military’s Africa Command [AFRICOM], said it conducted a “collective self-defense” strike against al-Shabab in the vicinity of Wayanta, Jubaland state. The airstrike came following a […]
The United States conducted an airstrike on al-Shabab militants Friday in Somalia, according to U.S. Africa Command. The strike destroyed weapons and equipment “unlawfully taken by al-Shabab fighters,” the U.S. Africa Command said Saturday. The command did not report where the weapons and equipment were stolen from. The strike against the militants, according to the […]
Africa’s Sahel has become a hotbed of violence following the failure of a joint force to fight terrorist groups – with instability now at risk of spreading to West Africa, a UN official has warned. UN Assistant Secretary-General for Africa, Martha Pobee, told a Security Council meeting that “resolute advances” to fight groups linked to […]
Dawood Ibrahim is one of India’s most wanted terror suspects and is accused of working with the Taliban. An Al Jazeera exposé places him in this country during Jacob Zuma’s presidency – and in State Capture circles. In the mid-1990s, Dawood Ibrahim of India was under investigation for mass Mandrax smuggling as he moved around […]
Officials have decried the “despicable and barbaric attack,” but did not immediately say who was behind it. The West African country has been fighting militants linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group since 2013. At least 44 civilians were killed by terrorist groups in northeastern Burkina Faso, a regional governor said on Saturday. Rodolphe […]
The “Islamic State” has claimed responsibility for the attack near Beni, which killed around 20 farmers. North Kivu has been plagued by violence as numerous rebel militias vie for control. Around 20 people have died in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in an attack on Friday that has been linked to the self-styled “Islamic […]
Mogadishu — The Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Information of the Federal Government of Somalia, Abdirahman Yusuf Aladala gave details of the achievements in the economic war against Al-Shabaab. Speaking at a press conference on Thursday, the minister said that the financial system of Al-Shabaab has been completely crippled by new measures taken by […]
Geneva — The Moroccan delegation deplored, on Monday at the United Nations Palace in Geneva, the attitude of the South African delegation, which is working for a well-known agenda in the region, by supporting the vain destabilizing aims of an armed separatist group. In exercising its right of reply, the Moroccan delegation recalled that the […]