MOGADISHU — A Somali police officer says a suicide car bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle killing four people near the gate of a military base in Afgoye town, 30 kilometers (18 miles) northwest of Mogadishu….
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MINAWAO, CAMEROON — Thousands of Nigerian refugees, who fled violence from the Boko Haram insurgency for Cameroon, say they are uncertain about returning to their country because they have lost everything to the insurgents. Humanitarian…
One person was killed and scores of others injured Saturday in a blast at a political rally in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa, Ethiopian officials said. Ethiopia’s new reformist prime minister, Abiy Ahmed, had…
An explosion at a campaign rally for Zimbabwe’s president that injured 49 people will not delay next month’s election, officials said Sunday. Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa escaped injury in the explosion at a campaign rally…
PENTAGON — One U.S. special operations soldier is dead and four are wounded after al-Qaida-linked militants attacked an outpost under construction Friday in southwestern Somalia. Friday’s attack, about 50 kilometers north of the port city…
Four years after Nigeria launched the Safe Schools Initiative (SSI), schools in Maiduguri are holding emergency safety drills for students. Much of the multi-million dollar for the program has gone towards building higher school walls…
A security guard employed by the International Committee of the Red Cross was involved in the kidnapping of a German nurse working for the organization in Mogadishu, the Somali government said Thursday. The nurse, identified…
A nurse working for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has been abducted in the Somali capital Mogadishu, the organization has confirmed. “We are deeply concerned about the safety of our colleague,” said…
BAMAKO, MALI — A governor in Mali said Saturday that suspected jihadists had killed at least 40 civilians in two attacks near the country’s border with Niger, where attacks have increased in the past year….
ABUJA — The Islamic Movement of Nigeria demonstrated again on Wednesday in Abuja. A rally by the group Monday descended into violence, leading to dozens of arrests and injuries. The IMN is demanding the release…