Blast hits convoy traveling between towns of Anefis and Gao in northern Mali, in latest attack against MINUSMA members. At least three United Nations soldiers have been killed and five others seriously wounded by an…
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A landmark agreement between the UN and the Civilian Joint Task Force will end the use of children in the conflict against Boko Haram in north-east Nigeria. According to the UN, between October 2015 and…
Militants attacked a security convoy in Egypt’s strife-torn Sinai Peninsula, killing at least 18 policemen in a blast and a gun battle on Monday, sources said. The attackers detonated an improvised explosive device and managed…
At least four civilians were killed and three others were injured when a suicide bomber detonated an explosive vest early Friday evening inside a small restaurant in the Somali town of Baidoa. Witnesses told VOA…
GENEVA — Poverty, deprivation and state abuse of power are driving young Africans to join violent extremist groups, such as Boko Haram, al-Shabab, and Islamic State, according to a “first-of-a-kind” study by the U.N. Development…
MOGADISHU, SOMALIA — A U.S. military drone strike has killed three members of the al-Shabab extremist group in Somalia, the U.S. Africa Command said Wednesday. The airstrike was carried out Tuesday morning local time in…
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Al Shabaab militants attacked a military base near Somalia’s southern port city of Kismayu early on Sunday, a Somali army officer said, adding that he did not immediately have details of any…
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Somali government officials said on Thursday that 10 men and boys killed in a joint U.S.-Somali raid were civilians and that blood money will be paid to the families. “The 10 people…
Last June, al-Shabab militants attacked an Ethiopian base in the Somali town of Halgan, one of the several raids on African Union military camps. The Ethiopian troops repelled the attack, causing massive casualties. One of…
MAIDUGURI/WASHINGTON — The way Bana Umar tells it, VOA and other broadcasters helped convince him to leave Boko Haram. Until the night of August 18, Umar was a fighter for the Islamist radical group, living…