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…
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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…
The Nigerian Army on Saturday said its troops killed five Boko Haram insurgents in a gun battle at Barkin-Dutse Area in Adamawa State. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.General Texas Chukwu said that the troops…
PARIS — French and Malian troops killed about 30 Islamist insurgents during a gunbattle in a region near the border with Niger, where Islamic State are known to be active, the French army said on…
Two car bombs in the Somali capital killed six people and injured at least five others on Sunday, witnesses said. One of the car bombs exploded at a key checkpoint in Mogadishu, killing four people…
President Muhammadu Buhari says his administration will grant amnesty to repentant members of the Boko Haram sect who show a strong commitment to laying down their arms. President Buhari stated this on Friday when he…