Tag: attack
North-west Nigeria attack death toll hits 130
The death toll from an attack last week by gunmen in north-western Nigeria’s Kaduna State doubled to more than 130 people, the state governor...
Joint US/Libya force hits Ubari
Joint US/Libyan forces raided an al Qaeda site in the Libyan city Ubari, according to a statement by a Libyan official.
Spokesperson for Fayez al-Sarraj,...
Kenya ambulance Uber at heart of siege rescue
Minutes after militants attacked a luxury hotel complex in Nairobi the first ambulances roared up to collect wounded survivors.
Speedy medical help is taken for...
Suspected al Shabaab attack stopped in Kenya
Kenyan police thwarted an attack by suspected Somali militants al Shabaab on a Chinese-owned construction company , an official said, days after the Islamist...
Kenya hotel siege over
Kenyan security forces killed all the Somali militants who stormed an upscale Nairobi hotel compound, taking at least 21 lives and forcing hundreds of...
Nairobi hotel attackers “eliminated”
Kenyan security forces "eliminated" militants who stormed an upscale hotel compound and killed at least 14 people in an attack claimed by Somali Islamist...
Yemeni parade attacked by Houthi drones
Houthi drones attacked a Yemeni government military parade in Lahaj province, killing several people, Saudi and Houthi media reported.
The parade inside a military...
Libya hunting oil port attack suspects
Libyan authorities issued arrest warrants for 37 suspects over attacks on key oil ports in the east of the country and a military base...
Attack on UN Mogadishu compound condemned
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres condemned Tuesday's attacks against the UN compound in Mogadishu saying intentionally attacking UN personnel may constitute "a violation of...
Christian bus attack suspects killed
Egyptian police killed two gunmen who carried out last month's attack on a bus carrying Christians in Minya governorate south of Cairo, the interior...
Mali village attacked, 15 dead
Fifteen civilians from the Fulani community were killed when armed men from a rival ethnic group attacked their village in central Mali, a regional...
Six killed in Libya desert attack
Gunmen raided a town deep in Libya's southern desert, killing six, the municipality said, adding it believed the militant group Islamic State...
Cleric, 14 others die in Somalia attack
Al Shabaab gunmen and a suicide car bomber struck a religious centre in central Somalia, killing a cleric and at least 14...
Nigerian army base attacked, soldiers killed
Militants killed around 100 Nigerian soldiers in an attack on an army base, security sources said, blaming Islamic State West Africa.
The toll...
Catholic mission in CAR attacked
More than 40 people were killed and dozens wounded in Central African Republic in an attack on a Catholic mission sheltering 20,000...
Central African Republic hospital at risk of attack
Some 5,000 people seeking refuge in a hospital in Central African Republic (CAR) risk being attacked by armed groups, a medical charity...
Maiduguri attack leaves 15 dead
Suspected members of the Islamist Boko Haram insurgency killed at least 15 people in an attack on villages in north-east Nigeria, residents...
Islamic State responsible for Libya town attack
At least four people were killed and 10 kidnapped when suspected Islamic State militants attacked a town in central Libya, military officials...
Libyan town attacked
At least four people were killed and seven wounded when suspected Islamic State fighters attacked a town in central Libya, a military...
Somalis remember deadly suicide bombing a year on
A year after their father was among nearly 600 Somalis killed in a fireball, the 32 children of Abdullah Mohamud plunged into...
Forty top IS leaders killed in missile attack – claim
Iran said the missile attack it launched in Syria killed 40 "top leaders" of Islamic State and intelligence for the operation was...
Five charged in connection with Ethiopian grenade attack
Ethiopia's attorney general filed terrorism charges against five suspects held for involvement in a grenade attack at a rally attended by Prime...
Libya National Oil Corporation HQ attacked
Armed men attacked the headquarters of Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC) in Tripoli, killing two staff members, a security official said.
In...
Islamists attack in north-east Nigeria
Many are feared dead after an Islamist militant attack on the north-east Nigerian town Gudumbali, two residents and a vigilante said.
The Nigerian...
Nigeria denies Islamist attack on its troops
Conflicting accounts emerged of an attack by Islamists on the Nigerian military last week, with security sources saying as many as 48...
Base attack leaves 30 Nigerian soldiers dead
Islamist militants killed up to 30 soldiers in an attack on a military base in north-east Nigeria, security sources said, one of...
Four dead in Libya checkpoint attack
At least four people were killed in a gun attack by suspected militants on a checkpoint east of Tripoli, a local official...
Gold mine trucks attacked in DR Congo
Militiamen in eastern Congo attacked trucks belonging to Banro Corp's Namoya gold mine, killing two people and kidnapping another four the army...
Kenya still bearing scars of al Qaeda attack 20 years on
Just after 10:30 on a sunny August morning in downtown Nairobi, 48-year-old Ali Mwadama was walking toward a bank opposite the US...
Venezuela drone attack highlights risks
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro accused political foes of trying to kill him during an open-air speech using explosive-laden drones, prompting questions about...
Six arrested over Venezuela drone attack
Venezuelan authorities detained six people over drone explosions at a rally led by President Nicolas Maduro, as critics warned the socialist leader...
Malian election convoy attacked, two dead
Gunmen attacked a convoy carrying election materials in central Mali, triggering a shootout in which four soldiers and eight attackers were killed,...
UAE denies drone attack on airport
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) denied reports that Yemen's Iranian-aligned Houthi movement attacked Abu Dhabi airport with a drone and said operations...
Somali military base attacked
Al Shabaab group fighters attacked a military base with a suicide car bomb in the south of Somalia, killing 27 soldiers in...
Mali village attack leaves 14 dead
Gunmen shot dead 14 civilians in an attack on a village in north-eastern Mali, a local official said, amid a spate of...
Nigerian soldiers missing
About 20 Nigerian soldiers are missing after a clash with Boko Haram militants in the north-east, security sources said, denying reports some...
Somali government security building attacked
At least five people were killed and 21 wounded when militants from Somalia's al Shabaab group set off two bombs in central...
Western Cape mosque attacker had no link to extremism
The person who killed two worshippers at a South African mosque last month was a psychiatric patient with no link to extremism,...
Mali attack linked to Al Qaeda group
An al Qaeda-linked Islamist group in Mali claimed responsibility for an attack on French troops in Gao, the US SITE monitoring group...
Six dead after attack on Mali military base
Islamist militants armed with rockets and explosives raided the headquarters of an African military task force in central Mali, leaving at least...
Grenade attack suspects in court
Twenty suspects, including the deputy head of Addis Ababa's police commission, appeared in a court in connection with a grenade attack at...
FBI experts to investigate Ethiopia blast
The United States will send experts from the Federal Bureau of Investigation to Ethiopia to investigate a blast during a weekend rally,...
Ethiopian grenade attack – 30 arrests
Thirty people were arrested over alleged involvement in a grenade attack that killed two people at a rally in the Ethiopian capital...
Senior Ethiopian police official arrested
The deputy commissioner of the Addis Ababa Police Commission was arrested and is being investigated for shortcomings in security after a grenade...
Ethiopia prime minister survives grenade attack
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed survived a grenade attack at a rally in support of his push for radical political and economic...
Liberty Holding hit by cyberattack
South African insurer Liberty Holdings said it was the victim of a cyberattack after an external party claimed to have seized data...
Biological attack suspect detained in Germany
German prosecutors have an arrest warrant from a judge for a Tunisian man suspected of planning an Islamist-motivated attack and manufacturing a...
Two killed on attack on Western Cape mosque
Two people were stabbed to death at a mosque in South Africa's Malmesbury in Western Cape before the attacker was shot and...
Shabaab claims Somali attack responsibility
Somalia's Islamist group al Shabaab claimed responsibility for an attack in which a US commando was killed and four others wounded when...
Niger mosque attacked
Three suicide bombers killed 10 people at a mosque in Niger's south-eastern city Diffa who gathered after breaking the Ramadan fast, an...