Tag: attack
Burundi gunmen kill Italian, Croatian aid workers
Gunmen killed a Croatian nun and an Italian doctor who were working in a psychiatric clinic in northern Burundi, its head said...
Nigerian town burns in Islamist sect attack: police
Churches, homes and the police headquarters in the small northeast Nigerian town of Geidam were set ablaze in a wave of night...
Kenyan, Somali troops attack militant bases
Kenyan and Somali troops jointly attacked al Shabaab hideouts in Somalia killing a number of militants, and a Kenyan soldier was killed...
Four militants killed in attack on Iraqi town – sources
Militants attacked the northern Iraqi town of Hawija with car bombs and mortars in an assault that killed four insurgents and wounded...
Somali forces attack rebels near strategic town
Somali forces allied to Kenya attacked an al Shabaab base near Afmadow and said they would press towards the strategic town seen...
Swiss tourist shot, driver killed in Kenya attack
Gunmen attacked a safari vehicle in a game reserve in northern Kenya killing the driver and wounding a Swiss tourist in the...
Rebels kill 10 in eastern Congo attacks
Rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo killed 10 people, including members of a local aid group, in attacks on vehicles travelling...
Guinea president says Senegal, Gambia knew of attack
Guinea President Alpha Conde said he believes the governments of Senegal and Gambia were complicit in a failed attempt to assassinate him...
Italian ship attacked off West African coast
Pirates attacked an Italian tanker carrying a cargo of diesel fuel in the Gulf of Guinea off Benin, making off with some...
Ex-army chief held after Guinea’s Conde escapes attack
Guinean President Alpha Conde escaped two attacks on his residence that killed at least three people and left his home riddled with...
Yemen’s Saleh to reappear as violence grips south
Wounded Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, not seen in public since an attack on his palace in early June, is well enough...