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Gold mine in DR Congo attacked

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A Mai Mai militia attacked Banro Corp's east Congo Namoya gold mine with rifle and artillery fire, a Banro geologist said, killing...

Planned ricin attack foiled

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French police arrested two Egyptian-born brothers plotting an attack using either explosives or the lethal poison ricin, Interior Minister Gerard Collomb said. He...

Attackers kill 26 in Burundi

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At least 26 people were killed and seven others wounded in an attack in Burundi's north western province of Cibitoke, less than...

Extremism element in mosque attack probed

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South Africa's elite police unit took over investigation of a mosque attack near Durban which killed one person because "extremism" is suspected...

Durban mosque attack – one killed

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Three men armed with guns and knives slit the throats of three worshippers at a mosque near Durban in South Africa and...

Nine Kenyan soldiers dead in al Shabaab clash

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Islamist militant group al Shabaab killed nine Kenyan soldiers in Somalia, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said. The president's office offered no other details...

Nigerian village attacked, 45 dead

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At least 45 people died in an attack on a village in northern Nigeria, a police official told Reuters, the latest in...

Death toll in Central African Republic church attack reaches 26

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Ten more people died from wounds sustained during Tuesday's attack on a church in Central African Republic, the Red Cross said, bringing...

CAR church attack leaves 15 dead

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At least 15 people including a priest were killed and scores wounded in Central African Republic's capital Bangui when unidentified gunmen attacked...

Libyan electoral offices attacked

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A group of militants including a suicide bomber targeted the offices of the Libyan electoral commission in Tripoli, a spokesman said. They...

Sixteen dead in Nigerian church attack

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Armed semi-nomadic herdsmen killed 16 people in an attack on a church congregation in a central state of Nigeria plagued by communal...

Libya pipeline attacked

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A Libyan crude pipeline owned by the al-Waha oil company, feeding the port of Es Sider, was attacked by a "terrorist group",...

Rocket attack on Libya airport

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Rockets hit Libya's main airport and damaged a plane as it was waiting to take off, a security force said, underscoring fragile...

Six mine workers killed in bus attack

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Six miners were killed when unknown attackers threw a petrol bomb at a bus transporting them to the Modikwa platinum mine in...

AU base in Somalia attacked

Islamist insurgents battled with African Union troops after exploding two car bombs outside one of their bases, Somali police, military and the...

One dead in Mali hotel attack

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Unidentified gunmen killed one person and wounded at least two others in an attack on a hotel in the central Mali town...

Prosecution sought for alleged air force killings in Nigeria

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Nigerian community leaders demanded the air force be prosecuted for alleged attacks on villages in the north-eastern state Adamawa, which they say...

West African leaders vow to fight jihadists after Burkina attacks

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Burkina Faso President Mark Roche said his country would fight and defeat militants despite being hit by Islamist insurgents last week in...

Burkina Faso president urges collaboration with security forces after attacks

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Burkina Faso President Roch Kabore called on the public to collaborate closely with the armed forces, a day after attacks at army...

Kenyan police officers killed in al Shabaab attack

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Somalia's al Shabaab group killed five police officers in north-east Kenya, an area where the Islamist militants have previously attacked military and...

Three dead in Mogadishu mortar attack

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A mortar attack in Mogadishu, claimed by Islamist group al Shabaab, killed three civilians and injured two others, the African Union peacekeeping...

Six die in Eastern Cape police station attack

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Gunmen killed six people in an attack on a police station in a small South African town, stealing weapons and a vehicle...

Mali soldiers killed in camp attack

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Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita said his people would not be frightened by "barbaric attacks" after unidentified gunmen killed at least 14...

Egyptian opposition member attacked

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A leading member of an opposition campaign challenging Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in upcoming elections was attacked outside his home in...

Cameroon border post attacked

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Gunmen attacked a border crossing in Cameroon's south-west, launching their assault from Nigeria, according to security officials who witnessed the incident. A Nigerian...

Four dead in suspected Boko Haram attack

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Suspected Boko Haram fighters killed at least four soldiers and a civilian in an attack on a military post in Niger's Diffa...

Islamic State claims responsibility for October Niger attack

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The leader of Islamic State's affiliate in West Africa claimed responsibility for an attack that killed four US Special Forces and four...

FIB blue helmets hit hard by ADF rebels in DRC

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At least 14 UN blue helmets were killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) last Thursday in what UN Secretary-General António...

South Sudan militia attack leaves 43 dead

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A tribal militia killed at least 43 people in South Sudan's central Jonglei state, local officials said, part of a cycle of...

Boko Haram attack repelled by Nigerian military

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Nigeria's military repelled an attempt by suspected Boko Haram militants to seize the town Magumeri, a spokesman said a day after the...

Islamic State raises stakes with Egyptian mosque attack

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The mosque was packed with hundreds of worshippers for Friday prayers in Egypt's North Sinai when gunmen in military-style uniforms and masks...

Over 230 killed in Sinai mosque attack

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Militants killed more than 230 people at a mosque in North Sinai, detonating a bomb and gunning down fleeing worshippers in the...

Seven killed in CAR reprisal attack

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Seven people were killed and around 20 others injured in a grenade attack on a peace concert in reprisal violence in Central...

Gunmen target Egyptian truck convoy

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Suspected militants shot and killed at least nine truck drivers in Egypt's Sinai region when they targeted a transport convoy, setting the...

Little-known group claims responsibility for Egypt attack

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A militant group called Ansar al-Islam claimed responsibility for an attack in Egypt's Western Desert that killed several policemen late last month,...

Cameroon village attacked by suspected Boko Haram fighters

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Suspected Boko Haram militants killed at least 10 villagers in northern Cameroon in what army and local officials said was revenge for...

Mogadishu attacked again

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An Islamist attack on a hotel in Mogadishu ended on Sunday after 29 people were killed during a 12 hour siege police...

Libya checkpoint attack

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Two soldiers were killed and three wounded at a military checkpoint in north-eastern Libya, witnesses and officials said, in an attack claimed...

Militants kill five in Sinai attack

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Three policemen, a security guard and a civilian were killed and a number of other people injured in an attack by militants...

Militant attacks in Sinai claim six soldiers’ lives

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At least 24 militants and six soldiers were killed in attacks on military outposts in North Sinai, the Egyptian military said in...

Benghazi “hell” recalled by CIA official

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A CIA operative told a jury about the terror he experienced in 2012 when militants attacked the US diplomatic compound in Benghazi...

Sixteen killed in remote Mozambique port attacks – reports

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Gun battles between police and attackers in a remote northern Mozambican port killed 16 people, including two police officers, local media reported....

Seven dead in Puntland attack

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Islamist al Shabaab militants attacked a checkpoint in Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region, killing at least seven people on Monday, police said. The...

Al Shabaab attack Somali military base

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Al Shabaab fighters killed at least 15 soldiers in an attack on a military base near Mogadishu, the militant group and Somali...

Seven dead after failed north Sinai attack

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Five militants and two soldiers were killed in clashes aftef a failed attack on a security checkpoint in Egypt's strife-torn North Sinai...

Sinai security convoy attacked

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Militants attacked a security convoy in Egypt's strife-torn Sinai Peninsula, killing at least 18 policemen, sources said - an assault claimed by...

Somali army repels al Shabaab after attack

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Somali government forces regained control of a town on the Kenyan border after al Shabaab militants stormed an army base there, causing...

Six arrested for practising beheadings

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Spanish and Moroccan police arrested five Moroccans and aSpaniard suspected of belonging to an Islamist militant cell that simulated decapitations, the Spanish...

Eighteen dead after suspected Boko Haram attack

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Suspected Boko Haram militants killed 18 people in north-east Nigeria, according to local witnesses and officials, the latest in an escalating number...

Al Shabaab attacks Somali military base

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Al Shabaab militants attacked a military base near Somalia's southern port city Kismayu, a Somali army officer said, adding he did not...