Tag: Islamic State
Coalition reaffirms commitment to fight Islamic State, including in Africa
The Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS, meeting this week in Morocco, has reaffirmed its determination to continue the fight against Islamic State through both...
Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS to meet in Morocco next week
The Islamic State (ISIS) has made significant inroads into Africa and an 84-member coalition committed to countering ISIS globally is working to deter further...
Enablers of political extremism: a checklist for West African countries
The Sahel – the region just south of the Sahara – is home to the world’s fastest growing extremist group, Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal...
South Africa poorly prepared to deal with terrorism – report
South Africa’s security institutions are poorly prepared to deal with Islamist extremists and terrorists operating across the border in Mozambique, a new report has...
Africom not satisfied with counter-terrorism progress in Africa
Terrorists are expanding across Africa in both geographical reach and influence, and US counter-terrorism efforts are not satisfactory, with more work to be done,...
ISS: US sanctions four alleged ISIS ringleaders in South Africa
Was the United States Treasury’s announcement that it was imposing sanctions on four alleged organisers and financiers in South Africa of the Islamic State...
US Treasury sanctions South Africa-based ISIS organisers and financial facilitators
The United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned four Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and...
Twelve Niger soldiers killed in clashes with militants
Gunmen have killed 12 soldiers and wounded eight in a clash in southwest Niger near the border with Burkina Faso, the government said on...
Burkina army says three soldiers killed in combat with militants
Three Burkina Faso soldiers died and 11 militants were killed during an attack on the troops in the north of the Sahel West African...
Uganda says seven suspects killed during probe of last week’s Kampala...
Uganda said on Monday that seven suspects had been killed and 106 people detained during operations by the security services linked to three suicide...
Uganda’s police detain 48 suspects linked to last month’s bombings
Uganda's police have arrested 48 suspects in connection with last month's deadly bombings blamed on an Islamist group linked to Islamic State, police said...
Islamic State sinks roots across Africa
The Islamic State group, which once held about a third of Syrian territory and even more ground in Iraq, now oversees a network of...
Uganda investigating Islamist link to bombing after IS responsibility claim
Uganda said on Monday it was investigating whether fighters allied with the militant group Islamic State (IS) had carried out a bombing in Kampala...
Islamic State claims responsibility for bomb attack in Uganda
Islamic State claimed responsibility for a bomb attack that killed at least one person in Uganda's capital Kampala on Saturday night, the militant group...
Islamic State claims responsibility for attack in Congo
Islamic State claimed responsibility for an attack on a village this week in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, according to a statement published on...
Suicide bomber kills scores in Afghan mosque attack
A suicide bomber attacked a mosque in Afghanistan's northeastern Kunduz province on Friday, killing scores of worshippers in the country's third attack this week...
Five Nigerian students kidnapped freed after ransom paid – school
Five more students who were kidnapped by gunmen from a school in Nigeria three months ago have been released after ransoms were paid, the...
Taliban say four Islamic State members captured near Kabul
Taliban forces raided an area west of Kabul and captured four members of an Islamic State cell, the movement's main spokesman said on Wednesday.
The...
Islamist militants kill at least nine Malian soldiers
Islamist militants killed at least nine soldiers and wounded at least 11 more in central Mali on Wednesday, the army said, while local officials...
Four suspected IS-linked militants, one Sudanese security forces member killed in...
Four suspected Islamic State-linked militants and one Sudanese security forces member were killed during clashes in a raid in Sudan’s capital Khartoum on Monday,...