Tag: Islamic State

Militants in Mozambique have struck for a second time in a week in the north of the country. Early on Wednesday, they attacked the town...

Militant group Islamic State claimed responsibility for an attack in northern Mozambique south of gas projects worth $60 billion under development by Exxon Mobil...

Islamic State said it was behind Sunday’s attack on an Algerian military barracks near the border with Mali that killed a soldier. The militant...

An Egyptian court sentenced 37 people to jail terms including life imprisonment for joining or supporting Islamic State’s Sinai Province affiliate, judicial sources said....

The Christmas season offered no respite from terror for the already suffering people of Mozambique’s northernmost Cabo Delgado province. The litany of atrocities that...

Islamic State claimed responsibility for an attack on a Niger military camp near Mali, according to a statement issued by a branch of the...

Islamic State’s West African affiliate claimed responsibility for an attack on an army patrol in northern Mali that killed 30 soldiers, according to a...

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, former leader of the world’s deadliest terror group Daesh – also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria –...

Somalia’s Islamic State affiliate, an important outpost of the militant group, swore allegiance in a statement to the new leader named by the organisation...

Egypt’s Islamic State affiliate, Sinai Province, has sworn allegiance to the new leader following the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the affiliate said on...