Tag: Islamist militants
Islamist militants kill seven soldiers in Nigeria’s northeastern Borno state –...
Islamist militants killed seven Nigerian soldiers, including a commanding officer and a lieutenant, in northern Nigeria's Borno state, a military source and two residents...
Burkina Faso protest against militant violence turns violent
Protesters burned tyres and pillaged a government building in Burkina Faso's capital on Saturday after police fired tear gas to disperse a march against...
Militant attack kills 20 in Burkina Faso, security minister says
An attack by insurgents killed 19 Burkina Faso military police and a civilian on Sunday in the tri-border northern region where the West African...
Gunmen kill 11 soldiers in southwest Niger
Unidentified gunmen killed 11 soldiers defending a village in a remote part of southwest Niger where Islamist militants operate, the defence ministry said on...
Mali has not asked any group to negotiate with Islamist militants
The Malian government on Thursday said it had not officially asked any organisation to negotiate with Islamist insurgents on its behalf.
This week, a spokesperson...
Suspected Islamists kill 16 in eastern Congo village
Suspected Islamist militants killed 16 people and burned down houses late on Wednesday in a village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a witness...
Colombian nun held hostage in Mali since 2017 has been freed
A Colombian nun who was kidnapped in 2017 by Islamist militants in Mali has been freed, Mali's presidency said on Saturday.
Gloria Cecilia Narvaez was...
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...
Dozens die in Burkina Faso as Islamist militants raid convoy
Dozens of people were killed in northern Burkina Faso on Wednesday when Islamist militants raided a civilian convoy that was being escorted by military...
Armed men kill 14 in latest west Niger village attack
Armed men on motorbikes killed 14 people in a part of western Niger where Islamist militants have repeatedly massacred civilians this year, the Interior...
18 Nigerian villagers killed by suspected Islamist militants -officials
Suspected Islamist militants killed 18 people when they attacked a village in northeast Nigeria on Wednesday, two local officials said.
Attacks by Islamist militants have...
Nineteen civilians killed in western Niger, mayor says
Armed assailants killed 19 villagers in western Niger near the border with Mali, where Islamist militants have increasingly targeted civilians this year, the mayor...
More than 30 Nigerian soldiers killed in militant attack -sources
Militants overran an army base in northeastern Nigeria, killing more than 30 soldiers before pulling back in the face of air strikes, soldiers and...
Egypt targets cell suspected of killing Christian in Sinai
Egyptian security forces have shot dead three suspected Islamist militants accused of targeting Coptic Christians and involvement in the execution-style killing of a 62-year-old...
Suspected Islamists kill 23 civilians in eastern Congo
Suspected Islamist militants killed at least 23 civilians in an overnight raid on a village near Beni in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the...
Northern Mali officials say French strike killed civilians, France denies
Local officials in northern Mali accused France’s army on Friday of killing six civilians in an airstrike, but French forces said they had hit...
Islamist attacks kill about 30 soldiers in northeast Nigeria in four...
Islamist militants have killed about 30 government soldiers in a series of clashes in northeast Nigeria since Wednesday, military and civilian militia sources said...
In Algerian mountains, army operation shows persistent militant threat
Algerian soldiers fired high-calibre rounds into a scrubby hillside of the Ain Defla mountains last week, part of an operation against the persistent threat...
‘I was crying’: Kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirl phones home after seven years
Nearly seven years since Islamist militants kidnapped two of his daughters from their school in northeastern Nigeria, a hurried phone call let Ali Maiyanga...
Niger village attacks killed 100, says prime minister
One hundred people were killed on Saturday in attacks on two villages in western Niger, Prime Minister Brigi Rafini said following one of the...
Suspected Islamists kill at least 11 in attack on convoy in...
Suspected Islamist militants killed at least 11 people in northeastern Nigeria in an attack on a security convoy that was taking people displaced by...
French soldier dies in Chad accident
A French soldier died during a maintenance operation in Chad after a piece of equipment exploded, the defence ministry said in a statement on...
West African instability risks gains against militants – French official
Mali and Burkina Faso must guarantee at a summit this week that their domestic political problems do not reverse fragile military successes against Islamist...
Islamist militants kill 20 in Bangladesh before commandos end siege
Islamist militants killed 20 people, including at least nine Italians, seven Japanese and an American, inside an upmarket restaurant in Bangladesh's capital,...
Spain arrests Moroccan accused of links to Islamist militants
Spanish police arrested a Moroccan man on the island of Mallora early on Tuesday on suspicion of having close links to Islamist...
Tunisia forces clash with militants, seven killed in border town
Tunisian troops have killed seven more Islamist militants during raids in Ben Guerdan, the town on the Libyan border where at least...
Top Muslim leader urges broader action against Islamist militants
A prominent Muslim cleric said on Wednesday the U.S.-led coalition carrying out air strikes on Islamic State insurgents should widen its scope...
Tunisia says it thwarted jihadist attack before elections
Tunisian security forces have arrested a group of Islamist militants, including two women, that planned to carry out attacks in the capital,...
Egypt court signals death penalty for seven jihadists in Sinai case
An Egyptian court has recommended death sentences for seven men, including a prominent Islamist militant, charged with killing 25 policemen last year...
Growing concern in Muslim world about Islamist militancy – survey
Large majorities in Muslim countries are increasingly worried about Islamist militancy and oppose its best-known groups, such as the global al Qaeda...
Nigeria Islamists attack village near Chibok, 10 dead
Suspected Islamist militants killed at least 10 people on Sunday in an attack on a Nigerian village less than 5 km (3...
Morocco, Spain break up militant cell sending fighters abroad
Morocco and Spain made seven arrests and dismantled an Islamist militant cell led by a Spanish citizen that sent fighters to "hotbeds...
Nigerian Islamists kill 12 in village attacks
Gunmen from Islamist sect Boko Haram shot dead at least 12 people during a four-hour siege on villages in northeast Nigeria overnight,...
Suicide car bomb kills at least 10 in Somali capital
An Islamist militant suicide bomber drove a car into a Mogadishu cafe frequented by members of the security forces on Thursday, killing...
From desert hideout, shadowy Ansar militants rattle Egypt
A shadowy Islamist militant group based in the remote Sinai desert is emerging as a major threat to Egypt's stability, and there...
Egypt upholds death sentence for 14 militants
The Egyptian presidency upheld the death penalty for 14 people convicted of attacking police in North Sinai in 2011, signaling the army-backed...
Tunisian police kill seven militants, including senior commander
Tunisian police killed seven Islamist militants, including a senior commander wanted for the assassination of two opposition leaders, after a clash outside...
ISS: Terrorism and the threat radical Islam poses to Cameroon
The kidnapping of a French priest, Reverend Georges Vandenbeusch, in northern Cameroon on 14 November 2013, barely seven months after the negotiated...
Nigerian army wants 500 suspects tried for terrorism
Nigeria's army said on Wednesday it had identified more than 500 suspected Islamist militants - including members of the security forces who...
Egypt blames militants for officer’s killing in Cairo
Egyptian security officials have blamed Islamist militants for the shooting death of an Interior Ministry lieutenant colonel, the highest-profile killing in Cairo...
One killed after Tunisia police, Islamist militants clash
Tunisian police killed an Islamist militant and wounded two others on Tuesday, the Interior Ministry said, after clashes in a southern city...
Tunisia forces kill 10 Islamist militants in raids
Tunisian security forces have killed 10 Islamist militants near the border with Algeria during a three-day operation against gunmen who attacked police...
Islamists kill 19 at checkpoint in northeast Nigeria
Islamist Boko Haram militants disguised as soldiers killed 19 people at a checkpoint on Sunday, mostly by slitting their throats, witnesses said.
Survivor...
Nigeria military says repels attack, kills 40 Islamists
Nigeria's military said on Tuesday it had killed 40 Islamist militants while repelling a coordinated attack in three parts of northeastern Borno...
Somalia militants publish slain peacekeeper IDs
Islamist militant group al Shabaab released what it says are ID card scans of eight slain Burundian peacekeepers the latest salvo in...
