Tag: Islamist rebels
Uganda links Islamist rebels to attempted murder of minister
The gunmen who tried to kill a Ugandan minister last month trained in an Islamist rebel camp in Democratic Republic of Congo, police said...
Uganda army to join Congo in offensive against Islamist rebels –...
The Ugandan and Congo armies are setting up an operations centre in the east of Democratic Republic of Congo for a joint offensive against...
Islamist rebels kill two police officers in north Somalia attack
Islamist fighters have killed at least two officers at a police post in a northern Somali town, rebels and police said on...
Congo army attacks Ugandan Islamist rebels in lawless east
Democratic Republic of Congo forces attacked Ugandan Islamist rebels in the lawless east on Friday, launching a U.N.-backed offensive to clear insurgents...
Six Islamist factions unite in largest Syria rebel merger
The six largest Islamist rebel factions in Syria declared a new Islamic Front on Friday, forming the largest alliance of opposition fighters...
Suicide bomber hits Somali capital, dozens killed in south
A suicide bomber struck the Somali capital the latest in a wave of deadly attacks in Mogadishu, and dozens of Islamist rebels...
Kenya risks rallying support for Somali rebels
Kenya's deployment inside Somalia lacks the military muscle to deal a mortal blow to Islamist rebels blamed for a spate of kidnappings...
Somalia peacekeepers win control of Mogadishu district
African peacekeepers and Somali government forces flushed Islamist rebels out of one of the few pockets of the capital Mogadishu still under...
Somali president vows to hunt down Islamist rebels
Somalia's President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed promised to rid the country of the Islamist militants who are fighting to overthrow his administration and...
Rebels kill seven Algerian security guards: reports
Islamist rebels ambushed and killed at least seven Algerian security guards working for a Turkish company in the worst such attack in...
Algerian security forces kill 10 militants: radio
Algerian security forces killed 10 Islamist rebels in an ambush, state radio reported yesterday, while in a separate development a Canadian firm...