Tag: Islamist
Suspected Islamist kills two in western Kenya – police
A suspected member of Somali Islamist group al Shabaab detonated an explosive device that killed two people at their home in a western Kenyan...
Four West African states mount operation against Islamist insurgents
Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory Coast and Togo have carried out a joint military operation to counter increased attacks by Islamist insurgent groups in parts...
France kills senior Islamist leader in Sahel, vows to fight on
French forces killed an al Qaeda leader during an operation in the Sahel region of Africa, France's armed forces minister said on Friday, vowing...
With eye on Islamist fight, France backs Chad military takeover
France defended the Chadian army's takeover of power on Thursday after the battlefield death of President Idriss Deby presented Paris with an uncomfortable choice...
Suspected Islamists kill nine civilians in central Mali
Suspected Islamist militants riding 4x4 vehicles and armed with machine guns killed nine civilians in attacks on three villages in central Mali late on...
Suspected Islamists kill a dozen people in eastern Congo attacks
Assailants killed a dozen people in two overnight attacks in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the army, a witness and a local rights group...
Niger mourns, probes weekend massacre in two villages
Niger has declared three days of national mourning following the massacre of 100 civilians in two villages in the western region of the country...
Nigeria buries 43 farmers killed by militants, dozens missing
Villagers in northeast Nigeria’s Borno state on Sunday buried 43 farmers killed in an attack by suspected Islamist militants while security forces searched for...
Suspected Islamists kill 18, torch church in east Congo
Assailants killed at least 18 people and burned down a church in a village in eastern Congo on Wednesday night, a civil rights group...
Suspected jihadist freed by Mali is detained in Algeria
Algeria’s defence ministry said on Wednesday it had detained a suspected jihadist militant who was released this month by Mali as part of a...
American citizen kidnapped in southern Niger, sources say
An American citizen was kidnapped near the town of Birnin Konni in southern Niger in the early hours of Tuesday, three security sources and...
Sudanese police fire tear gas to disperse hundreds gathered across the...
Sudanese security forces fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of people in demonstrations across the capital Khartoum on Wednesday, as crowds gathered to put...
Suspected Islamists free 900 prisoners from east Congo jail
Armed men freed at least 900 prisoners from a jail in Beni in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in a coordinated attack early on...
Kidnapped politician, French aid worker to be freed in Mali prisoner...
Mali will release scores of suspected Islamist insurgents in a prisoner exchange for opposition leader Soumaila Cisse and French aid worker Sophie Petronin, two...
Congo army says Islamist militia kills 20 in east
Islamist militants killed at least 20 people during attacks on three villages in eastern Congo, the army and a local administrator said.
The Allied Democratic...
Suspected Islamist militants kill 13 in eastern Congo villages
Suspected Islamist militants killed 13 people during raids on two villages in eastern Congo, the army and a village chief said, the latest in...
Germany says Berlin car crash suspect cited Islamist motives, had psychological...
The suspected perpetrator of a series of car crashes on a Berlin motorway on Tuesday evening has cited Islamist motives but appears to have...
Suspected Boko Haram militants kill 16 in northern Cameroon
Suspected militants from Islamist group Boko Haram killed at least 16 people and wounded seven early on Sunday in a grenade attack on a...
Islamist militants in northeast Nigeria execute four aid workers
Islamist militants in northeast Nigeria have executed four aid workers and a private security guard, according to a video seen by Reuters on Wednesday.
International...
One killed in Sudan as thousands rally for faster reform
One person was killed and several others injured during largely peaceful demonstrations in Sudan on Tuesday, a government spokesman said, as tens of thousands...