Tag: militants
Mali’s militant Islamist insurgency at Bamako’s doorstep
Militant Islamist group violence is accelerating in Mali, advancing a complex insurgency in north, central, and increasingly southern Mali that further threatens the country’s...
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...
Militants kill at least 31 in central Mali, say local authorities
Militants killed at least 31 people in central Mali on Friday when they fired upon a bus ferrying people to a local market, local...
Suspected militants kill soldiers in Burkina Faso’s desert north
Suspected militants killed four soldiers in Burkina Faso's northern Loroum province on Sunday, the army said, in the latest of a wave of attacks.
The...
69 killed in attack in southwest Niger, says government
Gunmen killed 69 people including a mayor in an attack in a remote area of southwest Niger, the interior minister said on Thursday, part...
Militants kill 14 soldiers, injure seven in Burkina Faso attack
A large group of heavily armed militants killed 14 Burkina Faso soldiers and injured seven others in a dawn attack in the north on...
Mali says four soldiers killed in ambush by suspected militants
Four soldiers were killed when their patrol was ambushed by suspected militants in central Mali on Sunday, the army said in a statement
The region...
More than a dozen people killed by Islamist militants in northeast...
More than a dozen people, including seven soldiers, were killed by Islamist militants in an attack in northeast Nigeria, four sources told Reuters.
The militants...
Three suspected militants killed in Tunisia near Algerian border, official says
Three suspected militants, including an Asian woman‮ ‬and local leader in Islamic State, were killed in Tunisian mountains near the Algerian border‮ ‬in two...
Mozambique militants beheading children as young as 11, Save the Children...
Children as young as 11 are being beheaded in Mozambique, UK-based aid group Save the Children said on Tuesday, as part of an Islamist...
Militants from Mozambique staged deadly attack in Tanzania, police say
About 300 militants from Mozambique attacked a village in southern Tanzania and killed an unknown number of people last week, Tanzania’s top police officer...
Tunisian police kill three suspected militants after fatal attack on officer
Police in Tunisia chased and shot dead three suspected Islamist militants after they attacked two police officers, killing one of them, in the coastal...
Militants kill four Malian soldiers in ambush
Four Malian solders were killed and 12 wounded on Thursday after militants ambushed a military anti-poaching patrol in the violence-plagued central region of Mopti,...
Sahel remains fragile despite battle gains against militants
French and West African troops have made gains against Islamist groups in the Sahel but the situation remains fragile with persistent attacks by the...
Militants kill 20 soldiers, 40 civilians in northeast Nigeria attacks
Islamic militants killed at least 20 soldiers and more than 40 civilians and injured hundreds in twin attacks in northeast Nigeria’s Borno state on...
Militants in Burkina Faso kill 35 in separate attacks, government says
Militants in Burkina Faso attacked a cattle market and a humanitarian convoy, killing at least 35 people, the government said on Sunday.
Saturday’s violence underscores...
No insurgent control in northern Mozambique
No parts of Mozambique’s troubled northern province are under control of insurgents, national police commander Bernardino Rafael said.
His comments follow an increase in the...
College burnt in militant attack in northern Mozambique
Militants torched a teacher training college run by a local charity in northern Mozambique, a director of the organisation and a security analyst said...
Militants arrested in the Sahel
Algeria’s army arrested eight people planning to join Islamist militants in the neighbouring Sahel region, the defence ministry said.
The eight were arrested on...
ISS: Violence against civilians is on the rise in Africa
Militant Islamist group activity in Africa has doubled since 2012, according to the Africa Center for Strategic Studies (ACSS), a think tank funded by...
Suspected militants killed in North Sinai
Egyptian security forces killed 16 suspected militants in North Sinai and found a stash of weapons and explosives in hideouts, the Interior Ministry said...
Islamist militants, Egyptian soldiers die in Sinai clash
Egyptian security forces killed 47 Islamist militants in operations in the Sinai Peninsula recently, the military said.
Five military personnel were killed, the armed forces...
Militants killed in Tunisia
Tunisian police killed three Islamist militants in Sidi Bouzid, a security source told Reuters.
Police seized weapons in the operation, the source added, without giving...
Militants killed near Cairo
Egyptian security forces killed seven suspected militants in two operations in Giza, across the Nile from central Cairo, the interior ministry said.
Three militants were...
Seven militants killed, 15 troops killed or wounded in North Sinai
Seven militants were killed and 15 Egyptian military personnel were killed or wounded in a clash in North Sinai on Saturday, the Egyptian military...
Militants killed in reprisal for attacks on Burkina Faso civilians
Burkina Faso’s army killed 150 militants in response to an attack on civilians this week, but an international rights group said some were executed...
Militants blow themselves up in Tunisia
Two militants in Tunisia blew themselves up after exchanging fire with security forces who stormed their hideout and encircled them, the interior ministry said....
Militants killed by Egyptian security forces
Egyptian security forces killed 40 suspected militants in three separate incidents in North Sinai and Giza, the Interior Ministry said, a day after a...
Militants die in US Somalia airstrike
The US military killed three militants in an air strike targeting the al-Shabaab Islamist group in Somalia on Tuesday.
The military's Africa Command...
Egyptian military kills militants in Sinai
Egyptian security forces killed 52 suspected militants in North Sinai, the military said in a statement.
Security forces launched a large-scale operation in...
Militants killed in Sinai shootout
Egyptian security forces killed 15 suspected militants in a shootout during a raid on a hideout near al-Arish, capital of North Sinai,...
Suspected militants killed in Sinai
Egyptian security forces killed 11 suspected militants in an exchange of fire in the North Sinai town al-Arish, the official MENA state...
Suspected militants killed in western Sinai
Egypt killed 20 suspected militants in an air strike in its western desert and shootouts in the Sinai Peninsula, the military said...
Suspected militants die in Egyptian shoot-out
Egyptian security forces killed five suspected militants plotting to carry out unspecified "hostile operations", the interior ministry said.
The men were killed after...
Suspected militants killed in Egypt raid
Egyptian security forces killed six suspected militants in a raid on a house on the outskirts of Cairo, an interior ministry statement...
Suspected militants killed in Sinai
Egyptian security forces killed 12 suspected militants in raids on hideouts in north Sinai, state news agency MENA reported, the latest in...
Suspected militants killed in shootout near Cairo
Egyptian security forces killed five suspected militants in a shootout in Qalyubiya province, north of Cairo, the interior ministry said in a...
Egyptian security forces kill 13 suspected militants in shootout in Sinai
Egyptian security forces have killed 13 suspected militants in a shootout in al-Arish, the capital of North Sinai province, state news agency...
Burkina forces kill suspected Islamist militants in raid
Burkina Faso security forces killed three suspected Islamist militants and arrested another one in an operation in Ouagadougou, its gendarme force said....
U.S. senators offer legislation covering military action against militants
U.S. senators announced long-awaited legislation on Monday to provide congressional authorization for campaigns against militant groups in Iraq, Syria and elsewhere, as...
Disguised militants attack UN bases in Mali
Militants disguised as UN peacekeepers exploded two suicide car bombs and fired dozens of rockets at French and United Nations bases in...
Militants killed in Egypt
Egyptian police killed six militants belonging to a group authorities accuse of a bombing in Alexandria that targeted a security chief two...
Israel says Iran recruited Palestinian militants via South Africa
Israel said on Wednesday it had cracked a Palestinian militant cell suspected of having been recruited and handled by Iranian intelligence officers...
Egypt hangs four convicted of deadly 2014 bomb attack
Egypt has hanged four men convicted by a military court of killing three military students in a bombing in 2014, security sources...
Militants kill two in bank attack in Egypt’s Sinai
Militants killed two people, including a policeman, at a bank in the town of El-Arish in Egypt's North Sinai on Thursday, security...
Niger approves armed drones
The government of Niger approved the use of armed American drones, a US official said expanding US ability to target militants in...
Suspected militants killed in Egyptian shootout
Egyptian security forces killed 11 suspected militants in a shootout near the Sinai, the interior ministry said days after more than 300...
DR Congo militants ambush and kill travellers
Militants ambushed about 30 civilians in north-eastern Congo and killed a number of them before fighting a fierce battle with the army,...
Armed militants killed by Algerian troops
Algerian troops killed six armed Islamist militants west of Algiers, where security forces last week broke up an Islamic State cell, the...
Four militants killed by Egyptian security forces
Egypt's security forces killed four suspected militants and arrested two others thought to have carried out an attack on a checkpoint south...