Tag: separatists
Algerian security forces foil planned armed attack by separatists – TV
Algerian security forces foiled a plot to carry out an armed attack by separatists aided by "the Zionist entity" (Israel) and a North African...
Twitter removes Nigerian president’s ‘abusive’ civil war post
Twitter removed on Wednesday a post by Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari threatening punishment for regional secessionists blamed for attacks on government buildings.
The social media...
Cameroon separatists shoot at airliner
Separatist rebels fired on a Cameroon Airlines passenger jet approaching Bamenda airport, their leader told Reuters.
The scheduled flight from Douala landed safely, Cameroon...
Separatists extend control in Aden
Southern separatists seized Yemeni government security and military bases near Aden after clashes between nominal allies that complicate UN peace efforts, residents and officials...
Life sentences for Cameroon separatist leaders
A Cameroonian court handed life sentences to 10 separatist leaders after finding them guilty of charges including terrorism in their fight to break away...
Death sentences possible for Cameroon separatist leaders
Ten Cameroonian separatist leaders extradited from Nigeria earlier this year will face trial next month on terrorism charges that could lead to...
Army, separatists clash in Cameroon
At least 15 people were killed in a new bout of fighting between Cameroon army troops and separatist rebels, the two sides...
Cameroon separatists told to lay down arms
The president of Cameroon demanded Anglophone separatists lay down their arms, a day after dozens of schoolchildren were seized in a kidnapping...
Cameroon separatists free prisoners
Separatist militants raided a prison in north-western Cameroon and freed about 100 inmates, government and the separatists said, as rebels vowed to...
Cameroon separatist death toll is over 80
Armed separatists in English-speaking regions of Cameroon killed over 80 soldiers and police since their insurgency began in September last year, government...
Cameroon separatists kill four
Separatists from Cameroon's Anglophone region killed four security forces in attacks over the past few days, the government said, an unprecedented violent...
Biafra separatists, Nigerian army at loggerheads over siege allegations
A group campaigning for the secession of part of south-eastern Nigeria, formerly Biafra, accused the army of laying siege to their leader's...
Kenyan police say arrest four separatists in Mombasa house raid
Kenyan police arrested four suspected separatists on Monday that they believe were planning an attack in the coastal region popular with tourists.
The...
