Five people were killed and 19 injured after an explosion believed to have been caused by a World War II-era bomb or mortar shell ripped through a fishermen’s housing complex in Papua, Indonesian police said on Monday. Footage from the scene, including footage filmed by officers who arrived at theContinue Reading
The Malian army said on Tuesday that its air force carried out a series of strikes in several localities across the country, killing dozens of terrorists and destroying vehicles as well as fuel and ammunition depots. In a statement, the General Staff of the Armed Forces said the strikesContinue Reading
Defense Minister of Mali Sadio Camara was killed in an attack on his residence in the town of Kati, near the capital Bamako, carried out by armed terrorist groups, sources told Xinhua on Sunday. According to the sources, who requested anonymity, armed terrorist groups launched coordinated attacks on severalContinue Reading
The Nigerian military has confirmed that a brigade commander and “some brave soldiers” were killed while repelling an attack by a group of suspected terrorists who recently attacked a military position in the country’s northeastern state of Borno. The attack targeted the headquarters of the 29 Task Force BrigadeContinue Reading
More than 60 suspected terrorists were killed as Nigerian troops repelled an attack on a military location in the country’s northeastern state of Borno, local media reported Wednesday. The terrorists, suspected to be members of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), launched an attack on Tuesday evening onContinue Reading
Niger’s Defense and Security Forces (FDS) announced on Tuesday that they had killed 17 terrorists and apprehended 33 others during several operations conducted nationwide between Feb. 15 and 22. According to the army’s weekly information bulletin broadcast on national television Tele Sahel, the operations also led to the seizureContinue Reading
At least five Boko Haram militants were killed after launching a coordinated overnight assault on a military outpost in Cameroon’s Far North region, military sources said on Thursday. The attack occurred late Wednesday into early Thursday in Hile Alifa, a locality in the Logone and Chari division. Weapons usedContinue Reading
