Somalia’s southern state of Jubaland extended its leader’s rule by four years in an election that will have repercussions extending beyond a region that’s at the forefront of a battle against al-Qaeda-linked militants.

La fièvre hémorragique d’Ebola a tué 1 905 personnes en une année en République démocratique du Congo, où 844 patients ont été déclarés guéris, d’après les chiffres publiés jeudi par les autorités sanitaires congolaises.

Six personnes ont été tuées dans un attentat perpétré dans la nuit de mardi à mercredi 14 août par une femme kamikaze liée à Boko Haram dans l’ouest du Tchad, a déclaré un officier de

Shabaab, al Qaeda’s branch in East Africa, has released a lengthy video that is intended to justify its jihad against the Somali government and opposition to allegedly illegitimate rulers elsewhere. The production is the third

Al-Qaeda has released embarrassing outtakes from an Islamic State propaganda video of fighters in Yemen, in an attempt to undermine its bitter rival.

The July 24 suicide bombing that killed the mayor of Somalia’s capital was disturbing on multiple levels, security experts say. Abdirahman Omar Osman was slain by one of his own aides, who was female and

Kellumi was abducted by Boko Haram fighters when he was 14. Among the killings he committed after being pressed into the ranks of the infamously brutal Islamist militant insurgency, there is one victim he cannot

Three Nigerian soldiers were killed during a gun battle with insurgents in a village on the outskirts of Borno state capital Maiduguri early on Thursday, August 15, according to reports.

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri, ending a five-day trip to Washington, on Thursday met US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who pledged continued support for Lebanon’s state institutions and said Hezbollah and its backer Iran