Almost 1,000 Houthi fighters have been killed over the past four days in fierce clashes with government forces, which include allied tribesmen, in various contested areas of the central province of Marib, with hundreds more
Islamist Attacks in Mozambique Threaten to Disrupt Total-Led Natural-Gas Project
Fighting between Islamic extremist rebels and Mozambique’s army over a key port is threatening to disrupt the East African nation’s burgeoning natural-gas developments, including a multibillion-dollar project led by French energy giant Total SA .
Al-Shabaab claims responsibility for regional minister’s assassination
Al-Shabaab said it has killed a minister in Jowhar, the regional capital of Middle Shabelle region on Monday night.
Armed fighters take hundreds hostage in Nigeria’s Borno state
Fighters from the Islamic State West Africa Province, a splinter group of Boko Haram, overran Kukawa town on Tuesday.
Mali coup opens power vacuum as Islamist insurgency expands in West Africa
Tuesday’s stunning coup in Mali — in which mutinous soldiers stormed the capital and arrested the country’s president — has opened a power vacuum that West African leaders sought to avoid, injecting instability into the
Egypt wary of Turkish-Qatari moves in western Libya
Cairo categorically refuses to let the coastal city of Misrata be turned into a base for Turkish naval vessels. Egypt is showing its frustration with accelerating Turkish and Qatari moves in Libya in support of
Nigeria: Al Qaeda in Nigeria?
The security agencies must do more to contain the increasing threats The canvass of violence and insecurity in Nigeria is broadening. The Commander of the United States Special Operations Command in Africa, Major General Dagvin
Daesh remains a threat to Libya despite change in strategy
As things stand, it might be tempting to declare Daesh all but defeated in Libya. Daesh is most visible, and therefore most effective, when it controls territory. It uses territory for building both military and
Regional leaders meet as Mozambique security crisis worsens
SADC meeting comes days after ISIL-linked fighters seized a strategic port near major gas projects in Cabo Delgado.
Burkina Faso’s new conflict front: Jihadists against jihadists
When 60 jihadists were killed and 40 captured in Burkina Faso’s northern Sahel region one day in April, the country’s beleaguered armed forces didn’t claim victory: A rival jihadist group did.