At least eight government officials were killed in Somalia in attacks claimed by al-Shabaab militants.

The Houthis are responsible for the disappearance of more than 3,500 people in four years, according to a report by the Yemeni Coalition for Monitoring Human Rights Violations.

Yemeni security officials said on Saturday that shelling by Houthi militias has killed at least 13 civilians in the provinces of Hodeida and Taiz.

The al-Shabab militant group launched a series of attacks since Saturday that led to the death of at least 17 people in Somalia.

Riyadh: Saudi Arabia said on Saturday that Qatar had been working against the kingdom covertly and publicly since 1995, and severing ties with Doha was Riyadh’s sovereign right under international law. It added that the

Troops of the Nigerian Army have engaged the Boko Haram fighters, killing scores of them in Gworege community in the Dikwa Local Government Area of Borno State.

A vigilante official, Mustapha Karimbe, who confirmed the attack, said, “The convoy came under fire from the terrorists near Kamuya at around 11:30am, killing one soldier and injuring three others.

Violence has been growing in Burkina Faso as armed Islamic groups spill over the porous border with Mali. These latest deadly attacks show how one of the world’s poorest countries is struggling to contain the

A human rights report has said that Houthis committed 636 rights violations in Yemen’s militia-run areas in a single week.

Yemen’s Houthi rebels claimed they had launched an attack on a “military target” in Saudi Khamis Mushait city on Saturday night, using multiple bomb-laden drones, Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported.