Like in other states in the South-east, police facilities in Anambra State have been targets of attacks by gunmen operating in the state. Security agencies have destroyed several criminal camps of suspected terrorists attacking police
Nigerian Army troops destroy terrorists’ den, kill one in Zamfara
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25 civilians killed in militia attack in eastern Congo
The death toll from an attack in a village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ituri province rose to 25 on Sunday, a local chief and civil society leader said, after a government spokesman and
Al-Shabaab attacks strategic town near Somali capital
Al-Shabaab militants raided the National Intelligence Security Agency (NISA) base in Bal’ad town near the Somali capital, Mogadishu, sources say, in the latest attack which comes at the time Somalia is fighting violent extremism. According
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At no point in history has the CFA franc – the name of a colonial currency used in west and central African countries belonging to the franc zone – been closer to its demise. Senegal
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In the Syrian village of al-Baghouz, in the eastern Deir Ezzor province, the last battles between the Islamic State organization and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), supported by the International Coalition Forces, took place on
ANALYSIS: Kidnappings in Chad could spark regional security crisis
The Chad-Cameroon-CAR border area is a powder keg of crime that needs swift action from all three governments. Kidnappers have terrorised Chad’s southern Mayo-Kebbi West and Logone Oriental provinces for over two decades. Between 2020
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Les militants “me tarabustent pour que je sois candidat. J’ai fini par dire oui, et je dis oui”. L’ex-président ivoirien Laurent Gbagbo, désormais opposant, a confirmé samedi dans un meeting qu’il était bien candidat à
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Au moins 28 personnes ont été tuées au Soudan lors d’une attaque des forces paramilitaires contre un village au sud de la capitale Khartoum, ont rapporté dimanche deux organisations soudanaises pro-démocratie. Les Forces de soutien
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Le nouvel exécutif compte vingt-cinq ministres et cinq secrétaires d’Etat, dont près de la moitié sont issus des rangs du Pastef. La principale surprise vient de la nomination de deux militaires à des postes régaliens