Many local marketers were kidnapped on Saturday, Sept. 9 while in transit to the weekly market in Bagega village, northwestern Nigeria. One of the abductees who escaped said it was in response to the shutdown
Commercial flights halted to Mali’s Timbuktu amid Islamist blockade
Sky Mali, the only commercial airline flying to Timbuktu in Mali’s interior, has cancelled flights there due to insecurity, it said on Monday, deepening the isolation of the northern city which has been under a
Somalia: Regional lawmaker among several killed in Al-Shabaab explosion
One regional lawmaker and city council member were killed on Monday following an Improvised Explosive Device [IED] explosion in central Somalia, officials said, just as the military seized a strategic town, with the war against
Mali : attaque suicide contre un camp militaire dans le nord, au lendemain d’une double attaque meurtrière
Au nord du Mali, une attaque suicide a visé, vendredi 8 septembre, un camp de l’armée malienne à Gao. Elle intervient au lendemain d’une double attaque contre une position de l’armée et un bateau transportant
Ethiopian troops accused of mass killings of civilians in Amhara region
Exclusive: Witnesses say federal forces have been looting villages and shooting farmers in their hunt for defiant Fano militiamen Ethiopian soldiers killed more than 70 civilians and looted properties in a town in Amhara, multiple
US Military Repositions Some Troops in Niger, Pulls Non-Essential Personnel
The Pentagon is repositioning some troops and equipment within Niger and will withdraw a small number of non-essential personnel “out of an abundance of caution,” U.S. officials told Reuters on Thursday, the first major American
Separatists Kill 3 For Disobeying ‘Ghost Town’ Order In Cameroon
Muea residents, as well as other villages in Fako division of the South West region, have not supported the boycotts imposed by separatist fighters between Sept. 4 to 14. At least three people were killed
Senior Al-Shabaab leaders killed in Somalia
An operation waged by the Somali National Army [SNA] has left three Al-Shabaab militants dead in Somalia, state media confirmed, following the commencement of the follow-up military exercises in central regions where President Hassan Sheikh
Motorbikes and armed groups in the Sahel
Anatomy of a regional market Motorbikes are one of the most widely trafficked commodities in the Sahel, deeply embedded in the Sahelian criminal economy. These trafficking networks are a crucial source for armed groups, particularly
République démocratique du Congo : des rescapés de la répression militaire meurtrière témoignent, “Nous étions non-violents”
Une semaine après “le massacre” d’une cinquantaine de civils par les Forces armées de République démocratique du Congo dans la ville de Goma au Nord-Kivu, l’incertitude demeure sur le déroulement de l’enquête malgré l’arrestation, l’interpellation