Attacks on shipping in the Red Sea by the Houthi militia in Yemen have exposed the vulnerability of African maritime security. Since November 2023, there have been 133 reported incidents, including 14 vessels struck by
EXCLUSIVE: Enugu community resorts to invoking deities against pro-Biafra attacks, killings
A community in Enugu State, South-east Nigeria, has resorted to invoking deities to stop frequent attacks and killings by pro-Biafra gunmen in the area, PREMIUM TIMES reports. The community, Enugu-Ezike, which is in the Igboeze-North
Amadou Koufa
Terror organization: Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) Status: One of the top deputies to Iyad Ag Ghali, the leader of the JNIM. Has the rank of Emir. Radical preacher and a senior member in Jama’at
Ethiopia – Military Executes Dozens in Amhara Region
UN Inquiry Urgently Needed; End Impunity for Abusive Commanders (Nairobi) – The Ethiopian military summarily executed several dozen civilians and committed other war crimes on January 29, 2024, in the town of Merawi in Ethiopia’s
Sudan’s Year Zero Continues
The ordinary Westerner might be confused given the obsessive coverage first on the conflict in Ukraine and then on the war in Gaza, but the worst humanitarian crisis in the world today is in Sudan.
Security agencies destroy criminal camps, defuse bombs – Official
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
The army said the troops also recovered one AK-47 rifle, one AK-47 Magazine, 30 rounds of 7.62 mm Special and 150 bags of stolen grains from the terrorists. The Nigerian Army troops deployed for counter-terrorism
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
Five years since al-Baghouz battleThe caliphate ended but the Islamic State is still present
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