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Gunmen suspected to be members of the dreaded islamic sect, Boko Haram, have attacked Nigerien Military base in Toumour village, Southeastern part of Diffa Province, military sources in Niger have revealed.
Ahmed Salkida, a Nigerian Journalist with access to information on the terrorists group twitted on Thursday.
About twelve people have been killed and 48 others wounded in a suicide bomb attack in Maiduguri on Wednesday.
Eyewitnesses said the mayhem was caused by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) which was detonated by a male suicide bomber at Alai Fadawu market on the outskirts of Maiduguri.
Heavy clashes broke out around Mitiga Airport on Monday between the Special Deterrence Force, based at the airport, and Brigade 33 from Tajoura, APA reported citing The Libya Observer. Rada is an anti-crime and anti-terrorism unit.
It is occasionally targeted by rivals whose members it has arrested. “The number of wounded will be communicated later”, the ministry said on Facebook.
Military forces from Somalia’s Somaliland Monday took control of a town under the region of Puntland following a fierce fight.
Residents of Tukaraq town in Sool region said Somaliland and Puntland forces clashed Monday as Somalia’s president Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo made his maiden visit to Puntland.
South Sudan’s armed opposition says four government soldiers have been killed in new clashes just outside the capital, Juba.
The opposition says soldiers in two vehicles attacked their position Tuesday morning in Wunu’Lyet, less than 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Juba.
Al-Shabab militants said they carried out a mortar attack on a military outpost belonging to Puntland troops in the mountainous area of Galgala in Bari region, Garowe Online reports.
“We attacked the Puntland’s Darwish forces stationed at Galgala hills with mortar shells today. Several landed inside the army camp,” said Al Shabaab’s military operation spokesman Abdulaziz Abu Musab.
Violent clashes on Friday between armed groups in a western Libya village near a lucrative border crossing and port have left one dead and three injured, according to local residents and reports.
Militias loyal to the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) launched an attack on local armed fighters in Abu Kammash, a village on the outskirts of the port town of Zuwara, a major smuggling hotspot.