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Boko Haram Islamist militants killed about 100 people this week in attacks on villages in northeast Nigeria, with residents fleeing the onslaught, according to a senator representing the region.
The insurgents attacked three local government areas of Kala Balge, Gamboru Ngala and Dikwa in Borno state, Ahmed Zanna, the senator representing central Borno, said by phone on Friday from the capital, Abuja. “The attackers killed no less than 100 people in the villages and at market places.”
The rebel group of Sudan People Liberation Movement North (SPLM-N) announced that their forces were able to seize the Kahliat garrison which lies 5 kilometers west of South Kordofan capital town of Kadugli on Tuesday morning.
Areas in the proximity of Kadugli have witnessed an uptick in military operations between Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and SPLM-N rebels since last December which saw some rockets landing inside the city center.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has launched an offensive against Hutu militants from the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) in the east of the country without the support of UN troops, according to latest reports.
“Operations against the FDLR (Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda) began in South Kivu early this morning and will last as long as these people resist,” said an officer in the armed forces (FARDC) speaking anonymously to AFP. “We have taken steps to protect the population,” continued the officer.
Libyan army has killed in Benghazi 25 Ansar al Sharia jihadists, formation affiliated to Islamic State and indirectly at power in Derna.
Libyan military sources referred it.
Nigeria’s military on Saturday claimed to have recaptured the town of Baga from Boko Haram, more than a month after it was overrun in what is feared to be the worst massacre of its six-year insurgency.
Defence spokesman Chris Olukolade claimed that “a large number of terrorists” drowned in Lake Chad as they tried to flee bombardment from air force jets.
An attack on a luxury hotel in Somalia’s capital killed twenty people, including two legislators, and stoked fears that the Al-Qaeda linked militants can access into sensitive locations in the city, officials told HOL.
Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the Central hotel attack on Friday, often frequented by government officials and politicians.
The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group claimed responsibility Friday for car bombings in eastern Libya that killed at least 31 and wounded 40 people after security sources reported dozens dead in a triple attack.
A brief statement by an ISIS branch in Libya said two suicide bombers targeted the forces of General Khalifa Haftar in Al-Qoba “in revenge for the blood of our Muslim people in the city of Derna”, an apparent reference to air strikes on the eastern militant stronghold this week.