Twenty-three soldiers were killed in a Boko Haram attack in southwestern Chad on Friday, March 22, a military official told AFP.
“Boko Haram elements attacked the Chadian army position at around 1 a.m., killing 23 troops,” the official said.
Saturday, 23 March, 2019
Chad: Boko Haram faction, Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), kills 23 soldiers in Dangdala attack
Sunday, 17 March, 2019
Chad: Chad claims 400 Union of Forces for Democracy and Development (UFDD) rebel fighters laid down arms
Four hundred fighters from a Chadian rebel group in Libya have surrendered their weapons and are “back on the side of the law,” Chad Defense Minister General Daoud Yaya Brahim told AFP on Monday, March 11.
The rebels from the Union of Forces for Democracy and Development (UFDD) “decided to surrender the guns and respond to the head of state’s outstretched hand,” the minister said.
Tuesday, 12 March, 2019
Egypt: Army says 46 suspected jihadists killed in clashes in Sinai Peninsula
Egypt’s army on Monday said 46 suspected jihadists have been killed in clashes in the restive Sinai Peninsula, where troops are fighting the Islamic State group.
The “extremely dangerous” militants were killed in shootouts in north and central Sinai, the army said in a statement read on state television, without specifying when the clashes took place.
Sunday, 10 March, 2019
Niger: Several dead in Boko Haram attack in Diffa
Several people have died in an attack by the jihadist group Boko Haram in southeastern Niger, local sources said on Saturday.
“There have been deaths, including police, and also some wounded, in this attack by Boko Haram,” an official in Diffa, a region of Niger close to the birthplace of Boko Haram in neighboring northeastern Nigeria.
Thursday, 7 March, 2019
Rwanda: Rwanda accuses Uganda of supporting 2 rebel groups
Rwanda on Tuesday accused Uganda of supporting rebel groups opposed to President Paul Kagame’s government, amid a resurgence of hostility between the African neighbors.
Relations between the two nations soured last week after Rwanda blocked Ugandan cargo trucks from entering its territory at the busiest crossing point, Katuna, and barred its nationals from crossing into Uganda.
Saturday, 2 March, 2019
Somalia: Deadly siege in Mogadishu ended, al-Shabaab extremist attackers killed
A nearly day-long siege in the heart of Somalia’s capital ended with all of the al-Shabaab extremist attackers killed, police said Friday, as the death toll was at 24 and expected to climb.
Capt. Mohamed Hussein told The Associated Press that an operation to clear the besieged buildings had begun, with bodies found. Two of the dead were soldiers, he said.
Tuesday, 26 February, 2019
Libya: Khalifa Haftar forces have killed at least 19 civilians in Murzuq attack
At least 19 people have been killed in southern Libya, according to a member of parliament, as forces loyal to strongman Khalifa Haftar fought for control of oilfields in the region.
Speaking to Al Jazeera late on Sunday, Mohamed Linu, a member of Libya’s internationally recognised parliament, said Haftar’s Libyan National Army (LNA) killed civilians, including children, and set fire to more than 30 houses in the southern city of Murzuq, including his own.