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The Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) and the Somali National Army (SNA) have said they killed nine Al-Shabaab terrorists at Jungal, 30 kms North West of Bardhere.
In a press statement from the Ministry of Defence, the terrorists were pursued by the KDF soldiers and killed, impounding nine AK 47 rifle, five IEDs and assorted ammunition.
The Nigerian Army said on Friday that it had cleared nine more suspected Boko Haram terrorists camps in its operations in Borno.
Col.Tukur Gusau, the Media Coordinator of Operation Lafiya Dole, said this in a statement in Maiduguri.
A car bomb targeting a policeman’s club in the Egyptian city of El Arish killed six people and wounded 10 on Wednesday, security sources said.
Islamic State’s Egypt affiliate, Sinai Province, claimed responsibility for the attack, which it described as a suicide bombing.
The group has killed hundreds of soldiers and police since the army toppled Islamist President Mohamed Morsi in 2013 after mass protests against his rule.
The Nigerian Army said it cleared a suspected Boko Haram camp on Sunday and killed four insurgents in Duwabafi village of Borno State.
This is contained in statement by Sani Kukasheka, the acting director, Army Public Relations, on Monday in Maiduguri.
Suicide attackers have struck a popular hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu, leaving 15 people dead.
Sunday’s fatalities reportedly included politicians, businessmen, other civilians and members of the security forces.
The death toll also includes the six attackers, senior security official Mohamed Hassan said.
Somali forces, with the support of Ethiopian troops overran two al-Shabaab bases, which situate near Diinsoor town, according to a senior Govt official.
Confirming the incident, Diinsoor district commissioner Ibrahim Mohamed told Radio Shabelle by phone that the coalition forces swept into Gubadley and Misirre villages, after forcing al-Shabaab to move away.
An opposition group from Western Equatoria state, Revolutionary Movement For National Salvation (REMNASA) declared on Wednesday its merger with the Sudan Peoples’ Liberation Movement-In- Opposition (SPLM-IO), led by first vice-president designate, Riek Machar.
The merger was signed on Wednesday in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, between Henry Odwar, head of the SPLM-IO negotiating committee with the group and REMNASA chairperson, Martin James Cleto,.