A Tunisian border guard was killed in a firefight with a group of Islamists. The battle occurred on the Algerian border, and left an additional three guards wounded.
Sunday, 23 August, 2015
Somalia: Al-Shabaab suicide attack kills 14 Somali soldiers
At least 14 Somali soldiers were killed and more than 20 others wounded Saturday in suicide attack by al-Shabaab rebels in southern Somalia, officials and witnesses said.
The attack occurred inside a former university building on the outskirts of Kismayo, where African Union peacekeepers from Kenya and Somali soldiers are stationed, officials said.
Friday, 21 August, 2015
Libya: Clashes between army and Ansar al Sharia jihadists in Benghazi
A Libyan special forces soldier has been killed in Benghazi today in clashes with Ansal al Sharia affiliate to forces of Shura Council Revolutionaries of the city.
During clashes other three soldiers have been injured.
Thursday, 20 August, 2015
Egypt: Anbar Beit al-Maqdis group claims Cairo car bomb that wounds 29 people
ISIS claimed responsibility for a car bomb attack that wounded at least 29 people in Cairo early Thursday, saying it was retribution for the execution of six men in May.
The car detonated near the National Security Building in the northern suburb of Shubra al-Kheemag, Egypt’s Health Ministry said. The driver had parked it then was picked up by a motorcycle and fled before the explosives went off.
Wednesday, 19 August, 2015
Nigeria: 150 Nigerians dead in a new Boko Haram’s massacre
Gunmen from Boko Haram shot villagers while others drowned trying to escape the notorious terrorists as they assaulted their homes in northeastern Nigeria. The attack left 150 Kukuwa-Gari villagers in Yobe state dead in the attack.
The scores of militants who arrived on motorcycles or by car “opened fire instantly, which forced residents to flee. They shot a number of people”, Modu Balumi, a resident of Kukuwa-Gari, told AFP.
Mali: U.N. deploys troops around northern town of Kidal after clashes between Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA) and Platform militias
Mali’s U.N. peacekeeping mission deployed troops around a northern separatist stronghold on Tuesday, seeking to prevent an escalation of clashes between rebels and pro-government militias that threaten to torpedo a peace deal.
The separatists, led by Tuareg tribesmen, and the pro-government Platform militias signed the U.N. sponsored peace accord in June. Its aim was to pacify the north and allow the Malian army to focus on tackling Islamist militants in the west African country.
Sunday, 16 August, 2015
Mali: Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA) and Platform armed groups clashed near rebel stronghold Kidal
Rival armed groups in northern Mali said on Saturday they briefly exchanged fire in an apparent breach of a peace accord they signed with the government in June.
An exchange of gunfire took place south of Kidal, the stronghold of secular Tuareg rebels leading a coalition known as the Coordination of Azawad Movements, or CMA.