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In fierce fighting Sunday, Nigerian troops clashed with Islamic extremists who attacked Maiduguri, the biggest city in northeast Nigeria. Dozens of combatants have been killed and wounded, soldiers and hospital workers said.
“Coordinated air and land operations are being conducted now,” Defense Ministry spokesman Brig. Gen. Chris Olukolade said in a message posted on Twitter.
The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM-N) claimed they captured a new position from the government forces near Talodi town in South Kordofan state.
In a statement released extended to Sudan Tribune, SPLM-N spokesperson Arnu Ngutulu Lodi, said on Wednesday morning their fighters “managed to liberate Talodi-Alnuba village after the capture of an out-post of the Sudanese army, located west of Talodi town”.
Jihadists in Mali have attacked two towns in the last 24 hours, leaving at least four dead in the restive African country. Suspected al-Qaeda militants struck the United Nation’s base in Kidal in the north with a complex assault. Two suicide car combs and a rocket barrage left at least one Chadian peacekeeper dead.
The second attack occurred yesterday in the central Malian town of Teninkou and left two Malian soldiers and one civilian dead, according to Reuters. The assault began when around 20 gunmen on motorcycles opened fire on Malian soldiers manning a checkpoint near the entrance of the city. The firefight lasted for about three hours before the jihadists withdrew. While most reports state that three people were killed, other sources have claimed that casualties were much higher.
An Islamist-backed militia alliance has announced a ceasefire in conflict-strewn Libya, following a breakthrough at UN-brokered peace talks between warring factions.
The militias have agreed to ‘a ceasefire on all fronts’ in the North African country on condition that ‘the other parties respect the truce’, Fajr Libya (Libya Dawn) said in a statement on Friday.
Mr Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur Sidee, the Governor of Lower Shabelle region in Southern Somalia, stated that the second phase of the Indian Ocean military operation against al-Shabaab may start soon.
Talking to the local media on Tuesday, Mr Sidee said that the time set by Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud for al-Shabaab militants to surrender to the government forces was over.
Unidentified gunmen killed a Somali soldier and injured another late Wednesday in an attack on a military base in the northeastern, semi-autonomous region of Puntland, local residents said Thursday.
According to the residents, a group of militants attacked a base of Puntland troops in Bosaso in the late hours of Wednesday, leaving one soldier dead and another wounded.
Egyptian security forces have killed seven militants during separate operations in the violence-plagued Sinai Peninsula of the North African country.
The terrorists have been killed in shootouts with police officers over the past few days. During the raids, security forces destroyed 68 hideouts, including 22 houses and 46 huts, used by militants to carry out terrorist attacks against the personnel of the police and army, MENA news agency reported.