Lesotho’s prime minister has fled the country, after a military coup was launched earlier today.
Prime minister Tom Thabane told the BBC World Service that has left the country, after receiving threats to his life.
Saturday, 30 August, 2014
Lesotho: Military coup under way in Lesotho - Prime Minister fled the country
Tuesday, 26 August, 2014
Nigeria: Boko Haram expands own caliphate in Nigeria
Boko Haram militants have seized control of a Nigerian town after soldiers deployed there fled to take refuge across the border in nearby Cameroon, police and locals said on Tuesday.
“Boko Haram fighters moved into Ashigashya” unchallenged by law enforcement overnight Monday, where they slaughtered three people in front of a church, a Cameroon police source told AFP on condition of anonymity.
Monday, 25 August, 2014
Somalia: Somali forces and AMISOM liberate Tiyeeglow town in Bakool region from al-Shabaab terrorists
Somalia forces supported by African Union peacekeepers have liberated the strategic town of Tiyeeglow in Bakool region from Al-Shabaab terrorists in the latest attack dubbed Operation Indian Ocean which is aimed at liberating more towns from the militants to ease suffering of the population and increase Somalia government control in the country.
Tiyeeglow is approximately 530 km north east of the capital Mogadishu and lies along the main road from Baidoa to Beletweyne and further to the central regions in Somalia connecting the south to the north of the country. Al-Shabaab used to heavily charge money from vehicles plying the route as part of their illegal extortion racket in Somalia.
Mozambico: Rebel movement Renamo sign ceasefire with government ending 2 years of conflict
Mozambique’s government and former rebel movement Renamo have signed a ceasefire ending two years of armed conflict, Renamo said on Sunday.
Chief negotiators from the government and Renamo signed the declaration late Sunday night in the capital Maputo ending a nearly year-long negotiation process.
Sunday, 24 August, 2014
Nigeria: Abubakar Shekau leader of Boko Haram declares an Islamic Caliphate in Gwoza town
Boko Haram’s leader, Abubakar Shekau has declared the creation of an Islamic caliphate in Gwoza town in Borno state seized by the insurgents earlier this month.
“Thanks be to Allah who gave victory to our brethren in (the town of) Gwoza and made it part of the Islamic caliphate,” Abubakar Shekau said in the 52-minute video obtained by AFP on Sunday
Libya: Libya’s Dawn militia claims control of Tripoli airport
An Islamist Libyan militia on Sunday said it had captured the main airport in the capital Tripoli from a rival militia.
“The forces of Libya’s Dawn have been able to enter the airport after taking control of the strategic Naqlia base,” Alaa al-Heweik, a spokesperson for the militia, told independent Libyan broadcaster al-Nabaa. His claims could not be independently verified.
Saturday, 23 August, 2014
Egypt: Army bombs Ansar Bait al-Maqdis militant group’s weapon storage facility
The Egyptian army announced early Friday that it has bombed a weapon storage facility belonging to the Ansar Bait al-Maqdis militant group in Sinai, security sources and Al Arabiya News Channel reported.
The weapons were intended to be used against police and army officials, Egyptian ONA news agency reported, adding that an Apache helicopter was used to destroy the facility.