The Moroccan police have recently dismantled a terrorist cell that allegedly worked to recruit Moroccan combatants for Syria in coordination with other terrorist organizations affiliated with Al Qaeda, says the Moroccan police department.

“The cell members used to collect donations given by sympathizers of their jihadist orientations to finance the travel of volunteer combatants to Syria, after enrolling them and teaching various precautions that need to be taken, during a meeting held at house dedicated to this end,” the police release says.

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At least 19 people have been killed within 48 hours (Thursday and Friday) in Borno State by suspected members of the Boko Haram sect whom may to have resumed killings weeks after the Maiduguri Giwa barracks attack, eyewitnesses and security operatives confirmed.

LEADERSHIP Weekend had it on good authority that the Boko Haram gunmen had on Thursday evening invaded Dikwa village (130km away from Maidugui) and attacked a college where they killed eight teachers and fled with some women.

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A battle was reported to have erupted in the Eeel Bur and Wabho towns of the Galgaduud region between the co-allied Somali National Army and African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) troops against Al-Shabaab.

The Ethiopian troops of the AMISOM force along with the Somali soldiers were en route to Eel Bur when they were attacked by the Al-Qaeda affiliated Al-Shabaab Islamists.

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Egyptian army forces killed four Islamist militants and arrested 36 others in a military operation in North Sinai, spokesman of the Egyptian Armed Forces Col. Ahmad Ali said Saturday.

“The operation targeted ‘”’takfiri”'’ persons (Islamist militants accusing other Muslims of blasphemy) belonging to the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood Group,” he said.

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The Nigerian Army killed approximately 600 people after a Boko Haram attack on a military barracks, according to Amnesty International.

The military raid in the city of Maiduguri saw escaped detainees captured and killed, eyewitnesses told Amnesty.

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Officials say Chadian soldiers killed more than 30 civilians in Central African Republic’s strife-torn capital city.

Jean-Pierre Sadou, a gendarmerie official with the regional peacekeeping force, could not confirm the death toll from Saturday’s violence but said the Chadian soldiers’ actions were a “legitimate defense” after their convoy was attacked by grenades.

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Somali National Army backed by the Ethiopian forces of the African Union have on Wednesday captured a key town in Central Somalia from the Islamist group al-Shabaab.

The Capturing of El bur of Galgadud region, which is about 350 kilometres northeast of the capital Mogadishu, came days after the joint troops battled the militants as they were on the way to the town, having departed from Dhusamareeb which is the head of the region.

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