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Jihadists in the restive north-east of Nigeria have taken hundreds of people hostage who had only recently returned home from refugee camps, after local government officials claimed their town was safe.
More than 20 trucks of militants stormed into Kukawa town, in Borno state on Tuesday night. The jihadists captured hundreds of fleeing residents and attacked a nearby military base protecting the town.
Soldiers in Mali have detained the country’s president, as well as the prime minister and other top officials in an apparent coup attempt.
President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, PM Boubou Cissé are being held at a military camp near the capital Bamako.
Five terrorists of the Taliban group were killed and four others were injured in clashes with the Afghan forces in the Dangam district of the northeastern province of Kunar, the Afghan army’s eastern division, known as the 201 Selab Corps, said on Sunday in a statement.
Israel’s army launched new air strikes Sunday against Hamas positions in Gaza and closed the fishing zone around the Palestinian enclave in response to rockets and firebombs sent into Israeli territory.
The measures came after a week of heightened tensions, including clashes on Saturday evening along the Gaza-Israeli border, the army said.
The Somali National Army [SNA] conducted yet another sophisticated operation on Friday, state-owned media reported, which targeted sections of Kuntuwarey town in the southern part of the country, leading to the liberation of the region, which has been one of the hideouts of al-Shabaab militants.
Kuntuwarey town is located on the road between Somali capital Mogadishu and the port town of Barawe, which is manned by troops from the Ugandan People’s Defense Forces [UPDF]. Friday’s operation was also aided by the Ugandan troops, who have been critical in pushing for law and order in Somalia.