Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour has been killed in a US drone strike, a senior commander with the militant group has said.
Mullah Abdul Rauf told The Associated Press on Sunday that Mansour died in the strike late Friday night.
Saturday, 21 May, 2016
Sudan: Media say tribal clashes between Awlad Subaih and Jamaaniyah clans left dozens dead in West Kordofan State
Sudanese media say fierce clashes between two clans of one tribe this week in the country’s southern West Kordofan State, have left dozens dead.
The independent Shorouk TV said on Friday at least 37 people died in the fighting, which took place on Tuesday, between the branches of the Hamar tribe, an ethnic Arab tribe.
Friday, 20 May, 2016
Pakistan: Alleged islamic militants killed in Pakistan
Pakistani officials say six Islamic militants were killed ahead of a planned attack on a university in the central Panjub Province.
Counterterrorism police officials said on May 20 that a group of militants was in the district of Dera Ghazi Khan near the city of Multan when police attacked them and engaged in a shoot-out.
Thursday, 19 May, 2016
Libya: Libya forces make advances against Daesh terrorists
Forces loyal to Libya’s UN-backed unity government pushed Daesh terrorists back towards their stronghold of Sirte on Wednesday but lost more than 30 men, including seven killed in a car bombing, officials said.
In a televised statement from the streets of Abu Grain, military spokesman Mohammad Al Gasri said the forces had “liberated” the small town and two nearby villages after heavy fighting.
Wednesday, 18 May, 2016
Nigeria: Red Egbesu Water Lions (REWL) militants shift attack to Bayelsa, bomb Agip gas pipeline; demand release of Kanu and Dasuki
A new militant group, Red Egbesu Water Lions, has surfaced in the Niger Delta region, just as suspected militants, Tuesday night, blew up the Sagbama-Tuomo gas line, belonging to Nigerian Agip Oil Company, NAOC, at Egbembiri, Southern law local government area of Bayelsa State.
A security source, who confirmed the explosion, said: “Egbembiri is a border town between Bayelsa and Delta states. They destroyed the Ayama section of the Ogboinbiri-Tuomo gas pipeline with dynamites at about 9.00 pm on Tuesday. That line was earlier repaired, last week and again vandalized.”