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Nigeria’s military on Saturday claimed to have recaptured the town of Baga from Boko Haram, more than a month after it was overrun in what is feared to be the worst massacre of its six-year insurgency.
Defence spokesman Chris Olukolade claimed that “a large number of terrorists” drowned in Lake Chad as they tried to flee bombardment from air force jets.
Syrian rebels have recaptured key towns in the northern Aleppo countryside after intense battles with government forces, rebels and activists have told Al Jazeera.
Al-Qaeda-affiliated group Jabhat al-Nusra said on Saturday they had recaptured Hardatnin town in the northern Aleppo countryside after five days of fighting with government forces.
The group said government forces had been supported by Hezbollah and Iranian fighters.
An attack on a luxury hotel in Somalia’s capital killed twenty people, including two legislators, and stoked fears that the Al-Qaeda linked militants can access into sensitive locations in the city, officials told HOL.
Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the Central hotel attack on Friday, often frequented by government officials and politicians.
The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group claimed responsibility Friday for car bombings in eastern Libya that killed at least 31 and wounded 40 people after security sources reported dozens dead in a triple attack.
A brief statement by an ISIS branch in Libya said two suicide bombers targeted the forces of General Khalifa Haftar in Al-Qoba “in revenge for the blood of our Muslim people in the city of Derna”, an apparent reference to air strikes on the eastern militant stronghold this week.
The Malian government agreed a deal with six armed groups Thursday to cease hostilities as part of UN-sponsored peace talks aimed at ending the crisis in the country’s north.
Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra said the deal, which does not include al-Qaeda-linked groups, aimed “to create a climate and state of mind on the ground that would help further negotiations leading to a global peace agreement.”