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Residents of Mahaday informed Shabelle radio station in Mogadishu that a heavy war between Alshabab fighters and government forces aided by AMISOM troops occurred today in the newly liberated district.
The fighting sparked when Alshabab fighters attacked troops who were at that time based in the area.
An al-Qaeda affiliated group in Iraq has claimed responsibility for a series of bombings that killed dozens of people across Baghdad Province.
In a statement released late on Monday, the al-Qaeda-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, took responsibility for the bombings which “simultaneously hit selected targets.”
Insurgents launched a fresh attack on the Malian army in the rebel bastion of Kidal on Monday, the military said, in renewed fighting since the breakdown of peace talks.
The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), which is fighting for autonomy in northern Mali, ambushed soldiers at a central bank, the scene of a fierce firefight on Sunday night, a senior Malian army officer said.
Boko Haram gunmen on Sunday opened fire in the hostel of the School of Agriculture, Gujba, Yobe State, killing at least 40 students while asleep.
It was the latest blood-chilling violence in Nigeria’s north east state of Yobe. Gujba is about 30kms from Yobe’s capital of Damaturu.
At least 42 people were killed and 63 wounded in violent attacks in Iraq Sunday, government sources said.
Up to 30 people were killed and about 40 wounded in a suicide bombing attack at a mosque in Mussaiyb town, 50 km south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad Sunday, police said.
Syrian rebels including members of an al-Qaida-linked group captured Saturday a military post on the border with Jordan after four days of fighting, an activist group said.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 26 soldiers were killed in the battle as well as a number of rebels, including seven foreign fighters. The post served in the past as the customs office on the border with Jordan. It was turned into an army post years ago.
The three Tuareg groups in a joint statement on Thursday said they were suspending implementatin of the peace agreement signed with Mali’s government in the capital of neighboring Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou, in June.
“Following multiple difficulties implementing the Ouagadougou agreement, mainly caused by non-observance by the Malian government of its commitments, [we have] decided to suspend participation in the structures of implementation of the agreement,” the statement said.