5 month agoBurkina Faso faces a hunger crisis in which up to 500,000 children are believed to be severely undernourished
The Boko Haram jihadist group on Tuesday claimed responsibility for a brutal massacre of farm workers in northeast Nigeria over the weekend as the death toll rose to 76
5 month agoIslamic State claimed it took an employee of the Red Cross hostage in Nigeria
Nigeria: Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for the massacre of farmers in Borno State. In a video, a field commander said the massacre was revenge on farmers for cooperating with authorities
The UN Security Council condemns the attacks on civilians in northeastern Nigeria
5 month agoMali: Al-Qaeda-linked militants carried out attacks on military targets. The Islamists fired rockets and mortar shells at three military units housing troops from France and the UN: Gao, Menaka and Kidal
Rockets fired at French and UN bases in Mali
5 month agoImages: al-Qaeda's JNIM/AQIM claims to have targeted a French military base in Mali
5 month agoAlgeria- ANP announces arrest of militant ("Ben Khia Aissa" who joined militant groups in Mali in 2018) in Tin Zaouatine. According to ANP, he was carrying a "G3" (actually FN FAL) with only 1 mag & an RPG-2 with 3 rockets (not shown). Weird loadout for surrenderees
3 explosions occurred in cities in northern Mali, coinciding with attacks against camps of international forces
5 month agoBorno Governor Babaganan Umara Zulum attended the burial Sunday in the nearby village of Zabarmari of bodies recovered on Saturday. Initial tolls indicated 43 and then at least 70 dead from the massacre by suspected Boko Haram fighters
5 month agoThe weekend attack on a village in northeast Nigeria blamed on the Boko Haram jihadist group left at least 110 dead, the UN humanitarian coordinator in the country said Sunday
At least 110 civilians killed in northeast Nigeria attack: UN
Boko Haram Islamists have killed more than 40 rice paddy workers in Northeast Nigeria. According to the descriptions, they were handcuffed and their throats were cut
Election of Chadian Hussein Ibrahim Taha as Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation
Presidential election in Burkina Faso: opponents congratulate Roch Kaboré on his re-election
Turkish Foreign Minister Çavuşoğlu held a meeting with his Saudi counterpart Al Saud in Niger in the framework of the OIC Foreign Ministers Assembly
Nigeria: Nigerian Air Force launched series of airstrikes on Islamic State positions in Borno State
Islamic State (IS) admitted it has killed 4 soldiers in Chad. There would be nothing extraordinary about it, if not for the fact that instead of writing Chadian, they wrote Canadian
5 month agoIn a most remarkable statement The Islamic State claims an attack on a Chadian army vessel on Lake Chad "killing four Canadian soldiers and dozens of Chadian army personnel"
5 month agoBurkina Faso: Outgoing president Roch Kabore has nearly 4 times the votes of his rival with more than half of the districts reported, according to the electoral commission. However, the opposition raised concerns about the validity of the tally
Gunmen kill five worshippers and kidnap 18 others in attack on mosque during prayers in northwestern Nigeria's Zamfara state – police
US citizen killed in Burkina Faso's capital
An Algerian Ministry of National Defense (MDN) statement (dated 18 November) announced that El Hocine Ould Amar Ould Maghnia (recently released in Mali) was arrested Monday, 16 Nov in Tamanrasset
5 month agoPolisario artillery started bombing Moroccan targets in Western Sahara
5 month agoImages shown by Algerian TV of Iskander missile launch
5 month agoFor the 1st time the Algerian official tv showed what looks like ISKANDER ballistic missile hiting a target with high precision. This occured amid rising tension near the Algerian west borders between Western Sahara and Morocco
5 month agoPolisario Front camp near the Mauritanian border in Guerguerat, along the road leading to Mauritania, after the intervention of the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces
5 month agoAttack claimed by ISIS on behalf of the Saharan branch of its West African province. Thabat had already attributed the incident to JNIM whose sphere of action did not extend to this part of the Sahel Burkina
5 month agoAirstrike of the Moroccan Royal Air Force on a Polisario armored vehicle heading straight towards the defense wall.
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