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Africa
Somali Forces Kill Four In Mogadishu Hotel Siege
Somali forces attacked Al-Shabaab militants laying siege to a popular hotel in the capital, Mogadishu, where at least four people have been confirmed dead. Mohamed Dahir, an official from the national security agency, told AFP news agency that government forces had taken control of the hotel and pinned the insurgents down in a top-floor room. “The terrorist gunmen are trapped…
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Al-Qaeda kingpin in North Africa killed
The French government said it has killed the leader of al-Qaeda in north Africa, Abdelmalek Droukdel, in an operation in Mali. Defence Minister Florence Parly said Droukdel along with members of his inner circle had been killed in the north of the country on Wednesday. French forces had also captured a senior Islamic State group commander in Mali in an…
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Yemen president flees country as rebels capture major airport
Yemen’s President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi has fled the country on a boat from the southern port city of Aden, according to The Associated Press, which cited Yemeni security and port officials. The news service says Houthi rebels have captured the city’s airport, and that Aden, the country’s economic hub, could soon fall. The Shiite rebels captured the capital city,…
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Suspected Islamists attack Borno barracks again
Scores of suspected Islamist gunmen stormed a military barracks in northeast Nigeria on Friday, spraying gunfire on the troops inside before torching the compound, the army and residents said. The military has reportedly deployed fighter jets and ground forces in pursuit of the gunmen, presumed to be Boko Haram Islamists, who have killed thousands in the region during a four-year…
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Kabiru Sokoto bags life imprisonment for terrorism
The Boko Haram kingpin, Kabiru Umar, alias Kabiru Sokoto, was on Friday sentenced to life imprisonment by an Abuja Federal High Court for his role in terrorist activities, including the December 25, 2011 bombing of St. Theresa’s Catholic Church in Madalla, Niger State. He was the governor of Sokoto State in the hierarchy of the Boko Haram group, according to…
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Nigeria Boko Haram emergency: ‘More than 1,200 killed’
The UN says more than 1,200 people have been killed in Islamist-related violence in north-east Nigeria since a state of emergency was declared in May. The UN said the figure related to killings of civilians and the military by the Islamist group Boko Haram in the states of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe. It also includes insurgents killed by security forces…
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Britain pushes U.N. resolution against ransom payments to extremists
Britain submitted a draft resolution to the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday that calls on countries to prevent the payment of kidnap ransoms to extremist groups, like al Qaeda, which have earned hundreds of millions of dollars from such crimes. British U.N. Ambassador Mark Lyall Grant said he hoped the 15-member council would be able to adopt the resolution by…
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