Increased terrorist attacks in Africa amid the coronavirus pandemic
As the world focuses on the fight to curb COVID-19, Boko Haram has stepped up attacks in west Africa. Islamists affiliated to the so-called Islamic...
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US airstrike killed a top Al Shabaab leader in Somalia
A U.S. airstrike near Mogadishu earlier this month killed a top al-Shabaab leader, Africa Command said on Tuesday. An assessment of the April 2 airstrike...
US airstrike killed three Al-Qaeda affiliated terrorists in Somalia
The U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) carried out an airstrike against members of Al-Shabaab, a Somalia-based terror group affiliated with Al Qaeda. In their initial damage...
Al-Shabaab terrorists executed six people in Somalia for spying
Al-Shabaab executed six men it said were spying for Somali intelligence agencies, the U.S. and Kenya, according to a broadcast on Radio Andalus, which supports...
Two Ethiopian soldiers killed in a bomb blast in southern Somalia
Two Ethiopian peacekeepers were killed and four others wounded in a bomb blast in southern Somalia, officials said Tuesday. A vehicle carrying Ethiopian peacekeepers part...
Governor in Somalia’s Puntland killed in Al-Shabaab suicide bombing
A governor in Somalia's Puntland has been killed in a suicide bombing claimed by Al Shabaab. Abdisalan Hassan Hersi, governor of Nugaal region, died from...
Al-Shabaab terrorist group leaders split over funds control
Late last month, the group’s leader Ahmed Diriye, aka Abu Ubeyda, attempted to expel head of finance and intelligence operations Mahad Karate and head of...