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Goodluck Jonathan calls for US help as Boko Haram invade city
Kano - Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan appealed for more US help in fighting Boko Haram, as the Islamists struck again on Saturday and called for a boycott of upcoming general elections....Published: 15 Feb 2015 at 10:53hrs | 1 | by AFP
Somali rebel denies Kenya reprisal over bus raid
Somalia's rebel group, al-Shabab, has denied claims by Kenyan authorities that more than 100 of their fighters, who allegedly masterminded an attack on a bus in northern Kenya, were killed by Kenyan f...Published: 25 Nov 2014 at 03:45hrs | | by Staff Reporter
UK issues new Kenya travel warning
Nairobi - Britain has advised its citizens to avoid the Kenyan island of Lamu, a popular tourist destination, following a string of attacks and massacres in the coastal region.A Foreign Office...Published: 13 Jul 2014 at 06:28hrs | | by Staff Reporter
United Nations determined to help Africa fight 'terrorism'
Nairobi - The United Nations is determined to help Kenya and other countries in Africa fight "terrorism" following a series of deadly attacks, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on Saturday.Sp...Published: 29 Jun 2014 at 05:15hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Al-Shabaab claims responsibility for Kenya attack
At least 48 people have died after al-Qaeda-linked militants attacked hotels and a police station in a Kenyan coastal town, officials say.Witnesses in Mpeketoni said gun battles lasted several...Published: 16 Jun 2014 at 19:43hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Deadly bomb attack at popular Djibouti restaurant
Addis Ababa - At least two people were killed late on Saturday in a bomb attack on a restaurant popular with Westerners in central Djibouti, official sources said.Diplomats said there were re...Published: 25 May 2014 at 17:06hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
We will not negotiate with anyone - al-Shabab
al-Shabab spokesperson: • threatens government employees and Turkish nationals • denies al-Shabab has been ...Published: 24 Feb 2014 at 16:58hrs | | by Kevin Kriedemann & Joy Sapieka
Malians vote in parliamentary election
Bamako - Millions of Malians were expected to vote on Sunday in parliamentary elections intended to cap the troubled West African nation's return to democracy but overshadowed by the threat of Islamis...Published: 24 Nov 2013 at 04:43hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Kenyan soldiers caught on CCTV carrying loot out of the besieged mall
Nairobi - New CCTV footage from Nairobi's Westgate mall appears to shows Kenyan soldiers carrying loot out of the besieged mall, attacked exactly four weeks ago, the Nation newspaper reported on Satur...Published: 19 Oct 2013 at 09:37hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Kenya vows not to bow to Shabaab threats
Nairobi - Kenya has vowed not to bow to Shabaab threats of more attacks if troops are not pulled out of Somalia, following a devastating mall attack in Nairobi by the al-Qaeda-linked insurgents....Published: 28 Sep 2013 at 06:14hrs | | by AFP
al-Qaeda-linked rebels threaten more attacks against Kenya
Nairobi - Somalia's al-Qaeda-linked Shabaab rebels have threatened more attacks against Kenya, taking to Twitter to mock the country after Islamist gunmen attacked a Nairobi shopping mall, killing at...Published: 27 Sep 2013 at 05:25hrs | | by Staff Reporter
'If I had a pistol I would have killed the terrorists immediately' - Kenya survivor
Paris - A Frenchman caught up in the Nairobi mall attack who survived by hiding for five hours in his bank said on Wednesday he had an overpowering desire to kill the militants when he saw a child's c...Published: 25 Sep 2013 at 09:42hrs | | by Staff Reporter
'One or two' Islamist militants still in Nairobi mall
Nairobi - Kenyan special forces are still battling "one or two" Islamist militants holed up inside Nairobi's Westgate shopping mall, security sources involved in the operation told an AFP corresponden...Published: 24 Sep 2013 at 03:27hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Nairobi mall nightmare continues
Nairobi - Kenyan army reinforcements were pouring into the area around an upmarket Nairobi shopping mall early on Sunday as operations to end a stand-off with Islamist rebels continued, an AFP corresp...Published: 22 Sep 2013 at 04:42hrs | | by AFP
Three soldiers wounded in Mali army, rebels clash
Bamako - Three Malian soldiers were wounded in clashes with separatist Tuareg rebels on Wednesday, the army said, the first clashes since the two sides signed a ceasefire deal in June.The figh...Published: 12 Sep 2013 at 03:51hrs | | by Staff Reporter
al-Shabaab Islamists claim Mogadishu blasts
Mogadishu - At least 18 people were killed in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Saturday when two blasts ripped through a busy parking lot next to a restaurant, police said, in attacks quickly claimed b...Published: 08 Sep 2013 at 04:08hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Pope Francis against 'futile pursuit' of a military solution in Syria
Vatican City - Pope Francis urged the Group of 20 leaders on Thursday to abandon the "futile pursuit" of a military solution in Syria as the Vatican laid out its case for a negotiated settlement that ...Published: 05 Sep 2013 at 18:23hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Ibrahim Boubacar Keita wins Mali election
Bamako - Former Prime Minister Ibrahim Boubacar Keita won Mali's presidency after his opponent conceded defeat late on Monday in an election aimed at restoring stability to a country wracked by a rebe...Published: 13 Aug 2013 at 06:22hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Malian military enters city of Kidal
Bamako - The Malian military entered the northern city of Kidal on Friday afternoon, returning for the first time since they were chased out 16 months ago by a Tuareg separatist group, and later by an...Published: 06 Jul 2013 at 05:50hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Al-Qaeda poison gas cell busted
Baghdad - Iraq's defence ministry said on Saturday it has broken up an al-Qaeda cell that was working to produce poison gas for attacks within the country as well as in Europe and North America....Published: 02 Jun 2013 at 06:27hrs | | by Staff Report
Somali militants launch deadly attack on Kenyan police posts
GUNMEN believed to be Somali militants have killed six people in an attack on police posts near Kenya's border with Somalia.Inspector General David Kimaiyo says two of the victims in the Satur...Published: 26 May 2013 at 15:20hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Car bomb claims seven in Mogadishu
Mogadishu - Seven people were killed Sunday morning when a suicide bomber attempted to ram a car laden with explosives into a military convoy escorting a four-member Qatari delegation.General ...Published: 06 May 2013 at 04:31hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Al-Qaeda praises Algeria's protesters
Protests by the unemployed in southern Algeria are raising the spectre of rising unrest in the country's sensitive oil regions, and are increasingly attracting the attention of al-Qaeda.Algeri...Published: 30 Mar 2013 at 09:35hrs | | by Mafu Sithabile
Mali's President asks ECOWAS for military assistance
Mali's interim president Dioncounda Traore has formally asked west African forces to intervene to take back northern Mali from Islamist rebels, a senior French official said here Tuesday."Pres...Published: 06 Sep 2012 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Three Ugandan military helicopters crash in Kenyan airspace
Nairobi - Three Ugandan military helicopters crashed in Kenyan airspace at the weekend on their way to Somalia and bad weather was hampering search and rescue efforts, a Kenyan defence spokesper...Published: 13 Aug 2012 at 07:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ugandan military helicopters missing in Kenya
Kampala - A number of Ugandan military helicopters went missing in Kenyan airspace on Sunday on their way to Somalia to reinforce African Union peacekeeping forces battling al-Shabaab rebels, the...Published: 13 Aug 2012 at 05:15hrs | | by Reuters
Dlamini-Zuma wins vote, heads AU commission
South African Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma was elected on Sunday to become the first female head of the African Union (AU) Commission, ending a bruising leadership battle that had thre...Published: 16 Jul 2012 at 04:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
SA man gunned down while on a govt mission in Somalia
Mogadishu - A South African security trainer was killed by his bodyguard in Somalia's semiautonomous region of Puntland, officials said on Saturday.Puntland's government said in a statement on...Published: 28 Apr 2012 at 16:59hrs | 1 | by AP
Yemen Clashes - 127 People Killed in Two Days
Sana'a - Heavy clashes overnight between al-Qaeda-linked militants and the Yemeni military in the country's south have killed 63 people, bringing the two-day death toll in the fighting to 127, army of...Published: 10 Apr 2012 at 14:03hrs | | by AP
Mali's MNLA proclaims independence of Azawad
Paris - Tuareg rebels of north Mali's National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) on Friday proclaimed the "independence of Azawad" in a statement on their website and through a spokesperson...Published: 06 Apr 2012 at 04:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kidnappers kill a Briton and an Italian in Nigeria
London - Two Europeans held hostage in Nigeria by kidnappers claiming ties to al-Qaeda were killed before rescuers could free them, authorities said on Thursday.The men √ɬ¢√¢‚Äö¬...Published: 09 Mar 2012 at 03:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
US drone kills leader of Pakistani Taliban
The second US drone attack in two days in Pakistan's North Waziristan region killed has killed four people, including a senior militant commander with links to al-Qaeda, Pakistani intelligence offici...Published: 09 Feb 2012 at 11:54hrs | | by AJ
Al-Qaeda-linked Shabaab displayed
Mogadishu - Somalia's Al-Qaeda-linked Shabaab rebels displayed "over 70" dead bodies outside Mogadishu on Thursday, which they claimed were African Union peacekeepers killed in battle.If veri...Published: 21 Oct 2011 at 08:16hrs | | by -
Taliban announce spring offensive against US coalition
Kabul - The Taliban on Saturday announced the beginning of their spring military offensive against the US-led coalition, a day after a new Pentagon report claimed that the militants' fighting spirit w...Published: 30 Apr 2011 at 16:03hrs | | by Ndou Paul
Kenya on Easter terror Alert
Nairobi - Kenya's police commissioner is warning that al-Qaeda-linked Somali insurgents that have already carried out an international attack may attempt to strike Kenya over the Easter holidays....Published: 22 Apr 2011 at 09:13hrs | | by Byo24News
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