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13 April

Youth Radio Aims to Fight Sahel Jihadism

A radio station aimed at stopping youth radicalization across five countries fighting jihadists in Africa's Sahel region is set for launch in Burkina Faso under a deal signed Monday.

9 April

Staff Writer With AFP

Gunmen Kill 11 Nigerian Troops in Central Region: Army

Gunmen killed 10 Nigerian soldiers and an officer in central Benue state, the army said on Friday.

9 April

Staff Writer With AFP

SADC Vows ‘Proportionate’ Response to Mozambique’s Jihadists

Southern Africa's regional bloc vowed a "proportionate" response to jihadists who last month raided a key town in northern Mozambique in a sharp escalation of a three-year-old insurgency.

8 April

Photo of Russia's President Vladimir Putin in an annual news conference in Moscow, on December 19, 2019.

Joe Saballa

Russia to Provide Weapons to Pakistan in Bid to Fight Terrorism

Russia vowed it will supply the armed forces of Pakistan with a number of unspecified weapons in an effort to boost ties in countering terrorism.

6 April

Senegalese soldiers from the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali, MINUSMA, on July 24, 2019.

Staff Writer With AFP

Several Dozen Jihadists, Including Commander, Killed in Mali: UN

More than 40 jihadists, including a senior commander, were killed last week after they attacked United Nations peacekeepers in northern Mali, MINUSMA said.

5 April

Members of Indian security forces carry the coffin of one of their colleagues, who died following a battle with Maoist rebels in India's Chhattisgarh state, on April 4

Staff Writer With AFP

Maoist Rebels Kill 22 Indian Security Forces in Gun Battle: Police

Twenty-two Indian police and paramilitary forces were killed and 30 others wounded in a gun battle with Maoist rebels in a central Indian state, police said Sunday, in the deadliest ambush of its kind in four years.

5 April

Staff Writer With AFP

Mozambique Army Says ‘Significant’ Number of Militants Killed in Palma Battle

Mozambique's military said a "significant" number of militants had been killed during a battle over a key northern town and gas hub captured by the Islamic State last month.

2 April

Staff Writer With AFP

Jihadist Suspect Blows Herself, Child up in Tunisia: Ministry

A suspected foreign jihadist blew herself and her little girl up with an explosives belt as security forces closed in in mountains of central Tunisia, the interior ministry said Friday.

1 April