Nigeria troops ‘repel Boko Haram attack’ at Gashigar, Borno state
Nigerian troops repelled a Boko Haram attempt to infiltrate their location in Gashigar, in the northeastern Borno state, the army…
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Afghanistan: Rockets hit Ghazni during president’s visit
Three rockets hit the Afghanistan city of Ghazni during a visit by President Ashraf Ghani in an apparent display of…
Libya government reaches new ceasefire deal with Tripoli militias
Libya's internationally recognized government announced a ceasefire deal to end a month of fighting near Tripoli between rival militias that…
Eight Burkina Faso soldiers killed in roadside bomb blast near Baraboulé
At least eight Burkina Faso soldiers were killed when a roadside bomb hit their vehicle near Baraboule in Soum province…
Denmark police charge 2 in investigation into shipping drones to ISIS
Denmark police arrested and charged two people as part of a case linked to attempts to send drones to Islamic…
Airstrike in Afghanistan’s Wardak killed 12 women and children, UN initial probe finds
An airstrike appears to have killed 12 members of an Afghan family, the UN said, as US and Afghan forces…
At least 12 Mali Tuaregs killed in attack near Niger border
At least 12 Tuareg civilians were killed by armed assailants in the Menaka region of northeastern Mali near the Niger…
Portugal military and paramilitary police officers arrested over 2017 arms theft
Senior figures in Portugal's military and paramilitary police forces were arrested over a theft from a military arms depot last…
Tunisia: Two killed in land mine blast in jihadist hideout near Algeria border
Two people were killed in a land mine blast in Mount Chaambi in central Tunisia near the border with Algeria,…
Fear and mourning in Afghanistan: Hazaras mark the festival of Muharram in fragile Dasht-e-Barchi
In Kabul’s largely Shia Dasht-e-Barchi neighborhood, Shadi Saif finds some from Afghanistan's persecuted minority community taking security into their own…