Niger governmental troops have eliminated more than 280 Boko Haram militants in combat and in air strikes since an operation against the radical Islam group last week, the defence ministry said. Niger Army Kills 280 Boko Haram Militants – Defence Ministry. https://t.co/mmiCg7X6iH pic.twitter.com/YHXcMsGpi0 — Channels Television (@channelstv) January 3, 2019 Boko Haram has intruded Niger, Chad…
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Italy dismantels jihadist network
Italian police arrested five Maghrebins as part of a major operation against suspected supporters of Islamist terrorism in central and southern Italy. Previously a teacher, indoctrinating children with martyrdom ideology was also arrested in counter-terrorism operation. https://twitter.com/TerrorToday/status/979007345014530048 “A vast anti-terrorism operation” was being carried out by special investigation forces based in Rome and region, namely…
African states purchase Russian military equipment
Numerous African states seek to pursue military and technical cooperation with Russia and purchase new generation of weapon systems, Director of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s Africa Department Andrei Kemarsky told TASS news agency. #RUSSIA #ITAR-TASS broadcast by #EMET_NEWS_PRESS: Diplomat points out many African countries eager to buy new Russian weapons – Director of the Russian…
EU condemns terrorism in Mali
“We stand together in our fight against terrorism,” EU High Representative Federica Mogherini said in remarks to the press this morning. “These are difficult and dramatic hours which testify to how European and Africans are brothers and sisters in both the fight against terrorism and in the solidarity of our response to it,” Mogherini said….
Abedi’s brother arrested in Tripoli
The younger brother of the suicide bomber Salman Abedi who killed 22 people at a concert venue in Manchester has been arrested in Tripoli on suspicion of links with Islamic State, according to the spokesman for a local counter-terrorism force. The force, known as Rada, detained Hashem Abedi, who was born in 1997, on Tuesday…
Tunisia prolongs state of emergency
Tunisia’s president has decided to prolong a state of emergency for a month, enacted because of a treat of a terrorist attack. A statement from President Beji Caid Essebsi office issued 16.05.2017 said he consulted the prime minister and the head of parliament about the extension. It takes the immediate effect. The state of emergency…
President Macron to visit troops in Mali
President of France Emmanuel Macron (pictured) will visit troops deployed abroad on 18-19th of May, in Mali, where he meets with the miliary engaged in Barkhane operation, according to Le Figaro newspaper sources. #MINUSMA (#Mali) is one of the most deadliest mission of the #UN. Terrorism/Trafficking/Smuggling threats are growing rapidly in the #Sahel pic.twitter.com/2MzfQn7i8r — The…
Schoolgirls freed from Boko Haram
Islamist militants of the Boko Haram group have released 82 schoolgirls from a group of 276 they abducted in north-eastern Nigeria three years ago, the president’s office says. They were handed over in exchange for Boko Haram suspects after negotiations. #BokoHaram have released 82 schoolgirls from a group of 276 abducted in north-eastern #Nigeria 3…
A Navy SEAL killed in Somalia
A US military member was killed and two others wounded in Somalia when they were attacked while on a mission advising Somali National Army forces, US Africa Command confirmed Friday, 4.05.2017. A Navy SEAL was killed in a raid against the Islamic militant group known as the Shabab in Somalia, officials said https://t.co/y7A4qXZUnv — The…
Mali: France strikes militants
France has killed more than 20 militants hiding in a forest near the border between the West African countries of Mali and Burkina Faso this weekend, its regional force said in a statement. The operation followed the death of a French soldier nearby earlier this month. It involved both air and ground strikes, the…
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