Tag: explosion

IED explodes in Tunisia’s restive Kasserine governorate wounding teenager

December 18, 2023

A 15-year old teenager has been wounded in the explosion of an improvised explosive device (IED) in the Kasserine, a restive governorate used as a ... Read More

Seychelles lifts state of emergency measure after explosion, rains, flooding in northern region

December 8, 2023

Seychelles' President Wavel Ramkalawan announced Thursday afternoon that the African country was no longer under state of emergency after the northern region of Mahe was ... Read More

Grenade explosion in Mali kills five people including two Russians

May 11, 2023

A grenade explosion killed Tuesday two Russian instructors, two Malian soldiers as well as a civilian in the city of Segou, central Mali, reports say. ... Read More

Scores of dead, dozens wounded in Mali bus blast amid escalating jihadi violence

October 14, 2022

An explosion killed at least eleven people and injured 53 on a bus in central Mali on Thursday (13 October), a region regularly rocked by ... Read More

Several people are dead in the fuel tanker explosion in RDC

September 16, 2022

Congolese authorities in the Kongo-Central province indicated Thursday several people dead, in the explosion of a fuel tanker Wednesday night. Guy Bandu, governor of the ... Read More

Landmine blast injures teenage girl in Tunisia

February 16, 2021

A landmine explosion hurt Monday in Tunisia’s restive Kasserine province, a teenage girl aged 13, several days after four soldiers were slain in a similar ... Read More

Libya Pipeline Blast Sends Oil Prices Soaring

December 27, 2017

Reports of a pipeline explosion in Libya sent oil prices soaring to $60 a barrel, that is a two-and-a-half year highs. The blast reportedly sidelined ... Read More

Algeria’s Explosive Mix: Economics, Extremism and Demographics

February 7, 2017

Algeria is a tinderbox waiting to implode in light of the existence of a dangerous mix of economic instability, radical Islamism and growing youth unrest, ... Read More

Turkey: Several killed in explosion in Sultanahmet square

January 12, 2016

A bomb blast rocked Tuesday morning the Turkish largest city of Istanbul killing at least 10 people and wounding 15 at the city’s historic square ... Read More