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Africa’s militant Islamist violence hits grim milestone with 155,000 deaths in decade

Africa has surpassed a staggering 155,000 deaths linked to militant Islamist groups over the past decade, according to a new report from the Washington-based Africa Center for Strategic Studies. The report highlights an alarming 60% surge in fatalities since 2023, driven primarily by intensifying insurgencies in the Sahel and Somalia. In the past year alone, […]

Fifty Boko Haram terrorists killed in Niger – Army

At least 50 Boko Haram militants have been killed in Niger, the West African country’s defense ministry says.   According to the army, the Islamist militants had launched an attack, using 20 vehicles, on an army outpost at the south-eastern village of Toummour on Sunday night, but were repelled in a counter-attack.   Troops pursued […]

DRC: Opposition figure Chérubin Okende assassinated, a probe ordered

Chérubin Okende, a former minister and ally of presidential candidate Moise Katumbi, was found dead Thursday in capital Kinshasa in what the opposition branded an assassination, few months ahead from presidential elections. Video shared on social media on Thursday purported to show the bullet-ridden body of Cherubin Okende in his car. The 61-year man was […]