Tag: Al-Qaeda

Red Cross announces release of employees kidnapped in Mali

March 21, 2023

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said Monday two of its staff kidnapped in Mali, early March, have been freed, without providing more ... Read More

UN experts call for war crimes probe into Wagner group, gov’t forces in Mali

February 2, 2023

UN experts on Tuesday (31 January) called for an independent investigation into possible war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by Russian private military contractor ... Read More

Burkina Faso: dozens of soldiers, civilians killed in jihadist-hit north

January 31, 2023

At least 28 people, including soldiers and civilians, have been killed in two separate attacks by rebel fighters in northern Burkina Faso, a regional governor ... Read More

Stabilizing Sahel: Paris to announce official end of anti-jihadist Operation Barkhane

November 9, 2022

French President Emmanuel Macron will officially announce on Wednesday (9 November) the end of the anti-jihadist Operation Barkhane in the Sahel, but this will have ... Read More

Somalia: at least 100 killed, 300 injured in “heinous” Mogadishu car bombing

October 31, 2022

There has been huge increase in death toll from the two successive car bombings in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu Saturday (29 October), blamed on the Al-Qaeda-allied ... Read More

Traoré appointed Burkina Faso’s president amid concerns he could ally with Russia

October 6, 2022

Captain Ibrahim Traoré was appointed president of Burkina Faso on Wednesday (5 October), less than a week after the latest coup that deposed Damiba amid ... Read More

Somalia killed al-Shabab co-founder, as the country is on verge of famine

October 3, 2022

Somalia's government said it had killed Abdullahi Nadir, one of the co-founders of Islamist militant group al-Shabab, in an operation with international partners, as the ... Read More

Latest jihadi attack on Burkina Faso convoy leaves 11 killed, dozens missing

September 28, 2022

At least 11 soldiers have been killed and 50 civilians were missing in Burkina Faso after armed fighters attacked a 150-vehicle military-escorted convoy taking supplies ... Read More

Hundreds of Burkina Faso Imams denounce religious and ethnic intolerance

August 30, 2022

A group of 700 Muslim Imams and preachers in Burkina Faso on Monday (28 August) denounced "religious and ethnic intolerance,“ in response to calls for ... Read More

Heavy casualties reported as Somali forces end al-Shabab hotel siege

August 22, 2022

Somali forces took control of a popular hotel Sunday (21 August) and ended a deadly 30-hour siege in the country’s capital Mogadishu with security personnel ... Read More