Tag: Attack

Mozambique: insurgency in resource-rich Cabo Delgado fueled by influx of foreign jihadists

March 22, 2024

The recent surge of new attacks by an Islamic State-affiliated group in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado province has been fueled by an influx of Islamist fighters ... Read More

DR Congo: Eight UN Peacekeepers injured in attack in the east, UN condemns the assault

March 17, 2024

At least eight United Nations peacekeepers serving in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) were wounded in an assault that took place on Saturday ... Read More

Ten soldiers killed, Fifty wounded in Burkina Faso army base attack

October 25, 2022

At least 10 soldiers died and around 50 were wounded in Burkina Faso on Monday (24 October) in an assault on an army base and ... 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

Terror attack in Burkina Faso on mining company leaves six killed

August 29, 2022

An attack on a convoy belonging to a mining company in Burkina Faso, Boungou mining field, in the East of the West African country, has ... Read More

Mali: Around 20 UN peacekeepers injured in major attack on MINUSMA base

February 11, 2021

Some 20 UN peacekeepers serving with the UN Stabilization Mission in Mali, MINUSMA, were injured on Wednesday, after their temporary base came under attack in ... Read More

Burkina Faso: Attack against response unit leaves four dead

February 25, 2020

An attack against a response unit of the Burkinabe national police in the province of Sanmatenga, in the center-north of Burkina Faso, left four dead, ... Read More

Nigeria: at least 60 killed in less than a week

February 13, 2020

An attack Monday on the village of Bakali, in the Giwa region, by several armed attackers killed at least 25 civilians and injured many others. ... Read More

Burkina Faso: 10 Jihadists killed

February 12, 2020

At least ten Jihadists were killed Monday morning in an attack on the Tanwalbougou gendarmerie brigade in the Fada N'Gourma department, eastern Burkina Faso, according ... Read More