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Nigeria: Jihadists take hundreds hostage in northeast

Jihadists have taken lots of civilians hostage from a city in northeast Nigeria, locals and militia sources stated Wednesday. Militants from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), an offshoot of Boko Haram, arrived in Kukawa in the Lake Chad area late on Tuesday with 22 trucks and had been locked in a conflict with […]

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Mozambique soldiers killed another 50 jihadists this week -government

Mozambique’s army said it has killed 50 suspected jihadists in the northern Cabo Delgado province after another spate of insurgent attacks in the gas-rich region this week. A shadowy Islamist group has terrorised remote communities in the Mozambique’s Muslim-majority north since 2017, killing more than 1 100 people, according to the Armed Conflict Location & […]

20 jihadists ‘neutralized’ in French-Malian counter-terrorism operation

A joint operation by the Malian army and the French anti-jihadist force Barkhane, underway in northeastern Mali, has resulted in the “neutralization” of some 20 jihadists, the Malian Armed Forces (FAMa) announced Saturday evening. “About 20 terrorists neutralized in #Ménaka. The #FAMa and #Barkhane are conducting a joint operation in the locality of Akabar, in […]