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FILE: A Kenyan soldier serving with the AMISOM is pictured through a bullet hole in the gate of the compound housing the former offices of the UN’s refugee agency in Kismayo, southern Somalia. Picture: UN Photo.

Alqaeda

Bomb kills 5 Kenyan soldiers near Somali border

By AFP

The incident occurred on a dirt road a few kilometres from the border, between the coastal village of Kiunga, where there is an airstrip, and Sankuri.

  • FILE: Aftermath of a blast in Mogadishu in October 2017.  Picture: AFP

    Blast kills at least 5 people in Somali khat market near Mogadishu

    Police said they were investigating whether the explosion was caused by a planted bomb or by a suicide bomber.

    1470 days ago
  • People watch as black smoke rises as the capital of Burkina Faso came under multiple attacks on 2 March 2018, targeting the French embassy, the French cultural centre and the country's military headquarters. Picture: AFP

    7 killed, around 50 wounded in Burkina Faso attack

    Islamist militants have stepped up attacks in major cities in West Africa the last few years, including deadly assaults in Mali, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast and Niger.

    1538 days ago
  • People watch as black smoke rises as the capital of Burkina Faso came under multiple attacks on 2 March 2018, targeting the French embassy, the French cultural centre and the country's military headquarters. Picture: AFP

    Gunmen attack French embassy, army headquarters in Burkina Faso

    A local news station showed pictures of black smoke coming from a building in central Ouagadougou and a Reuters correspondent found that most people had fled the streets.

    1538 days ago
  • Picture: freeimages.com.

    [OPINION] What drives instability in Africa & what can be done about it

    Some African countries present a facade of democracy. The absence of substantive democracy is contributing to instability on the continent.

    1631 days ago
  • FILE: Somalian Flag. Picture: Wikipedia.

    US says air strikes in Somalia kill six al-Shabaab fighters

    The US military’s Africa Command said in a statement it had carried out three air strikes on Wednesday at 2:15 am local time.

    1708 days ago
  • Stephen McGown (centre) makes his first public appearance since being released by al-Qaeda in Mali. Picture: Hitekani Magwedze/EWN

    Stephen McGowan details life as al-Qaeda captive

    McGowan says not being able to contact his family, not having any books in English and not being able to exercise freely were some of his difficulties.

    1742 days ago
  • A screengrab from the latest video of South African Stephen McGowan who is being held hostage in Mali. Picture: Supplied

    SA hostage Stephen McGowan released by al-Qaeda

    Stephen McGowan was abducted by al-Qaeda militants in 2011 along with Swiss national Johan Gustafson.

    1749 days ago
  • A screengrab from the latest video of South African Stephen McGowan who is being held hostage in Mali. Picture: Supplied

    Gift of the Givers working to secure release of SA hostage in Mali

    Stephen McGowan was abducted in 2011 along with Swedish national Johan Gustafsson.

    1786 days ago
  • A screengrab from the latest video of South African Stephen McGowan who is being held hostage in Mali. Picture: Supplied

    Swede's release gives hope to family of South African held in Mali

    Al-Qaeda militants kidnapped McGowan, Gustafsson and a friend while they were sitting in a restaurant in Timbuktu in 2011.

    1787 days ago
  • FILE: Somali Police Force on parade. Picture: AFP

    Somali police receive drones to combat Islamist bombings

    Some of the drones, provided by an US intelligence specialist, have night-vision capabilities

    1818 days ago
  • Former rebels, predominantly Tuareg, waiting in a military camp in Gao, before participating in joint patrols with the Malian army and pro-government militias. Picture: AFP.

    At least 25 dead in car bomb attack on Mali military camp

    Twenty-five people were killed and others injured when a vehicle packed with explosives detonated at a military camp in the city of Gao.

    1946 days ago
  • A member of the government forces pushes an injured woman in a wheelchair as civilians are evacuated from Aleppo’s al-Shaar neighbourhood after government forces took control of the area in the eastern part of the northern Syrian city on 7 December, 2016. Picture: AFP.

    Syrian rebels get proposal to quit Aleppo, jihadists retake Palmyra

    If the proposal were to be taken up by all sides, it would end four years of fighting in the city.

    1984 days ago
  • FILE: US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. Picture: CNN.

    US authorities warn of al-Qaeda threat to election

    Three states have been identified as possible targets of an al-Qaeda plot, a New York law enforcement official said.

    2021 days ago
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    OPINION: What the West got wrong after 9/11

    We need to avoid an overreaction that ends up polarising society, deepening divisions and making things worse.

    2074 days ago
  • Aden, a port city in Yemen. Picture: Google Earth.

    6 soldiers killed in South Yemen army base attack

    Around 20 militant attackers were also killed on Wednesday in an assault on a military base.

    2142 days ago
  • FILE: Burkina Faso troops oversee the evacuation of bodies outside the Splendid Hotel and the Cappuccino restaurant following a jihadist attack in Ouagadougou on 16 January 2016. Picture: AFP.

    Burkina Faso arrests 6 over deadly militant attack in January

    The attack, claimed by al-Qaeda's regional branch, claimed 32 lives at a cafe and hotel in the capital.

    2176 days ago
  • A file image allegedly showing members of the Islamic state including military leader and Georgian native, Abu Omar al-Shishani (C-L) and ISIL sheikh Abu Mohammed al-Adnani (C-R), speaking at an unknown location between the Iraqi Nineveh province and the Syrian town of Al-Hasakah. Picture: AFP.

    OPINION: Islamic State may be down, but it’s far from out

    The fight against Islamic State, according to historic trends, is only in its infancy.

    2186 days ago
  • Picture: EWN.

    OPINION: Understanding the technology of terrorism

    Thomas Holt says extremists and terror groups have an ever-widening technological arsenal.

    2210 days ago
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