Alqaeda
Bomb kills 5 Kenyan soldiers near Somali border
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.
Police said they were investigating whether the explosion was caused by a planted bomb or by a suicide bomber.
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.
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.
Some African countries present a facade of democracy. The absence of substantive democracy is contributing to instability on the continent.
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.
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.
Stephen McGowan was abducted by al-Qaeda militants in 2011 along with Swiss national Johan Gustafson.
Stephen McGowan was abducted in 2011 along with Swedish national Johan Gustafsson.
Al-Qaeda militants kidnapped McGowan, Gustafsson and a friend while they were sitting in a restaurant in Timbuktu in 2011.
Some of the drones, provided by an US intelligence specialist, have night-vision capabilities
Twenty-five people were killed and others injured when a vehicle packed with explosives detonated at a military camp in the city of Gao.
If the proposal were to be taken up by all sides, it would end four years of fighting in the city.
Three states have been identified as possible targets of an al-Qaeda plot, a New York law enforcement official said.
We need to avoid an overreaction that ends up polarising society, deepening divisions and making things worse.
Around 20 militant attackers were also killed on Wednesday in an assault on a military base.
The attack, claimed by al-Qaeda's regional branch, claimed 32 lives at a cafe and hotel in the capital.
The fight against Islamic State, according to historic trends, is only in its infancy.
Thomas Holt says extremists and terror groups have an ever-widening technological arsenal.