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  • Egyptian women walk through rubble of houses destroyed by Egyptian security forces near the border with the Gaza Strip, in Rafah, Egypt, on 5 November 2014. Egyptian authorities have evacuated and demolished over 800 houses belonging to 1,165 families in North Sinai along the border with the Palestinian Gaza Strip in order to create a security buffer zone. Picture: EPA.

    Egypt closes schools in Sinai towns as war looms

    Militancy has surged in the Sinai Peninsula which borders Israel, Gaza and the Suez Canal.

    2778 days ago
  • A screengrab taken on 9 November, 2014 from a new Boko Haram video released by the Nigerian Islamist extremist group Boko Haram and obtained by AFP shows the leader of the Nigerian Islamist extremist group Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau preaching to locals in an unidentified town. Picture: AFP.

    At least 20 killed in bomb blast at Nigerian school

    Most of those killed in the attack in Potsikum were students.

    2789 days ago
  • FILE: French army soldiers stand on armoured vehicles as they leave Bamako and start their deployment to the north of Mali as part of the "Serval" operations on 15 January, 2013. Picture: AFP.

    French soldier,around 20 Islamists killed in Mali

    The soldier's death raised to 10 the number of French soldiers killed since France intervened in Mali.

    2800 days ago
  • FILE: A screengrab taken on 25 September, 2013 from a video shows a man claiming to be the leader of Nigerian Islamist extremist group Boko Haram Abubakar Shekau. Picture: AFP.

    At least 30 killed in Nigeria clashes despite ‘truce’

    Boko Haram has not confirmed the truce and there were at least six attacks over the weekend.

    2809 days ago
  • Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau. Picture: CNN

    Nigerians doubtful of girls’ release after Boko Haram “truce” breached

    Nigeria’s armed forces chief Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh announced the ceasefire on Friday.

    2811 days ago
  • African Islamist rebels such as Nigeria’s Boko Haram (pictured) have not made as dramatic an advance as Islamic State. Picture: AFP.

    Africa's militants may be inspired by Islamic State

    Officials say the success of Islamic State could shape the thinking of African Islamists.

    2862 days ago
  • At least 36 people were killed in Libya’s eastern city of Benghazi, in clashes between Libyan Special Forces and Islamist militants on Saturday night and Sunday morning. Picture: Wikimedia Commons.

    More than 50 killed in Tripoli clashes

    In the last two weeks, Libya has descended into its deadliest violence since the 2011 war.

    2895 days ago
  • FILE:The army said it now held the 50 km stretch of main highway running north from the city of Samarra. Picture: AFP.

    Iraq army regains Saddam’s village

    The army said it now held the 50 km stretch of main highway running north from the city of Samarra.

    2918 days ago
  • Violence in Nigeria's northeast has been relentless in the past year, and has gained in intensity since April, the month that more than 200 schoolgirls were snatched by Boko Haram rebels from Chibok. Picture: AFP.

    10 dead in Nigeria Islamist attack

    In a separate assault on Friday evening, the insurgents killed seven soldiers in Goniri.

    2923 days ago
  • Armed groups such as Boko Haram (pictured) and al-Shabaab are seen as a menace to the continent. Picture: AFP.

    African leaders urge action on militants

    Armed groups such as Boko Haram and al-Shabaab are seen as a menace to the continent.

    2925 days ago
  • A suicide car bomb has claimed five lives in the bar district of north Nigeria's Kano. Picture: AFP.

    Nigeria: 5 killed in suicide car bomb

    A suicide car bomb has claimed five lives in the nightlife district of north Nigeria's Kano.

    2964 days ago
  • The Islamist group, whose name roughly translates from the Hausa language spoken widely in northern Nigeria as Western education is forbidden claimed responsibility for kidnapping more than 200 schoolgirls, threatening to sell them like slaves and force them into marriage unless Nigeria freed militants held in the countrys jails. Picture: AFP.

    AU called upon to to protect girls in Africa

    Naledi Pandor has called on the AU to develop structures to ensure abductions don't happen again.

    2966 days ago
  • FILE IMAGE. ANC Women’s League members have gathered to pledge their support to the #Bring Back Our Girls campaign. Picture: Sebabatso Mosamo/EWN

    ANCWL pledges support for Nigerian girls

    ANC Women’s League members gather to pledge support to the Bring Back Our Girls campaign.

    2966 days ago
  • The Islamist group claimed responsibility for kidnapping more than 200 schoolgirls. Picture: AFP.

    Finding Nigerian girls ‘unlikely’

    Behind the scenes, officials say the international operation is unlikely to deliver success.

    2968 days ago
  • Hundreds of people took the the street in Sandton, Johannesburg, demanding the immediate release of over 200 girls in Nigeria on 8 May 2014. Picture: Sebabatso Mosamo/EWN.

    Nigerian girls believed to still be in country

    Goodluck Jonathan believes the schoolgirls abducted by militants have not been moved.

    2974 days ago
  • Some 200 girls were abducted by militants from a school in the northeast of the West African country. Picture: AFP.

    US offers to help in hunt for abducted girls

    Some 200 girls were abducted by militants from a school in the northeast of Nigeria.

    2981 days ago
  • Witnesses say more than two buses carrying workers were cut up by the blast. Picture: AFP.

    Nigerian bus station blast kills 35

    Witnesses say more than two buses carrying workers were cut up by the blast.

    2999 days ago
  • FILE: A man claiming to be the leader of Nigerian Islamist extremist group Boko Haram Abubakar Shekau. Picture: AFP.

    Boko Haram kills 68 in village attacks

    Boko Haram has killed thousands since launching an uprising in the northeast four and a half years ago.

    3000 days ago
  • Abubakar Shariff was killed as he left a court compound about 15 km north of the port city of Mombasa. Picture: AFP.

    Prominent Islamist shot dead in Kenya

    Abubakar Shariff was killed as he left a court compound near the port city of Mombasa.

    3011 days ago
  • FILE: A policeman carries a baby to safety after Somalia's al-Shabaab terrorists stormed the Westgate Mall and sprayed gunfire on shoppers and staff in Nairobi, Kenya on 21 September 2013. Picture: AFP.

    'Kenya needs better security after Westgate'

    A report says the poor level of preparedness has left Kenya 'susceptible to terror attacks'.

    3047 days ago
  • A screengrab taken on 25 September, 2013 from a video shows a man claiming to be the leader of Nigerian Islamist extremist group Boko Haram Abubakar Shekau. Picture: AFP.

    Boko Haram kills 29 at boarding school

    The armed group stormed a boarding school in northeast Nigeria overnight and killed 29 pupils.

    3047 days ago
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