Militant group al-Shabaab has claimed responsibility for killing a veteran journalist who campaigned against the activities of the proscribed group, in the latest attack on m Read more »
Somalia militia, Ahlu Sunna Wal Jamaa (ASWJ), has agreed to a ceasefire following talks brokered by the local business community, bringing an end to days of bloodshed in the ... Read more »
The fragile nature of the security situation in Sudan was exposed by a deadly gunfight in Gabra on September 29, 2021. Authorities arrested 11 alleged terror suspects following the ... Read more »
Mali Prime Minister Choguel Maiga has defended comments he made before the UN General Assembly that France had abandoned his country in mid-flight with the "unilateral" decision to ... Read more »
A military court in Mogadishu sentenced Darren Anthony Byrnes from the UK and Ahmad Mustakim bin Abdul Hamid from Malaysia to 15 years in jail for being members of Al-Shabaab and ... Read more »
Afghanistan is not Somalia. But it serves as a cautionary tale that billions of dollars, untold international support, and top-down strategies are not sufficient to defeat a ... Read more »
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has warned that the United States departure from Afghanistan does not mean the so-called war on terror is winding down - instead it is shifting ... Read more »
Cameroonian authorities have said that there is an increase in the number of Boko Haram militants surrendering at a disarmament centre on the northern border with Nigeria. There ... Read more »
Since October 2017, the northern province of Mozambique, Cabo Delgado has been suffering violent attacks by armed militants. At least 700,000 people, including a Read more »
Fears are mounting that kidnapping for ransom could trigger terrorism in Benin. This is amid an already growing threat of violent extremism in the country. National ... Read more »
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