Authorities in north-eastern Nigeria have begun digging a 27km (17 miles) trench around the University of Maiduguri to prevent attacks by Boko Haram Islamist militants. On Sunday three suicide bombers attacked the university killing themselves and a security guard. There has been a dramatic upsurge in violence in Maiduguri in recent months. Boko Haram, who…
Somali Capital Hit By Double Explosions
About 20 persons, including Parliamentarians, have been killed in an attack on a hotel in the centre of the Somali capital, Mogadishu. Al-Shabab Islamist militants have claimed responsibility for the attack. They are battling the UN-backed government for the control of Somalia. The al-Qaeda linked group has been driven out of the country’s major towns…
Jordan Kills Convicted Jihadists After Pilots Death
Following the gruesome killing of its abducted air force pilot by Islamic State militants, Jordan has executed two convicted jihadists. The convicted Jihadists, Sajida al-Rishawi, a female and al-qaeda operative Ziyad Karboli, both Iraqi citizens, were hanged on Wednesday morning. The executions is coming on the heels of the release of a video believed to…
Pakistan To Hang Convicted Militants
Prison authorities in Pakistan are set to hang convicted terrorists after the government lifted a six-year moratorium on executions, officials said. The decision follows the massacre of 135 school children and 12 others by Taliban gunmen at an army-run school in the northwestern city of Peshawar on Tuesday. Army Chief, Gen. Raheel Sharif signed the…
Kenya Accuses Al-Shebab Of Killing 28 Civilians
The Kenya government says armed Islamic militants, al-Shebab, from Somalia are responsible for the killing of some 28 non-Muslim Kenyans in a bus from Mandera, a town near Somali on their way to Nairobi, the Kenyan capital on Saturday morning. The victims of the extremists were among the 60 passengers on a transit bus ambushed…
Boko Haram Kidnaps 40 Girls In Adamawa
Report from Adamawa State has it that another set of 40 girls were Thursday, kidnapped by the Islamic sect, Boko Haram. The latest victims are said to be different from the 60 women reportedly kidnapped from two towns in the state earlier in the week. The militants now control about three local government areas in Adamawa…
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