UN authorises new mission against al-Shabaab in Somalia
Resolution allows deployment of 12,626 personnel – but it is unclear if Ethiopia will stay part of peacekeeping force amid territory dispute The UN has...
Category : Al-Qaida
Extremist Timbuktu Islamic police chief sentenced to 10 years in jail by ICC
Al-Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud had been convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity The international criminal court has sentenced an...
Mali jihadists kill dozens in twin attacks amid growing Islamist threat
Group affiliated with al-Qaida target army base and Timbuktu river boat as violence surges in region Al-Qaida-linked militants have killed at least 64 people in...
Ken Elliott: kidnapped Australian surgeon says he had scurvy and was close to death during seven years in Africa
The missionary, who was taken by an al-Qaida-linked group in Burkina Faso in 2016, tells how God and meditating on scripture sustained him Follow our...
Nine people killed in attack by al-Shabaab in Somali capital Mogadishu
Islamist militants claim responsibility for blast at popular restaurant on Friday night that injured 20 people Nine people were killed in an attack claimed by...
Kidnapped Australian Dr Ken Elliott released by al-Qaida in Africa after seven-year fight for freedom
Penny Wong says the 88-year-old Perth man, who was kidnapped in Burkina Faso in 2016, has been reunited with his family Follow our Australia news...
German aid worker freed after kidnapping in Niger four years ago
63-year-old Joerg Lange’s employer, humanitarian organisation Help, did not say how release secured A 63-year-old German aid worker, Joerg Lange, has been freed more than...
International troops quit Mali as violence and Moscow’s influence grow
Germany latest to end peacekeeping mission as operations prove unable to stop Islamic extremist insurgency Thousands of international troops are withdrawing from Mali amid surging...
Al-Qaida chief’s killing comes as group gains ground in African conflict zones
UN says terror organisation, whose affiliate recently attacked Mali’s most important military base, ‘is once again the leader of global jihad’ It was one of...
