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Fighting between Sahel-based jihadist rivals spills into Niger
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (396+ words) DAKAR, April 9 (Reuters) " The West African affiliates of al Qaeda and Islamic State have clashed in Niger for the first time, according to a statement from one of the groups, a "development that analysts said signals an intensification of their…...
Conflicting reports on extraction of F-15 officer.
5+ day, 13+ hour ago (47+ words) The Greatest News Site On The Internet. Home of CFP Nation. Conflicting reports on extraction of F-15 officer. Posted by Kane on April 4, 2026 10: 27 pm...
Nigeria launches manhunt after abductions by bandits in northwest Zamfara
6+ day, 28+ min ago (202+ words) LAGOS, April 4 (Reuters) " Nigerian security forces were in pursuit of gunmen after a large group "of bandits abducted residents from villages "in northwest Zamfara state, police said, following one of the region's largest recent attacks. The gunmen raided Kurfa Danya…...
Report: Libyan Warlord Khalifa Haftar Adds Banned Chinese and Turkish Drones to His Arsenal
1+ week, 22+ hour ago (521+ words) According to a Reuters report on Thursday, Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar has somehow managed to acquire Chinese and Turkish-made combat drones for his arsenal, even though Libya has been under a weapons embargo since 2011. The other major Libyan government, based…...
Burkina, Mali troops kill more civilians than jihadists do, data shows
1+ week, 1+ day ago (720+ words) DAKAR, April 2 (Reuters) " Government and allied forces in Burkina Faso have killed more than twice as many civilians as Islamist militants have since 2023, according to a tally of incidents documented in'a report published on Thursday by Human Rights Watch. The…...
Al-Qaeda-linked group kills 14 soldiers in Burkina Faso
1+ week, 2+ day ago (344+ words) A jihadist attack on a military post killed at least 14 soldiers in northern Burkina Faso, which has seen a flare-up in violence in recent weeks, security officials told AFP on Tuesday. Al-Qaeda's branch in the Sahel, the Group for the…...
Palm Sunday Massacre: 30 Killed as 'Gunmen' Open Fire in Nigeria
1+ week, 3+ day ago (648+ words) Unknown gunmen opened fire "indiscriminately" in a residential area of Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria on Sunday night, killing an estimated 30 people during a time in which jihadists in the country tend to orchestrate massacres against Christians. The incident took place…...
Reports: U. S. Flying 'Reaper' Drones for Anti-Jihadist Recon in Nigeria
2+ week, 23+ hour ago (387+ words) Multiple reports in the past week have indicated that the U. S. military has deployed surveillance drones to operate in Nigeria, in conjunction with the nation's government, to gather intelligence on the various jihadist terrorist groups in the country. The AFP report,…...
NATO War on Libya Was 'Organized Aggression' to Plunder Resources " Analyst
3+ week, 1+ day ago (461+ words) Fifteen years after NATO's intervention in Libya, Western claims that the operation was launched to protect civilians have become "completely obvious" as false, international law expert Dr. Mohammed Mahmoud Mehran told Sputnik....
Multiple blasts heard in northeast Nigeria's Maiduguri city, security sources and residents say
3+ week, 3+ day ago (128+ words) MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, March 16 " Multiple blasts were heard on Monday in "Maiduguri city, the "capital of Nigeria's insurgency-hit northeastern state of Borno, security sources and residents said. Three blasts "were "heard near "a post office, "a local market and a hospital…...