Security

Heavy gunfire was heard early on Friday at the main military base outside Mali’s capital Bamako before easing after about an hour, in what residents of the camp said they believed was an attack by Islamist militants, several media reported. Helicopters have been circling overhead and there are reports that …

At least 17 people, including five police officers were killed in the Nigerian state of Katsina, during distinct attacks of armed men, local authorities said. About 300 armed men on motorbikes targeted a police post in Kankara on Wednesday, shooting the officers dead. They also killed at least three people …

The United Nations mission in Mali (Minusma) expressed in a press release its regrets, following the expulsion of its spokesperson, Olivier Salgado, in this West African country. Mr Salgado angered Mali’s leaders by saying they had been informed of the arrival of Ivorian soldiers, whom the army-led government accused of …

Israel and Morocco cemented their military alliance during talks in Rabat on Tuesday between Israeli army chief Aviv Kochavi and senior Moroccan officials, as part of growing cooperation between the two states. General Kochavi was received by Abdellatif Loudiyi, Minister Delegate in charge of Defense, for the first official visit …

A Mozambican court sentenced a woman to 30 years in prison for kidnapping two minors for ransom in the central city of Beira, the BBC reported. The 37-year-old woman is also required to pay $3,100 (£2,580) in compensation to the children’s families. The court heard that the woman kidnapped a …

Two security forces in Togo died on the night of July 18 to 19, 2022, after their patrol fell into an ambush by unknown persons assimilated to terrorists in the north of the country. The tragedy occurred in the village of Tiwoli which was the scene of this umpteenth attack …

The Togolese armed forces on Thursday said they were responsible for a recent explosion that killed seven civilians and injured two others, after mistaking them for jihadists. The explosion occurred in the prefecture of Tône, near the border with Burkina Faso, where a Sahelian jihadist insurgency threatens to spread to …

Southern African Development Community (SADC) agreed on Thursday to extend their troop deployment in Mozambique for another month to help it fight an Islamic State-linked insurgency, Reuters reported. The countries, linked in the Southern African Development Community (SADC), agreed last year to send troops to Mozambique. The mission’s mandate was …

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called for the creation of a “special court” to try “the crimes of Russian aggression against Ukraine”. It comes as Russian strikes killed at least 20 people in a town in central Ukraine. This request took place during a videoconference intervention during an organized by the …

Sri Lanka, in the grip of a serious economic and political crisis, declared a state of emergency on Wednesday, hours after president Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country, the PM’s office announced. “As the president left the country, an emergency has been declared to deal with the situation in the country,” …