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The United Nations said it is concerned over people returning to the restive northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado as it is still unclear whether the ongoing military operation has reduced jihadist groups’ capacity to stage attacks there. The caution by the UN’s Department of Safety and Security comes at …

Assisted by Rwandan troops, Mozambican forces have rescued more than 100 people who had been taken hostage by militants in northern Mozambique. The hostages, mostly children, women and the elderly, are said to have been held by Islamic State-linked militants, locally known as al-Shaabab, in Mocimboa da Praia district. The …

More than forty civilians were killed Sunday in northern Mali in attacks blamed on jihadists against three neighboring localities and close to the border with Niger, said a military official and local elected officials. “More than forty civilians were killed on Sunday by terrorists in the villages of Karou, Ouatagouna, …

Two Malian soldiers have been killed in an attack in a north-eastern region, AFP news agency quotes the army as saying. AFP added that the army statement said the assailants stormed a military post south-west of the town of Ansongo, near the borders with Burkina Faso and Niger, in an …

The United Nations has strongly condemned an attack on a peacekeepers base in central Mali. 28 peacekeepers from Togo were injured when the temporary UN base in Kerena, near Douentza, was hit by fire early Wednesday morning. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but Islamic extremists linked to …

On Thursday, Burkina Faso’s government said that it was open to holding talks with Islamist militants, a position embraced by its neighbours in the Sahel region where terrorist attacks are recurrent. Jihadists activities have grown in the region despite military operations to contain them. France which has more than 5,000 …