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Dec
04
2023
By KAREN LEMA and NEIL JEROME MORALES
Islamic State claims responsibility for deadly Philippine bombing

Islamic State claims responsibility for deadly Philippine bombing

WORLD
ISLAMIC State militants claimed responsibility for a deadly bombing at a Catholic Mass in the Philippines that killed at least four people and injured 50 others. The attack was carried out in a university gymnasium in Marawi, a city in the south of the country besieged by Islamist militants for five months in 2017. The Islamic State group, which wields influence in the country's south, said on Telegram its members had detonated the bomb. Earlier on Sunday, before Islamic State's claim, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr condemned "the senseless and most heinous acts perpetrated by foreign terrorists". Police and the…
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Jun
25
2021
By The African Mirror
‘Nigeria insurgency has killed almost 350 000’

‘Nigeria insurgency has killed almost 350 000’

NEWS
NORTHEAST Nigeria's conflict with Islamist insurgencies had killed nearly 350,000 people as of the end of 2020, according to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The toll, given by the U.N. agency in a new study on the war and its impact on livelihoods, is 10 times higher than previous estimates of about 35,000 based only on those killed in fighting in Nigeria since the conflict's start 12 years ago. "The full human cost of the war is much greater," the UNDP said in a report, released with Nigeria's Ministry of Finance. "Already, many more have died from the indirect…
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Jun
19
2021
By The African Mirror
Boko Haram leader’s death confirmed

Boko Haram leader’s death confirmed

NEWS
A senior cleric with Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram confirmed the death of its leader and urged fighters to stay loyal in its fight against rival Islamic State militants, according to a video seen by Reuters. Bakura Sahalaba, a cleric with the Lake Chad branch of Boko Haram, urged its men to fight on in the video, which appeared on social media after the rival Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) said Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau had died. Three Boko Haram researchers verified its authenticity. ISWAP had said Shekau, one of the world's most notorious extremists, had died around…
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