60 abducted Burkinabe women freed
THIAM NDIAGA SIXTY-SIX women and children kidnapped by armed assailants in northern Burkina Faso last week have been freed, national
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Militants kidnap 50 women in Burkina Faso
THIAM NDIAGA ISLAMIST militants kidnapped around 50 women searching for food in Burkina Faso’s northern province of Soum, a hotbed
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Death toll rises to 14 in Congo church attack claimed by Islamic State
THE death toll from a church bombing in the east Democratic Republic of Congo has risen to 14, an army
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Suspected Islamists kill at least 5 people in east Congo church bomb attack
AT least five people were killed and 15 wounded in a suspected Islamist militant bomb attack during a Sunday service
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German aid worker freed after kidnapping 4 years ago
A 63-year-old German aid worker, Joerg Lange, has been freed more than four years after he was kidnapped in western
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South Africa provides fertile ground for funders of terrorism. Here’s why
THE US embassy in South Africa has twice raised the alarm recently about terrorism in the country. On 26 October
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U.S. targets weapons trafficking with sanctions on Islamic State in Somalia
DAPHNE PSALEDAKIS THE United States issued sanctions targeting the Islamic State in Somalia, designating members of the group and others
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US and UK warn of possible attack in Nigeria’s capital
THE United States and Britain warned of a possible terrorist attack in Nigeria’s federal capital Abuja, especially aimed at government
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EU boosts military support to gas-rich Mozambique amid energy crisis
FRANCESCO GUARASCIO THE European Union said it would provide additional support to an African military mission in Mozambique, as Islamist
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At least 50 killed in April by Malian army, ‘foreign troops’ -U.N. report
SOFIA CHRISTENSEN AT least 50 civilians were killed during a military operation conducted by Mali’s army and “foreign troops” on
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