Boko Haram attack kills five soldiers, civilian – Cameroon reports

By VOA,

Boko Haram Islamists killed five Cameroonian soldiers and a civilian in an attack in the far north of the country, the defense ministry said Tuesday. ...

Boko Haram , Cameroon , islamists

Boko Haram attack kills five soldiers, civilian, Cameroon reports

By VOA,

Boko Haram Islamists killed five Cameroonian soldiers and a civilian in an attack in the far north of the country, the defense ministry said Tuesday. ...

Boko Haram , Cameroon

We were not sharp enough, Blades coach admits after weekend waterloo

By Dennis Kamariki,

Strathmore Blades men basketball team head coach Tony Ochieng has blamed his charges for the weekend league match defeat saying they were poor. Bla...

Strathmore Blades , terror , Tony Ochieng

Review: Gaya thankful for narrow win over formidable Equity

By Dennis Kamariki,

Thunder men’s basketball team coach Sadat Gaya has praised his charges for holding their nerves to edge rivals Equity Bank 76-67, at University of N...

equity bank , Kenya Basketball Premier League , Kevin Chogo , Sadat Gaya , Shem Otieno , Thunder

Cameroon: Civilians flee after deadly Boko Haram attack

By VOA,

Cameroon says hundreds of civilians have fled Sagme, a northern village on the border with Nigeria, after a Boko Haram attack Saturday that left eight...

Boko Haram , Cameroon , Cyrille Serge Atonfack Guemo , President Paul Biya

U.N experts: Africa became hardest hit by terrorism this year

By VOA,

Africa became the region hardest hit by terrorism in the first half of 2021 as the Islamic State and al-Qaida extremist groups and their affiliates sp...

Al-Qaida , COVID-19 , Islamic state , United Nations

Al-Shabab threatens to disrupt upcoming Somali elections

By VOA,

Somali terrorist group al-Shabab has threatened to attack electoral delegates who will be choosing lawmakers in parliamentary elections beginning next...

AL-SHABAB , Somali elections

US strikes Al-Shabab in Somalia for first time in six months

By VOA,

Somali commandos coming under attack from the al-Shabab terror group got some help from above, for the first time in months, in the form of a U.S. air...

somalia

Israeli firm’s spyware used to target journalists’ cell phones – reports

By Reuters,

An Israeli company's spyware was used in attempted and successful hacks of 37 smartphones belonging to journalists, government officials and human rig...

israeli , Jamal Khashoggi , Spyware

Pakistan refuses to host additional Afghan refugees

By VOA,

Pakistan’s government said it has reached its limit and cannot accept more Afghan refugees as the threat of violence looms in Afghanistan. Pakist...

Afghanistan , Moeed Yusuf , pakistan , refugees

Haiti assassination mastermind sought presidency, police chief says

By VOA,

Haitian-American doctor Christian Emmanuel Sanon, 63, was named by Haiti's National Police chief late Sunday as the mastermind behind the assassinatio...

assassination , Christian Emmanuel Sanon , Haiti , President Jovenel Moise

Top Commander in Afghanistan steps down in symbolic end to U.S military mission

By VOA,

The top U.S. general in Afghanistan stepped down from his post Monday, as Taliban fighters continue to make gains across the war-torn country. Th...

General Austin Miller , President Joe Biden , U.S-Afghanistan

49 killed as terrorists riding in motorcycles stage attack in Niger

By VOA,

Five civilians, four soldiers and 40 armed attackers were killed Sunday in a clash in Niger’s restive southwest region near the border with Mali, th...

Niger

Colombian ex-soldier killed in Haiti was hired as bodyguard, sister says

By Reuters,

A Colombian former soldier killed during a gun battle with Haitian police and accused of involvement in the assassination of President Jovenel Moise h...

Colombian

Hong Kong police reveal alleged plot to bomb train stations and courts

By CNN,

Hong Kong authorities said they have thwarted an alleged plot to bomb train stations, court buildings and tunnels organized by advocates for the city'...

bombing , hong kong , Steve Li

Government-backed militias in Burkina Faso accused of abuses

By VOA,

The attack in Burkina Faso last month that killed 160 civilians was in retaliation for activity by pro-government civilian militias in the area, acco...

Burkina Faso , Human Rights Watch , militia

Thunder struck as Gaya attributes defeat to lack of preparedness

By Dennis Kamariki,

Thunder men basketball team head coach Sadat Gaya has attributed his team’s twin defeat at the weekend to inconsistency in the league matches and la...

Sadat Gaya , Tunder , Ulinzi Warriors

Man dressed as woman among two suspects arrested in Lang’ata

By Citizen Reporter,

Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have arrested two suspects, among them one masquerading as a woman, for allegedly ter...

DCI detectives , Langata , Mbagathi bridge

U.S troops strike back after rocket attack in Syria

By VOA,

U.S. troops in Syria have returned fire after a rocket attack targeted American forces there Monday, according to a military spokesman. “U.S....

Colonel Wayne Marotto , President Joe Biden , U.S. troops

U.S. carries out air strikes against Iran-backed militia in Iraq, Syria

By Reuters,

The United States said on Sunday it carried out another round of air strikes against Iran-backed militia in Iraq and Syria, this time in response to d...