Terrorism Bound

Tunis, Sept 2, 2019 (AFP) - A national guard officer and three suspected jihadist militants were killed in a gunbattle in northwest Tunisia on Monday, his force said. "Terrorists are still around but Tunisia is stronger," Prime Minister Youssef Chahed said, paying...

Niamey, Aug 24, 2019 - A night raid blamed on Boko Haram has left a dozen villagers dead in southeastern Niger on the frontier with Nigeria, a local official said Saturday.  The attack on Friday night in the border district of Gueskerou, is the latest to hit the Diffa...

Bamako, Aug 13, 2019 - UN child protection body UNICEF warned on Tuesday children in Mali faced rising violence with more than 150 killed in the first half of the year in jihadist and ethnic attacks. "More than 150 children were killed in the first half of 2019 and 75...

Bamako, Aug 21, 2019 - Five troops were killed in central Mali on Wednesday when their convoy was ambushed by jihadists, the armed forces said. The army on its Twitter feed said that the attack occurred on a road between the villages of Boni and Hombori. "FAMA (the...