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Several dead as blast targets vehicle in Afghanistan's Mazar-i-Sharif

No one immediately claimed responsibility for the blast that hit a bus carrying employees of an oil company.

Eleven worshippers injured as gunmen storm mosque in south Nigeria

No group has claimed responsibility for the violence, but Nigeria faces a myriad of security challenges, including an insurgency in the northeast, kidnappings in central and northwestern states and separatist tensions in the south.

Prominent Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif shot dead in Kenya – wife

Authorities in both the countries are yet to confirm the death of the journalist, whose wife has tweeted that he was shot dead in Kenya's capital Nairobi, according to local media.

Suicide bombing kills soldiers in Pakistan's tribal northwest

Four soldiers have been killed in a suicide bomb attack in a former Pakistani Taliban stronghold in northwestern Pakistan.

Attacks in central Mali kill civilians, soldiers

Six soldiers were killed in Sokolo while 12, including 3 civilians, were killed in Kalumba, in the Nara region.

Bomb attacks hit Somalia, kill tens

The attack, claimed by Al Shabab militant group, occurred outside the administrative office in the town of Marka, police said.

Hundreds reportedly killed in Ethiopia ethnic attack

More than 200 people, mostly from ethnic Amhara, have been killed in Ethiopia's Oromia region in an attack being blamed on a rebel group known as Oromo Liberation Army.

Casualties as explosion targets mosque in northern Afghanistan

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, which killed at least one worshipper and wounded seven more inside a mosque in Kunduz province.

‘They failed to act’: Nigerians slam lax security after church attack

Public anger mounts in Nigeria as the Ondo state police is yet to trace church attackers that are said to be at least five in number.

Daesh attacks kill civilians in Iraq

At least 12 civilians were killed after two separate attacks targetted Kirkuk and Diyala provinces, where farmers were harvesting their crops.

Al Shabab attacks African Union base in Somalia

The terrorist group, which has been waging a deadly insurgency against Somalia's fragile central government for more than a decade, claimed responsibility for the assault.

Police patrols come under fire in Kosovo's volatile north

Authorities are investigating whether the attack was related to smuggling or tensions between Serbia and Kosovo.