Militants

Militants linked to Al Qaeda claim Mali attack that killed key junta figure

The militant group has claimed the attack near Mauritania border that killed Oumar Traore, chief of staff for Colonel Assimi Goita, among several others.

Dozens dead in Burkina Faso attacks

Suspected militants kill at least 24 people, including civilian defence volunteers in area near Togo and Ghana borders, sources and local officials say, adding more than a dozen militants were killed in response.

One killed in attack on Nigeria polling office just weeks before vote

Elections in Africa's most populous nation have often been marred by violence, claims of vote-rigging and logistical problems since it emerged from military rule in 1999.

Militant attacks kill over dozen in eastern DRC

The attacks come a week after militants linked to Daesh killed at least 23 people in a raid on an eastern village in the central African country.

Dozens of foraging women abducted in Burkina Faso's north

Militants seize around 60 women, girls and babies gathering wild fruit and other food in northern Djibo region, investigators say.

Mali armed groups withdraw from 2015 peace deal

The armed groups "unanimously regret the lack of political will on the part of the transitional authorities to implement the Agreement for Peace and Reconciliation in Mali."

Pakistani forces retake anti-terrorism centre seized by TTP militants

Earlier on Tuesday, Pakistan's special forces stormed a counter-terrorism centre in a northwestern district to free several security officials who were taken hostage by a group of detained Pakistani Taliban militants.

Suspected militants target local volunteers supporting Burkina Faso army

Deadly attack in Centre-North region on auxiliary force that supports poorly equipped military leaves at least 12 people dead, local sources say.

Dozens of civilians killed as Daesh, Al Qaeda militants clash in Mali

Malian authorities say at least 100 people have been killed in several days of fighting over territory between Daesh and local Al Qaeda in the east of the country.

Mali seeks UNSC meet to share 'evidence' of France arming militants

FM Abdoulaye Diop warns France against violating Mali's airspace and delivering arms to militants who have been fighting in the West African country for the past 10 years, accusations Paris calls "defamatory".

Gunmen kill several in attack in northern Togo

It was the fourth attack in Togo since last year as the West African country, Benin, Ghana and Ivory Coast all face a growing threat from militants in the Sahel, which is north of their borders.

'BLA militants' kill kidnapped Pakistani army officer, friend

Outlawed Balochistan Liberation Army kills Lieutenant Colonel Laeeq Baig Mirza and his friend before Pakistani army could rescue them in operation near restive border with Afghanistan and Iran, officials say.