U.S. Resumes Training of Nigerian Troops
Fourteen months after a U.S. army-led combat training for Nigerian soldiers was aborted, American authorities have announced a resumption of the programme. The American Assistant Secretary of State for Africa, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, said, Tuesday, that the training would resume this February. Speaking on U.S. strategy against Boko Haram at a meeting in Washington DC, Ms. […]
Nigerian suicide bomber sent by Boko Haram changes her mind and refuses to kill
Strapped with a booby-trapped vest and sent by the extremist Boko Haram group to kill as many people as possible, the young teenage girl tore off the explosives and fled as soon as she was out of sight of her handlers. Her two companions, however, completed their grisly mission and walked into a crowd of […]
ISIS Aims Missiles at Egypt’s El Arish International Airport
In a new photo series purportedly released by the Islamic State, an ISIS militant is allegedly shown firing BM-21 Grad missiles at El Arish International Airport, Egypt. The airport is located in Egypt’s Sinai peninsula, which has been overrun by ISIS jihadists who have declared it part of the caliphate as “Wilayat Sayna.” The area […]
Nigeria Arrests Alleged Mastermind of Bayelsa Pipeline Bombing
The Joint Force in the Niger Delta, Operation Pulo Shield, has arrested the suspected mastermind of the bombing of the pipelines belonging to Nigerian Agip Oil Company in Bayelsa State. The Operations Commander of the Operation Pulo Shield, Maj. Gen. Alani Okunlola, said their troops arrested the mastermind Prince Alvin Cockman Oyegun, alias ‘Commander Abula’ […]
450 Palestinian children held in Israeli jails
The Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees’ Affairs reported Tuesday that 450 Palestinian children are detained in Israeli jails, including about 270 minors. The official human rights body noted that nine minors are being held by the Israeli authorities under administrative detention. The commission also noted that since 2015, Israeli authorities have arrested nearly 2,500 Palestinian […]
French General Testifies in Rwandan Genocide Hearing
A French general has testified for the first time in a probe into the role of French forces during the 1994 Rwandan genocide, according to reports from people close to the case. General Jean-Claude Lafourcade was questioned in particular over claims that France’s UN-mandated Operation Turquoise, which he led, left ethnic Tutsis to be slaughtered […]
Nigeria Navy Rescues 25 Foreigners From Being Hijacked By Pirates
The Nigerian Navy has foiled an attempt by suspected sea pirates to hijack and abduct 25 foreign nationals aboard a Maersk merchant ship carrying general cargo to Nigeria. Briefing journalists on Sunday at Onne Sea Port, Rivers, Olusegun Soyemi, the Executive Officer of the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Pathfinder, said the vessel berth safely with […]
Rescued Nigerian girl Zara John, 16 wants to go back to her Boko Haram husband
Almost a year after she was rescued from Boko Haram captivity by the Nigerian army, Zara John, 16, is still in love with one of the fighters who abducted her. She was delighted to discover that she was pregnant with his child following a urine and blood test carried out by a doctor in the […]
New video shows Gaddafi begging for his life moments before being executed
Never-before-seen video has emerged of the moment a battered and bleeding Colonel Gaddafi was captured by Libyan rebels. The shocking footage was captured on the mobile phone of one of the fighters who dragged the dictator alive from a drain in Sirte in 2011. Similar footage was widely circulated at the time of his death, […]
Terrorist sucked out of a plane after bomb exploded in Somalia
A wheelchair bound suicide bomber may have been responsible for the explosion which tore a hole in the side of a jet in Somalia, investigators have said. They said the suspected terrorist, thought to be part of the Al-Shabaab Islamist group, may have faked a disability to bypass security checks at Mogadishu airport. The suspected […]
