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THE CHIBOK SCHOOLGIRLS – UPDATE

On the night of 04/14–15/ 2014, 276 female students were kidnapped from the Government Secondary School in the town of Chibok. a primarily a Christian village, in Borno State, Nigeria. Responsibility for the kidnappings was claimed by… Continue reading

NIGERIAN JIHADIST KHALID AL-BARNAWI CAPTURED

unonimus1* Khalid al-Barnawi, the head of  ‘Ansaru’ splinter group of Boko Haram, known for kidnapping and murdering Westerners. was captured in Lokoja, capital of the central state of Kogi on Friday 04/01/2016, military spokesman Brigadier General Rabe… Continue reading

ISLAMIC TERROR ON THE RISE IN THE SAHARA

AQIM – Maghreb Al-Qaeda’s branch has claimed responsibility for Friday 03/18/2016 rocket-propelled grenade attack on an Algerian gas plant operated by Norway’s Statoil and BP as part of its “war on the Crusader interests everywhere”.

Algeria’s oil and gas… Continue reading

2 FEMALE BOMBERS KILLED 22 IN NORTHERN NIGERIAN MOSQUE

Nigeria, Maiduguri mapTwo female suicide bombers have attacked, on Wednesday 03/16/2016,  a mosque in the north-eastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, killing 22 worshippers, the army says.

The first bomber struck inside the mosque, while the second blew herself… Continue reading

16 KILLED IN IVORY COAST’ TERROR ATTACK

Unidentified gunmen have killed, on Sunday 03/13/2016, about 16 people, including 4 Westerner tourists, at a beach resort in southern Ivory Coast,  a model of stability in West Africa, officials say. The assailants fired on beach-goers in… Continue reading

MALI JIHADIST AL-ANDALUSI KILLED BY FRENCH COMMANDO

FreANDALUSInch forces, on 03/01/2016, have reportedly killed near Timbuktu a Spanish Al Qaeda commander, Abu al-Nur al-Andalusi (referring to Spain-Andalusia ), operating in northern Mali, who had previously called on other Spaniards to join the militant group.… Continue reading

ABOUT 65 KILLED IN BOKO HARAM’S RAID IN NIGERIA

Nigeria, Maiduguri mapAbout 65 people are reported to have been killed, on Sunday 01/31/2016, in north-eastern Nigerian village of Dalori, just in the outskirts of Maiduguri. in a gun and bomb attack by suspected Boko Haram militants. Reuters reporter counted 65… Continue reading

– NEXT ON LINE – BURKINA FASO HOTEL ATTACK

Burkina Faso’s government said, on Saturday 01/16/2016,  26 people were killed and a further 56 injured after Islamist militants attacked a hotel in the capital, Ouagadougou, popular with foreigners.

MAGHREB al-Qaeda ( AQIM ), led by Mukhtar Bilmukhtar… Continue reading

– OVER 10 KILLED IN CAMEROON MOSQUE BOMBING

Two female suicide bombers, on Wednesday 01/13/2016, have attacked a mosque in a town near Cameroon’s border with Nigeria, killing at least 10 people and wounding about a dozen others, the governor of the region said.

The attack during… Continue reading

– MALI HOSTAGES CRISIS – 27 HOSTAGES KILLED

* 170 hostages, including 140 guests and 30 employees at the 190 rooms Radisson Blu Hotel in the Malian capital Bamako, were seized by Islamic gunmen.  on Friday 11/20/2015 AT at about 08:30 local time, the hotel said… Continue reading

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