Two Jihadists Killed In Tunisia Raid
Kasserine (Tunisia) (AFP) - Two suspected jihadists were killed in a nighttime raid by security forces in the Kasserine region of Tunisia that also left a civilian dead, the interior ministry said...
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Kerry Warns Against Crackdowns As Nigeria Claims Boko Haram Leader ‘wounded’
Sokoto (Nigeria) (AFP) - US Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday praised Nigeria for its recent gains against Boko Haram Islamists but did not endorse military claims that the group's leader...
Five Dead In Shabaab Suicide Car Bomb At Somalia Hotel
Mogadishu (AFP) - At least five people were killed when jihadists exploded a suicide car bomb outside a popular hotel close to the presidential palace in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Tuesday. "We...
Qaeda-Linked Group Claims Deadly Tunisia Ambush
Tunis (AFP) - An Al-Qaeda-linked group Tuesday claimed responsibility for a blast that killed three Tunisian soldiers near Mount Sammama, a hideout for jihadists at war with authorities, SITE...
The NPP Under Akufo-Addo Is Its Own Enemy
Folks, if public utterances coming from the NPP stables should be believed, then, they can lead us to only one firm conclusion that the NPP is damn unstable, porous, paranoid, and useless because of...
Bin Laden’s Son Threatens Revenge for Father’s Assassination
The son of Usama bin Laden warned that Al Qaeda would take revenge against the U.S. for assassinating his father in 2011, according to audio released by the terror network's media arm.
The audio was...
Families of Ex Gitmo Detainees Can Visit Them in Ghana – Dep. Minister
Deputy Interior Minister, James Agalga, says government cannot prevent families of the two former Guantanamo detainees from visiting them in Ghana. Mr. Agalga says although the two are on...
27 Killed, 150 Injured after Al-Qaeda Attack in Burkina Faso
The overnight seizure of a luxury hotel in Burkina Faso's capital by al-Qaida-linked extremists ended Saturday when Burkina Faso and French security forces killed four jihadist attackers and freed...
Fear Not; We Are Not in Ghana for Revenge – Guantanamo Bay Ex-Detainees Speak
The two Guantanamo Bay ex-detainees, whose presence in Ghana has provoked outrage among a section of public, have indicated that they are not in Ghana for revenge.
In their first radio interview...
Why Is Ghana Accepting US Guantanamo Prisoners from Cuba?
Ghana is importing security trouble from the international community by its decision to accept to house for two year, two former Guantanamo Bay detainees in the West African country, a former...
Outrage in Ghana over Guantanamo Detainees Mahmud Umar Muhammad Bin Atef and Khalid Muhammad Salih Al-Dhuby
Two Yemeni prisoners held at the US base in Cuba have been released and sent to the West African nation for resettlement. Ghanaians fear a security risk despite government reassurances.
Mahmud Umar...
All You Need to Know about Mahmmoud Omar Mohammed Bin Atef, the Ex-Guantanamo Detainee Sent to Ghana
Mahmmoud Omar Mohammed Bin Atef, the 36-year-old Yemen citizen, and one of the two prisoners discharged by the United States from the Guantanamo Bay Prison to Ghana, is a one-time fighter for Osama...
Two Guantanamo Bay Detainees Captured in Afghanistan 14 Years Ago Headed to Ghana for Resettlement
Two men who were captured in Afghanistan and held at the U.S. base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for nearly 14 years without charge have been released and are headed to Ghana for resettlement, officials...
Mali Update – Gunmen Take 170 Hostage at Radisson Hotel in Bamako
Gunmen stormed a hotel packed with foreigners in the former French colony of Mali on Friday, taking 170 guests and workers hostages, U.S. Embassy officials and a hotel spokeswoman told NBC News.
Some...
Al-Shabab Attack Kills 15 in Mogadishu Hotel in Somalia
Al-Shabab militants have attacked a hotel in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, killing at least 15 people. The gunmen used two car bombs to blast their way into the Sahafi hotel compound before storming...
US Confirms Al-Shabab leader Ahmed Godane Killed
The Pentagon has today confirmed that the leader of the Islamist militant group al-Shabaab, Al-Shabab leader Ahmed Godane, Ahmed Abdi Godane was killed in a US air strike earlier this week.
The...
No Survivors from the Air Algerie AH5017 Passenger Jet Crash. Plane Completely ‘disintegrated,’
There are no survivors from the Air Algerie AH5017 passenger jet that crashed in Mali, says the French President, Francois Hollande. Mr Hollande said one flight data recorder had been recovered,...
HEARTBREAKING: Air Algerie Jetliner with 116 Persons On Board Crashes in Mali.
An Air Algerie jet carrying 116 people crashed Thursday in a rainstorm over restive Mali, and its wreckage was found near the border of neighboring Burkina Faso — the third major international...
Al Qaeda-linked Al Shabab Gunmen Kill Seven in Kenya Bus Attack
Seven people were killed when gunmen attacked a bus at the Kenyan coast where previous attacks had left 87 people dead, the Kenya Red Cross said Saturday.
The attack Friday night came at Corner...