Insurgency in the Maghreb

Headlines

Egypt Holds Funerals For At Least 21 Soldiers Killed In Sinai

Egypt held funerals on Saturday for at least 21 soldiers killed in an attack by the Islamic State group in the restive...

International

French Forces Kill Militants In Mali Forest

France has deployed about 4,000 soldiers in the region France says its forces in West Africa have killed or captured...

Headlines

Policeman Killed In South Tunisia Ambush

A police officer was killed and another wounded in a night-time ambush on a checkpoint in southern Tunisia, the...

Headlines

IS Claims Algeria ‘foiled’ Suicide Attack

The Islamic State jihadist group claimed responsibility on Monday for a suicide bomb attack in east Algeria which...

International

Al-Qaeda Affiliate Claims Mali Car Bomb Attack In Gao

Al-Qaeda's North African affiliate says a group linked to it carried out the suicide attack that killed at least 50...

Politics

Burkina Faso Militant Attack

Twelve soldiers have been killed and two are missing after an attack by Islamist militants near Burkina Faso’s border...

International

Nigerian Soldiers Missing In Combat After Boko Haram Attack

Several Nigerian soldiers are missing following an attack by suspected militant Islamists on their positions near the...

Africa & World

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...