- 10 May, 2024
Geopolitics & National SecurityIslamic State
Uganda says troops to stay in Congo as long as needed to defeat ADF
By Hereward Holland and Elias Biryabarema KINSHASA (Reuters) - Uganda said on Friday that its troops sent this week into eastern Democratic Republic of Congo would stay as long as…
Uganda and Congo attack Islamist militia in joint operation
By Erikas Mwisi Kambale BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) -Uganda and Democratic Republic of Congo carried out joint air and artillery strikes against an Islamic State-linked militia in eastern…
Factbox-Who are Islamic State’s affiliates in Central Africa?
By Hereward Holland KINSHASA (Reuters) - Uganda and Democratic Republic of Congo said on Tuesday their armies mounted air and artillery strikes in a joint operation in eastern Congo against…
Four West African states mount operation against Islamist insurgents
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory Coast and Togo have carried out a joint military operation to counter increased attacks by Islamist insurgent groups in parts of West Africa,…
U.N. envoy says Islamic State now appears present in all Afghan provinces
By Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.N. envoy to Afghanistan on Wednesday delivered a bleak assessment of the situation following the Taliban takeover, saying that an affiliate of the Islamic…
Islamic State claims twin blasts in Afghan capital Kabul
KABUL (Reuters) -Islamic State claimed responsibility for two explosions that hit a heavily Shi'ite Muslim area of the Afghan capital Kabul on Wednesday, killing at least one person and wounding…
Islamic State claims attack on Pakistani police barracks
DUBAI (Reuters) - Islamic State militants detonated an explosive device on Saturday inside barracks of the Pakistani police in the district of Bajaur, the group said on Telegram. A police…
Nigerian army general, troops killed in ISWAP attack
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - A Nigerian army general and three soldiers were killed on Saturday during an attack by Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) militants in the northeast of…
Iranian-supplied arms smuggled from Yemen into Somalia, study says
By Katharine Houreld NAIROBI (Reuters) - Guns supplied by Iran to its Houthi allies in Yemen are being smuggled across the Gulf of Aden to Somalia, according to a Geneva-based…
Ivory Coast says it will invest in north to counter jihadism
By Ange Aboa ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Ivory Coast is accelerating investment in schools, hospitals, and jobs in its northern region to provide alternatives to violent extremism, the prime minister said…
Nigerian army says Islamic State West Africa’s new leader killed in military operation
ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's army said on Thursday it had killed the new leader of insurgent group Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) in a military operation this month, two…
Five youths suspected of planning Islamic State-inspired attack in Germany
BERLIN (Reuters) - German anti-terrorism forces on Thursday raided the homes of five young people west of the city of Bonn who were suspected of planning an attack inspired by…
