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Forces are disrupting insurgency in Mozambique - but fight is not over, says SANDF chief

South Africas military chief said Wednesday that multinational forces had been able to "disrupt" jihadist rebels in northern Mozambique since their deployment there last year.
#southafrica #mozambique

French journalist seized by Mali jihadists in new video

A video circulating on social networks appears to show French journalist Olivier Dubois, who was taken hostage by a jihadist group in Mali almost a year ago. The man, who seems to be in good health in the video of just over one minute, addresses his parents and his partner, from whom he says he receives messages.
#olivierdubois #mali #jihadists

Tunisia sentences 16 to death over 2016 attacks

A Tunisian court sentenced 16 people to death in the first judgments against jihadists involved in 2016 attacks near the Libyan border that left scores dead, media reported Saturday. A total of 96 people stand accused in the trial relating to the March 2016 events that saw the town of Ben Guerdane become the stage of a bloody battle as members of the Islamic State group's Libya branch staged a series of deadly attacks.
#tunisia #libya #libyanborder

Malian soldiers killed in jihadist attack

Two Malian soldiers have been killed in an attack blamed on jihadists. The attack was on the Niafunké post in central Mali on Sunday morning. Five of the militants were killed during the attack. The Malian army, which has been struggling to contain a jihadist insurgency, has been carrying out an operation to destroy jihadist bases.
#maliansoldiers #malianarmy

Four French soldiers wounded in Burkina Faso bomb blast: army

Four French soldiers were wounded in an improvised explosive device blast in northern Burkina Faso, France's military. "(Their) off-road vehicle activated an IED as it left Ouahigouya airport," the army said in a statement, adding the unit was part of the Barkhane operation, Paris' deployment in the Sahel against a jihadist insurgency.
#frenchsoldiers #jihadistinsurgency

Russian strikes in Syria kill 11 IS fighters: monitor

Russian air strikes in desert areas of eastern Syria have killed 11 suspected members of the Islamic State group, following deadly attacks by the jihadists, a war monitor reported Thursday.
#jihadist #russianairstrike #russia

Thousands flee Niassa as jihadist attacks spread to other parts of Mozambique

Nearly 4 000 Mozambicans have fled their villages in a month due to intensifying jihadist attacks in Niassa, a province neighbouring insurgency hotbed Cabo Delgado, a government official said Friday.
#mozambique #cabodelgado

Egyptian Court Sentences 22 Jihadists To Death By Hanging

An Egyptian court on Thursday sentenced to death by hanging 22 Islamist militants for 54 attacks including the attempted assassination of a former interior minister. The men were found guilty of committing 54 "terrorist operations" across Egypt, including the murder of a senior police officer as well as trying to kill former interior minister Mohamed Ibrahim.
#egypt

One soldier, 15 jihadists killed in weekend battle in Burkina Faso

Ouagadougou – One Burkina Faso soldier and around 15 jihadists died in fighting over the weekend, the army of the west African nation said on Monday. The soldier died on Saturday in eastern Komadjari province in a battle that saw about 15 "terrorists neutralised", it said.
#burkinafaso #terrorist #jihadist

At least 69 dead in west Niger jihadist attack

At least 69 people, including a local mayor, have been killed in an attack in Niger's volatile "tri-border" zone with Burkina Faso and Mali, the interior ministry said on Thursday.
#nigerjihadistattack #burkinafaso #mali

'We will come after you': Ramaphosa warns jihadists in Mozambique at Samora Machel memorial

President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday marked the 35th anniversary of the death of Mozambique's first president Samora Machel, vowing to go after Islamist insurgents wreaking havoc in the north of the country.
#cyrilramaphosa #mozambique #jihadists

Colombian nun kidnapped by Mali jihadists in 2017 freed

A Franciscan nun from Colombia kidnapped by jihadists in Mali more than four years ago has been freed, Mali's presidency said.
#colombia #colombiannun #mali

Aid reaches Mozambique's insurgent-hit Palma after 6 month hiatus

Aid has reached Mozambique's northern coastal town of Palma for the first time since it was overrun by jihadists in March, the United Nations said on Monday, even as beheadings were reported in another area.
#palma #mozambique #jihadists