US concerned by extremely disturbing Mali massacre reportsUS concerned by extremely disturbing Mali massacre reports

The US State Department said on Sunday it was following "extremely disturbing" accounts of killings in central Mali, after the Sahel states military said it killed over 200 militants in the volatile region.

Suspected Islamists kill 21 civilians in eastern Congo

Suspected Islamist militants killed at least 21 civilians in an overnight attack on a village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a local human rights group and a witness said on Monday.
#islamist #congo #democraticrepublicofcongo

Gunfire, explosions rock Somali capital in second militant attack this month

Al Shabaab militants attacked several police stations and security checkpoints in Somalia's capital Mogadishu early on Wednesday, officials and the militants said, a show of force as the nation prepares for a much-delayed presidential election.
#somali #alshabaab #somalia

Machete-wielding attackers kill 15 in eastern Congo, local chief says

Militants armed with guns and machetes killed at least 15 people and injured four on Tuesday in an early morning raid on a village in Congo's eastern Ituri province, according to local authorities.
#militants #guns #congo

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

Suspected Islamists kill at least 12 in eastern Congo attacks on villages

Suspected Islamist militants have killed at least 12 civilians and burned houses and motorbikes during raids on two villages in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, two local human rights groups said on Wednesday.
#islamists #congo

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

Gunmen kill up to 15 soldiers in south west Niger

Gunmen killed up to 15 soldiers in an attack on a military outpost in a remote part of southwest Niger where Islamist militants operate, officials and security sources said. The attackers raided the post in the village of Anzourou near the border with Mali on Thursday evening, officials said.
#niger #mali #islamistmilitants

'Don't wait for death and surrender,' Mozambique President tells insurgents after key militant killed

Mozambique President Filipe Nyusi urged Islamist militants in its far north to surrender on Monday, saying they had nowhere to run, after allied Rwandan, Mozambican and southern African forces pushed them out of territory they had been occupying.
#mozambique #filipenyusi #MissSouthAfrica