Daesh

Seemingly unthinkable Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau could be dead after his stronghold in the Sambisa forest in the state of Borno was transferred by rival Daesh-allied terrorists on Wednesday, intelligence services said. Since Shekau took control of Boko Haram in 2009 from founder Mohammed Yusuf, Shekau has been reported dead several times, only to return. In the latest attack, however, Shekau was seriously injured after trying to kill himself to avoid being caught by Daesh's origin in the…

Nearly one million people are facing severe hunger in northern Mozambique, where hundreds of thousands have fled aggravated extremist violence, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization said on Tuesday. Daesh-linked insurgents last month attacked Palma, a city in the northernmost province of Cabo Delgado next to major gas projects under development by companies including Total and Exxon. The World Food Program (WFP) said in a survey in Geneva that 950,000 people are now hungry in Mozambique. It appeals…

In Mozambique's war-torn city of Palma, 12 people believed to be foreigners were found beheaded after a Daesh-alleged attack on the city, a local police chief told state television station TVM. The news comes when South African leaders will meet in Mozambique's capital Maputo on Thursday to discuss ways to respond to extremist rebels. The police chief, Pedro da Silva, told reporters visiting the city that he could not be sure of the nationalities of the 12 people, but he thought they were foreigners…

Mozambique's military said on Sunday that a "significant" number of militants had been killed during a battle over the main northern gas district of Palma, which had been captured last month by an armed militant group believed to be affiliated with the Daesh terrorist group. Palma was seized by extremists during coordinated attacks on March 24, in what was seen as the biggest escalation of the uprising that has ravaged the North African nation since 2017. The actual number of deaths is not yet known,…

More than 8,100 people have reached security outside the northern Mozambican city of Palma a week after it was besieged by militants, the UN said on Wednesday as thousands more remained stranded. Armed militants looted the coastal city on March 24, ransacked buildings and beheaded residents as thousands fled into the surrounding forest. Dozens have been killed and many more are still missing after a coordinated attack that is seen as the biggest escalation of an extremist uprising that has hit Cabo…

More than 8,100 people have reached security outside the northern Mozambican city of Palma a week after it was besieged by militants, the UN said on Wednesday as thousands more remained stranded. Armed militants looted the coastal city on March 24, ransacked buildings and beheaded residents as thousands fled into the surrounding forest. Dozens have been killed and many more are still missing after a coordinated attack that is seen as the biggest escalation of an extremist uprising that has hit Cabo…

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) launched a $ 12 million humanitarian appeal late Thursday to improve deteriorating health and safety conditions for women and girls in northeastern Mozambique. In a statement, the UN authority said it was urgent to provide life-saving sexual and reproductive health services to 330,000 women, girls and young people affected by the humanitarian crisis in the province of Cabo Delgado, as well as by the secondary effects of the coronavirus pandemic . An armed…

The fight against Daesh continues and is now passing through Africa, according to the international coalition against the Islamic State group, which met this week with a video conference, at the initiative of the United States and Nigeria. If the group in Iraq and Syria, where the coalition has done a lot of military work, no…