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Bike-riding Boko Haram terrorists opened fire on a village in northeastern Nigeria last week, killing at least 100 people, locals said Wednesday. More than 50 terrorists on motorcycles entered the Tarmuwa area of ​​Yobe state on Sunday night and started shooting before setting fire to buildings, according to Yobe police spokesperson Dungus Abdulkarim. Police blamed the attack on Boko Haram, which has been waging an insurgency in the region since 2009. Boko Haram has since splintered into various…

Al-Shabab militants attacked a number of police stations and safety checkpoints in Somalia's capital Mogadishu early Wednesday, officers and militants mentioned, as a present of power because the nation prepares for a much-delayed presidential election. The al-Qaeda-linked militants are finishing up frequent assaults on the federal government and final week attacked a minibus carrying delegates. The group's spokesman, Abdiasis Abu Musab, mentioned warriors hit authorities targets in 4 districts of the…

At least 15 Somali soldiers were killed in a suicide bombing at a military base in Mogadishu on Tuesday, an official said. "I have counted about 15 new recruits who have been killed in the explosion," said Army Officer Mohamed Adan, adding that the charge could be higher. Adan said the bomber was disguised among recruits queuing outside General Dhegobadan's military camp when the blast occurred. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, the deadliest in the capital in 18 months. Soldiers and…

At least 100 civilians were killed in an overnight terrorist attack on a village in northern Burkina Faso, the government said on Saturday. It was the deadliest attack in Burkina Faso since terrorist violence broke out in the country in 2015. The attackers struck overnight on Friday, killing residents of the village of Solhan in Yagha province, which borders Niger. They also burned homes and the market, the government said in a statement. The government described the attackers as terrorists but no…

Three European journalists, two Spaniards and an Irishman, were killed in the West African nation of Burkina Faso after their anti-poaching patrol was transferred. "It is very unfortunate, but the three Westerners were executed by terrorists," said a senior security source in the West African nation. He did not specify who was behind Monday's attack on the group, which included soldiers, rangers and foreign journalists, in the eastern region of Fada N'Gourma-Pama. At least three people were injured and one Burkinabe…

Armed men stormed a Nigerian prison on Monday and released several prisoners before setting the prison on fire, Nigerian police said. The gunmen also destroyed the headquarters of the state police in Owerri, the state capital, and burned down nearly 50 vehicles parked at the headquarters, a witness told Anadolu Agency. The Nigerian penitentiary, a government agency in Nigeria that operates prisons, confirmed the attack but refused to provide figures for accidents. James Madugba, a spokesman for the…

Crowds have died in the deadliest suspected terrorist massacre ever to hit Niger, the government said on Monday, underlining the huge security challenge facing new President Mohamed Bazoum. Government spokeswoman Zakaria Abdourahamane said 137 people had been killed in Sunday's raids on villages near Niger's border with Mali. "By systematically targeting civilian populations now, these armed bandits have gone one step further into terror and brutality," Abdourahamane said in a statement read on public…