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Tag: Insurgency

🇲🇱 Al-Qaeda Affiliate Attacks Village Near Bamako, Heightening Security Concerns in Mali

On the morning of September 9, armed militants linked to Nusrat al-Islam wa-l-Muslimin (JNIM), an affiliate of Al-Qaeda, launched a deadly assault on the village of Tamina, located roughly 140 kilometers from Mali’s capital, Bamako. The attack marks a troubling escalation of violence in a region already grappling with instability, raising fears that extremist groups…
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September 10, 2025
Mozambique headed for crucial elections amid jihadist insurgency and drought-induced hunger

Mozambicans will vote this week for a new president who many hope will bring peace to an oil- and gas-rich northern province that has been ravaged by a jihadist insurgency for nearly seven years. Close to 17 million voters will vote for the next president, alongside 250 members of parliament and provincial assemblies, on Wednesday.…
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October 9, 2024
Ninety-five Libyan nationals have been arrested on suspicion of receiving training at an “illegal” military camp in South Africa, police have said.

Officers raided the farm near White River – a small town in the northern province of Mpumalanga – on Friday. They said they found military tents, licenced firearms and other military equipment. The camp was initially registered as a training site for a security company but it appears to have been converted, a second police…
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July 27, 2024
Gangs in Haiti try to seize control of main airport as thousands escape prisons: “Massacring people indiscriminately”

Heavily armed gangs tried to seize control of Haiti’s main international airport on Monday, exchanging gunfire with police and soldiers in the latest attack on key government sites in an explosion of violence that includes a mass escape from the country’s two biggest prisons. Hours after the airport assault, officials said Haiti’s police academy came under attack by an…
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March 6, 2024