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Nigerian troops killed 16 members of the Boko Haram terror group in the northeast, a top defense official said Friday.
According to a report by Anadolu Agency, defense Ministry spokesman John Enenche said terrorists were killed while others fled with wounds sustained during an air operation in Kassa Kura in Maiduguri Town.
The National Salvation Front (NAS) fighters repulsed a joint attack by South Sudan People’s Defence Forces (SSPDF) and Sudan People’s Liberation Army in Opposition SPLA-IO in Central Equatoria State and killed four troops.
The rebel group also said the South Sudanese troops attacked refugees camps in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Security officials in Tunisia say a police officer has been killed and another wounded in a knife attack in the coastal resort of Sousse.
Three assailants were shot dead after the incident, which is being described as a terrorist attack.
The Somali National Army [SNA] recaptured a strategic town located about 60 KM West of Kismayo on Saturday, in yet another tremendous success against the Somalia-based militants, who have been wreaking havoc in the Horn of Africa nation for over a decade
Senior military officials told state media that the troops liberated Jana Abdalle town in Jubaland almost two years after it was taken by the militants. The troops are carrying out operations across the country in a bid to flash out the al-Shabaab militants.
A suicide bomber on Tuesday killed seven civilians in a village housing displaced people in Cameroon’s restive northern tip bordering Nigeria, where deadly attacks have been on the rise.
The police officer said Tuesday’s bombing followed a Boko Haram raid on a village, adding: “The people fled and a young man strapped with explosives chased them and blew himself up.”