Chad, DEFENSE & SECURITY

Chad : closure of the border with Libya

NEWSROOM (ADV) – Chad announced Sunday the closure of its border with Libya, a month after the intrusion of a rebel column from southern Libya, according to the Minister of Security, Mahamat Abba Ali Salah. […]

DEFENSE & SECURITY, Somalia

Somalia : US drones put 20 al-Shabaab down

NEWSROOM (ADV) – The United States military said on Tuesday that it conducted an airstrike against al-Shabaab militants in central Somalia on Monday, killing 20 terrorists and destroyed a vehicle. The U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), […]

DEFENSE & SECURITY, Egypt

Egyptian army kills 7 terrorists in Sinai

NEWSROOM (ADV) – The Egyptian army killed seven terrorists on Saturday during a shootout at a checkpoint in North Sinai Province, a police spokesman said. “Following the exchange of gunfire, an officer and 14 soldiers […]

DEFENSE & SECURITY, Uganda

Mozambique nabs “Ugandan terrorists”

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA (ADV)– As Mozambique intensifies its fight against terrorism, three Ugandans were arrested on suspicions of being involved in terror attacks in the country’s gas-rich Cabo Delgado province which has been hit by […]

DEFENSE & SECURITY, Kenya

Kenyan justice allows extraordinary procedure

NEWSROOM (ADV) – A Kenyan court on Friday authorized the police to detain five suspects detained for one month after Tuesday’s hotel attack in Nairobi to allow a full investigation. Prosecutors requested that Joel Ng’ang’a […]