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France says its army killed al Qaeda North Africa chief, Droukdel

Ihesiulo Grace 6 June 2020 0

Paris – France said on Friday its military forces had killed al Qaeda’s North Africa chief Abdelmalek Droukdel, a key Islamist fighter that its forces had been hunting for more than seven years, during an operation in Mali. “On June 3, French army forces, with the support of their local

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U.S. places $10m bounty on 2 Al Qaeda leasers

Ihesiulo Grace 7 November 2019 0

New York – The United States has placed a bounty of up to 10 million dollars on the heads of two Al Qaeda leaders in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). The Department of State announced the offer in a statement on Thursday under its Rewards for Justice (RFJ) Programme. It identified the wanted persons as Sa’ad bin […]

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Terrorism: Nigerian Army Soars At Continental Fiesta

Ihesiulo Grace 22 April 2018 0

It took America over a decade to hunt for Al Qaeda leader, Osama Bin Laden, the mastermind of the terrorists attacks on World Trade Center and the Pentagon House, September 11, 2001, also popularly referred to as 9/11 attacks. And for years, Bin Laden remained a fugitive, hiding in caves and forests in different parts […]

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5 Philippine Militants Killed in Foiled Kidnap

Ihesiulo Grace 7 May 2015 0

Five Al Qaeda-linked militants were killed in a failed kidnapping in the Philippines as the family of the victim fought back, the military said Thursday. The Abu Sayyaf gunmen were shot in a sea battle with the victim’s family Wednesday after they grabbed the local businesswoman and dragged her to their boat, provincial military chief […]

Africa

Al-Shabaab Kills Three at Police Station

Ihesiulo Grace 6 May 2015 0

Somalia’s al-Shabaab militants stormed a police station in the country’s semi-autonomous region of Puntland and killed three policemen late on Monday, police said. Several militants from the Islamist group were also killed during the brief siege of the police station in Yalho village, near the port town of Bosasso, police said. “Al-Shabaab attacked us

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US Admits It Killed Two Hostages In Al-Qaeda Strike

Ihesiulo Grace 23 April 2015 0

The US government has said it is “tremendously sorry” for killing two hostages held by al-Qaeda during a counterterrorism operation in the border region of Afghanistan and Pakistan earlier this year. The White House said on Thursday that American Warren Weinstein and Italian Giovanni Lo Porto were killed in a drone strike in January in […]

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Kenya Arrests Five Suspects over Varsity Massacre

Ihesiulo Grace 4 April 2015 0

Kenya’s Interior Cabinet Secretary, Joseph Nkaissery, confirmed on Saturday that the police had arrested three more suspects over Garissa University attack, making five the number of those in custody. The three are said to be associates of terror mastermind, Gamadhere, and were nabbed at the Somalia border while trying to flee on Friday. The al-Qaeda […]

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[ICYMI] Boko Haram Will Be Over In A Couple Of Days- Jonathan

Ihesiulo Grace 12 March 2015 0

President Goodluck Jonathan has vowed that the dreaded Islamic terror group Boko Haram, will be defeated in the states of Yobe, Borno and Adamawa, all in Nigeria’s north east geo political zone in the next couple of days. President Jonathan, who made this known during an interview with the Voice of America (VOA), said that […]