US Sees No Major Islamic State Links to Boko Haram, Despite Claims
After Boko Haram killed more than two dozen soldiers in Niger last week, it claimed the attack in the name of Islamic State-West Africa Province – a title meant to tell the world...
Author: David Wamuha
Nigeria Oil Militants Reject Talks With Government
A Nigerian rebel group has rejected the government’s offer of talks to end pipeline attacks that are disrupting the country’s oil production. The Niger Delta Avengers said on its Twitter account Wednesday that...
Troops Who Killed Garissa Raid Planner Had Sought to Capture Him
It was very early on the morning of June 1 when a Toyota Land Cruiser Prado departed the Somali town of Bulogudud, 30 kilometers north of Kismayo. Almost immediately, two U.S. military...
Top Migrant Smuggler Extradited to Italy
Sudan has extradited a man suspected of being behind a migrant trafficking network to Italy, Italian police said Wednesday. The Eritrean Medhanie Yehdego Mered, 35, was arrested in Khartoum at the end of...
UN Sex Abuse Whistleblower Resigns
A U.N. whistleblower, who was suspended for leaking a confidential report alleging sexual abuse by peacekeepers in Africa, has resigned over what he says is the organization’s failure to hold senior officials accountable....
Female Journalist Killed in Somalia By Unknown Assailants
Sagal Salad Osman, a Somali female journalist working for the state-run Radio and TV, was shot and killed in Mogadishu Sunday. Mohamed Ibrahim Moalimuu, secretary general of the National Union of Somali Journalists,...
Liberian President Sirleaf Assumes ECOWAS Chairmanship
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has assumed the leadership of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), promising to consolidate peace and security, and calling on member states to work even harder...
Boko Haram Kills More than 30 in Attack on Niger Outpost
Niger says hundreds of Boko Haram extremists attacked a military outpost late Friday, killing at least 32 soldiers and wounding nearly 70 others near its southern borders with Nigeria and Chad. The Niger...
West African Leaders Discuss Setting up Anti-Extremist Force
West African leaders discussed setting up a force to combat extremists in the region and will send an observation mission to Gambia before elections, the regional economic body said Saturday. The decisions were...
Terror Verdict Renews Focus on Somali-American Recruitment
The top law enforcement officer in Minnesota says the recent conviction of three Somali American men on terrorism charges should be a “wakeup call” for some members of the local ethnic Somali community...
