DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – A young Bangladeshi woman, Jaeda Akhter, was trapped by an international human trafficking gang and taken to India in late 2020. She was able to return home after a year with a harrowing experience she will never forget. Akhter, 30, is a wife and the mother of a young boy. She […]
DOUALA, Cameroon (AA) – At least 66 people were killed in terrorist attacks Wednesday in several towns in Mali, according to security sources. “The Malian Armed Forces (FAMa) repelled terrorist attacks targeting positions in Savare, Sokolo and Kalumba early this Wednesday, July 27. The response, carried out with energy and professi...
ano, Nigeria – (AFP): Thirteen scrap-metal collectors in northeast Nigeria’s Borno state were killed when a bomb they excavated blew up, security sources told AFP on Tuesday. Sixteen metal scavengers from a displaced persons’ camp in Bama found the bomb while digging for scrap on Monday in the bush on the outskirts of town. &...
ABUJA, Nigeria (AA) – Dozens of residents were abducted by gunmen during night raids on a sprawling community in Nigeria’s northwest Kaduna State, witnesses said Tuesday. Abubakar Usman, 61, of Kaduna told Anadolu Agency that shooting gunmen stormed the Keke community of Millennium City, Chikun local government, late Monday. “...
KANO, Nigeria (AA) – The former head of Nigeria’s Treasury was remanded Friday for his alleged involvement in diverting more than 109 billion Nigerian nairas ($262 million). Justice Adeyemi Ajayi gave the order after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) indicted Ahmad Idris on a 14-count charge including conspiracy, crimin...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – A soldier was among eight people killed in a violent attack on a military base near Mali’s capital Bamako, according to military sources. Seven militants were shot dead as Malian forces “vigorously repelled” the attack by Katiba Macina, a group affiliated with the al-Qaeda and ISIS, according to a military statement. [&he...
BEIRUT (AA) – A father and his three sons have been arrested in Lebanon over the death of a teenage Syrian boy, state media reported on Thursday. All four are Lebanese nationals and were arrested in Sarafand, a town in the southern Sidon region, according to the official National News Agency. The 14-year-old Syrian boy, […]
BAGHDAD (AA) – Six Iraqi policemen were killed Wednesday in an attack by the ISIS in northern Iraq, local media reported. ISIS attacked a federal police checkpoint near the city of Samarra, the local Alsumaria TV reported. Seven policemen were also injured in the attack. A statement by the Interior Ministry said a security delegation […...
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – Tunisian authorities on Tuesday questioned Ennahda leader Rached Ghannouchi on accusations of money-laundering. Ghannouchi appeared before an anti-terrorism judge to answer questions regarding suspicious financial transactions within the “Namaa Tounes” charity. Dozens of Ennahda supporters rallied outside the courthouse i...
Khartoum, Sudan – (AFP): Thousands of Sudan’s Hawsa people set up barricades and attacked government buildings in several cities Monday, witnesses said, after a week of deadly tribal clashes in the country’s south. Violence in Blue Nile state, bordering Ethiopia, has killed 60 people and wounded 163 others, including 13 in se...
