Attacks
latest news & developments
Court orders Mbalula to take action against attacks on long-distance buses, pending appeal outcome
Transport minister must develop a plan to ensure the safety of drivers and passengers as violent attacks continue
Timeline: State security-compromising attacks
Eskom, parliament, constitutional court, looting could all be linked. ‘We smell a rat’, says Blade Nzimande
All public transport in KZN stops as looting spreads
More than 120 people have already been arrested for looting and public violence in the province
Conflict in Cameroon: The schools caught in crossfire
A slew of recent attacks in the country means sending your child to school can be a life or death decision
Armed militants wage war on Burkina Faso’s schools
A survivor tells of how Islamists carrying AK-47s arrived on motorbikes, forced fleeing children to lie on the ground and beat teachers before setting a building on fire
Juju’s words can hurt
Malema understands well the power of language
Palestinians say truce reached with Israel to end deadly escalation
Israel also lifted restrictions on civilian movements in communities around the Gaza border on Monday morning
Pakistan polio vaccine teams on edge after fatal attacks
Multiple polio vaccination workers in Pakistan have been killed in attacks targeting health workers in the country’s northwest earlier this week
The faceless insurgency in Mozambique that no one can explain
‘I have never come across something like this before’
Double standards: Why is there no #Somalia?
Unlike other tragedies such as Las Vegas and Manchester, there has been no outpouring on social media for the deadly blast in Somalia.
Two dead in jihadist attack on tourist resort in Bamako
About 20 hostages freed by special forces
State of emergency in Egypt after IS church bombings kill 44
Two Coptic churches were attacked on Palm Sunday.
Crowd lynches and burns two Hutu women ‘militants’ in east of DR Congo
Interethnic tensions in the region surge in the wake of massacres that have killed hundreds of civilians
‘It is all of Europe that is hit’
Belgium’s neighbours have rallied in support after this week’s ‘acts of war’ that shook Brussels.
Bombers’ links to Paris shootings raise intel questions
One of the el-Bakraoui brothers is believed to have provided ammunition and weapons for the Paris attacks.