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A foreign journalist videotapes a painting by French street artist Christian Guemy, a.k.a. ‘C215’ in tribute to members of Charlie Hebdo newspaper who were killed on on January 07, 2015 by jihadist gunmen, in Paris on September 01, 2020 in Paris, France. 14 alleged accomplices in the attacks, which also targeted a Jewish supermarket, will go on trial in Paris on September 02, 2020. (Marc Piasecki/Getty Images)
CHARLIE HEBDO

Trial opens over Charlie Hebdo terror attacks that stunned France

14 people accused of helping jihadist gunmen storm the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo and a Jewish supermarket went on trial on Wednesday, five years after three days of…

  • Valentin Bontemps
  • Anne-Sophie Lasserre
4 min read
Macomia district in the province of Cabo Delgado, which is expected to become the centre of a gas industry, has seen a string of assaults on security forces and civilians, but no one has claimed responsibility. (Emidio Josine/AFP)
AFUNGI PENINSULA

The insurgency in northern Mozambique has got worse. Why?

Mozambique needs to restructure its defence force and build an alliance with its neighbour Tanzania in preparation for a drawn-out struggle against ‘jihadists’

  • Alex Vines
6 min read
Ecowas is lobbying for joint military operations involving regional states. But intelligence sharing
BURKINA FASO

The risk of jihadist contagion in West Africa

Faced with jihadist breakthrough in Burkina Faso, neighbouring states in the Gulf of Guinea increasingly fear attacks in their own territories

  • Crisis Group
30 min read
Jihadist fighters have emerged as a threat across central Mali over the past four years. (Reuters)
AMADOU KOUFA

Mali’s security crisis: A cycle of exploitation and corruption

The latest massacre of Fulani villagers in central Mali has highlighted the dramatic collapse of a once peaceful state

  • Ineke Mules
6 min read
Security forces outside the hotel complex where the terror attack took place. (Baz Ratner/Reuters)
AL SHABAB

Kenyatta announces end to al-Shabab attack in Nairobi

President Uhuru Kenyatta has urged the nation to remain calm following a 20-hour siege at the DusitD2 hotel complex

  • Mashadi Kekana
1 min read
A riot policeman secures a scene of a bus blast in Giza, Egypt. (Reuters/Amr Abdallah Dalsh)
EGYPT

Egypt kills 40 ‘terrorists’ in crackdown after Giza attack

A security source said the raids took place early Saturday morning, hours after Friday evening’s roadside bombing

  • Bassem Aboualabass
4 min read
President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta (also known as IBK) has been forced out of power following military intervention.
BAMAKO

Mali in presidential runoff in shadow of security crisis

After the July 29 first-round vote the pool of candidates was reduced from 24 to two

  • Clement Sabourin
3 min read
The NSTF-South32 trophy
ECOWAS

Counting under way after Mali’s violence-marred poll

Not a single ballot was cast at 716 of the polling stations in two regions following threats and attacks by armed groups

  • Philippe Siuberski
4 min read
Although Nigeria’s military has attempted to rescue captives of the jihadist group before
BOKO HARAM

Nigeria military rescues 1,000 Boko Haram hostages

More than 1,000 people held captive by the militant group Boko Haram have been freed, according to Nigeria’s military

  • Deutsche Welle 1
2 min read
Devastation: Bombed and burnt-out cars line the road leading to the Rawda Mosque
EGYPT

Imam vows to return to massacre mosque

At least 305 worshippers were killed and the surviving imam is keeping the faith

  • Bassem Aboualabass
3 min read
Guess who’s back: Bathabile Dlamini is back in public office. She’s the new chairperson of the Social Housing Regulatory Authority interim board. (Paul Botes/M&G)
ATTACKS

Two dead in jihadist attack on tourist resort in Bamako

About 20 hostages freed by special forces

  • Afp And
3 min read
The outcome of the ANC’s long-awaited KwaZulu-Natal conference was a win for the Thuma Mina crowd. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
DOCUMENTARIES

Holocaust director hails jihadi doccie

Documentary depicts life among jihadi groups

  • Angelique Chrisafis
3 min read
ISIS

Cape Town teen caught trying to join Isis

The girl was planning to leave the country with the intention of joining Isis and had been actively engaged with social media networks.

  • Staff Reporter
1 min read
Police arrive with guns at Port de Vincennes on January 9 2015 in Paris
CHARLIE HEBDO

Two killed, several taken hostage in Paris grocery store

Official sources say that two people were killed and more – at least five – taken hostage by a gunman at a grocery store in Paris.

  • Reuters
1 min read
IRAQI

Al-Qaeda-linked militants release journalist captured in Syria

Islamic militants released US journalist Peter Theo Curtis on Sunday, less than a week after grisly footage emerged of the execution of James Foley.

  • Stephanie Nebehay
  • Afp
  • Lesley Wroughton
  • Missy Ryan
5 min read
Libyan army soldiers outside Benghazi’s al-Jala hospital as wounded victims from clashes are rushed in to be treated.
AFP

Jihadists, Libya army clashes leave dead soldiers

A battle in which at least five soldiers have died has been sparked by clashes between a Jihadist group and Libyan special forces, says the army.

  • Staff Reporter
2 min read
AL QAEDA

Al-Qaeda suspect ‘plotted to poison water’

An al-Qaeda suspect plotted to poison tourists’ water supplies to avenge the killing of Osama bin Laden, a Spanish judge has said.

  • Daniel Silva
3 min read
ABU BAKER AL QIRBI

Yemen’s terror dilemma

Soft approach to jihadists starts to backfire as poverty fuels extremism.Ian Black reports.

  • Ian Black
6 min read