Al Qaeda Africa

Al Qaeda's second-in-command, accused of helping to mastermind the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa, was killed in Iran in August by Israeli operatives acting at the behest of the United States, the New York Times reported on Friday, citing intelligence officials.

Al Qaeda's second-in-command, accused of helping to mastermind the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa, was killed in Iran in August by Israeli operatives acting at the behest of the United States, the New York Times reported on Friday, citing intelligence officials.

An al Qaeda affiliate threatened attacks on Western companies' operations across North and West Africa on Tuesday, calling them "legitimate targets" and urging Muslims to boycott them.

A Saudi Arabia-born man was convicted on Thursday of participating in a 2003 attack in Afghanistan that killed two US servicemen and plotting to bomb a US embassy in West Africa, federal prosecutors in Brooklyn said.

A military prosecutor was shot dead by Al Shabaab terrorists in the semi-autonomous region of Puntland in Somalia on Sunday, officials said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi told BRICS leaders in Goa on Sunday that "the mothership of terrorism is in India's neighbourhood" and posed a major threat to BRICS goals of development and economic growth. In spite of his saying that those who shelter terrorists are as much a threat themselves, the Goa Declaration adopted by five member states didn't...

Gunmen from al Qaeda's North African branch drank beer at a beachside bar before launching a shooting rampage at an Ivory Coast resort town that left at least 18 people dead, the group's third major attack in West Africa in four months.

Al Qaeda in North Africa has denied reports its former leader Mokhtar Belmokhtar was killed in a US air strike last week in Libya, in a statement posted online overnight.

French special forces today rescued a Dutch train driver kidnapped nearly four years ago in Mali by Al Qaeda's north Africa arm in an operation that killed several jihadists.

A group of Islamist fighters in Yemen renounced their loyalty to Al Qaeda's leader and pledged allegiance to the head of the Islamic State, according to a Twitter message retrieved by US-based monitoring group SITE.

Under tight security, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday launched development projects sponsored by his government including an airport terminal in the Somali capital, Mogadishu.

Its main battlegrounds are far away and its true influence hard to judge, but the Islamic State's black banner is attracting the attention of jihadists in Africa, particularly in Nigeria.

At least seven women have been killed in "barbaric" attacks in Somalia after Al Shabaab insurgents beheaded a soldier's wife, prompting revenge executions of women close to the Islamists, elders said today.

More than three million people in war-torn Somalia- 20 per cent more than last year- need urgent help because of malnutrition, war and other crises, the United Nations said today.

Somalia's Al Shabaab insurgents said they had assassinated a former lawmaker and his bodyguard and wounded another MP in a drive-by shooting in Mogadishu today to show the government they remained a threat.

Al Qaeda's second-in-command, accused of helping to mastermind the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa, was killed in Iran in August by Israeli operatives acting at the behest of the United States, the New York Times reported on Friday, citing intelligence officials.

Al Qaeda's second-in-command, accused of helping to mastermind the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa, was killed in Iran in August by Israeli operatives acting at the behest of the United States, the New York Times reported on Friday, citing intelligence officials.

An al Qaeda affiliate threatened attacks on Western companies' operations across North and West Africa on Tuesday, calling them "legitimate targets" and urging Muslims to boycott them.

A Saudi Arabia-born man was convicted on Thursday of participating in a 2003 attack in Afghanistan that killed two US servicemen and plotting to bomb a US embassy in West Africa, federal prosecutors in Brooklyn said.

A military prosecutor was shot dead by Al Shabaab terrorists in the semi-autonomous region of Puntland in Somalia on Sunday, officials said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi told BRICS leaders in Goa on Sunday that "the mothership of terrorism is in India's neighbourhood" and posed a major threat to BRICS goals of development and economic growth. In spite of his saying that those who shelter terrorists are as much a threat themselves, the Goa Declaration adopted by five member states didn't...

Gunmen from al Qaeda's North African branch drank beer at a beachside bar before launching a shooting rampage at an Ivory Coast resort town that left at least 18 people dead, the group's third major attack in West Africa in four months.

Al Qaeda in North Africa has denied reports its former leader Mokhtar Belmokhtar was killed in a US air strike last week in Libya, in a statement posted online overnight.

French special forces today rescued a Dutch train driver kidnapped nearly four years ago in Mali by Al Qaeda's north Africa arm in an operation that killed several jihadists.

A group of Islamist fighters in Yemen renounced their loyalty to Al Qaeda's leader and pledged allegiance to the head of the Islamic State, according to a Twitter message retrieved by US-based monitoring group SITE.

Under tight security, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday launched development projects sponsored by his government including an airport terminal in the Somali capital, Mogadishu.

Its main battlegrounds are far away and its true influence hard to judge, but the Islamic State's black banner is attracting the attention of jihadists in Africa, particularly in Nigeria.

At least seven women have been killed in "barbaric" attacks in Somalia after Al Shabaab insurgents beheaded a soldier's wife, prompting revenge executions of women close to the Islamists, elders said today.

More than three million people in war-torn Somalia- 20 per cent more than last year- need urgent help because of malnutrition, war and other crises, the United Nations said today.

Somalia's Al Shabaab insurgents said they had assassinated a former lawmaker and his bodyguard and wounded another MP in a drive-by shooting in Mogadishu today to show the government they remained a threat.