WASHINGTON — A U.S. drone strike in Somalia has targeted a key leader of the al-Shabab militant group who was involved in two attacks in Mogadishu more than a year ago that killed more than 30 people, at least three Americans among them, the Pentagon said Friday. Several U.S. officials said he and…
ABIDJAN, IVORY COAST-Security ministers of four West African countries on Thursday pledged to improve cooperation in fighting terrorism plaguing the region. Dozens of locals and foreigners have died in hotel attacks in recent months. Ministers from Mali, Burkina Faso, Senegal and Ivory Coast ended a two-day meeting here Thursday by agreeing…
Riot police in the Republic of Congo fired tear gas at opposition supporters after polls for the country’s presidential election closed Sunday. Dozens of heavily armed police chased away people gathered outside polling stations in the capital, Brazzaville, as the vote count began in elections expected to see longtime leader Denis Sassou Nguesso extend his…
The Republic of Congo’s government has ordered telecom providers to block all service during Sunday’s presidential election. Congo Interior Minister Raymond Zephirin Mboulou sent a letter to the country’s two main telecom firms, saying that for reasons of national security, they were to block all communication, including text messages, on Sunday and Monday. The letter,…
ACCRA – Ghana’s government has put the nation on high alert in the wake of Sunday’s deadly terror attack in neighboring Ivory Coast. Ghana’s national security chiefs say they have intelligence of a credible terrorist threat in the country. They made the announcement Wednesday following a meeting with Ghana’s President John Mahama to review their…
(CNN)The United States and France have pledged assistance to Ivory Coast as the West African nation investigates a terror attack that left at least 16 people dead. Gunmen stormed three hotels Sunday in the beach resort city of Grand-Bassam, officials said. Foreign nationals, including a Frenchman and a German woman, were…
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