(by Andrea Pinto) Western intelligence agencies are certain that the new global crises will come from Africa where terrorist violence is renewing with the birth of many "caliphates" while the Islamic State, al-Qaeda and other militias exploit the withdrawal of foreign troops to reorganize. After years of attrition in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria, [...]
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Suspected Islamist militants attacked a northeastern Nigerian city, forcing residents to flee the city just hours before the presidential polls opened. According to the testimonies of some local residents, after the attack many families fled their homes running and hiding in the bushes. According to a "Reuters" witness [...]
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At least 4 people were killed in Maiduguri, the main city in northeastern Nigeria, following an attack by Boko Haram suicide bombers. Five suicide bombers also died while trying to detonate their own explosives. As stated by Bashir Garga, of the National Emergency Management Agency, [...]
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Abubakar Shekau, leader of Nigerian jihadists Boko Haram, today released a 31-minute video message in Arabic and Hausa, in which he claims a series of attacks carried out in recent weeks in north-eastern Nigeria. "We are in good health and nothing has happened to us - said Shekau, reappearing in [...]
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According to local police reports, a young kamikaze blew himself up in a mosque in the city of Mubi, in the state of Adamawa in northern Nigeria, killing at least 50 people. The kamikaze, a 17-year-old boy, operated the explosive belt while he was in the middle of the crowd that was arriving at the mosque [...]
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According to when communicated by Muhammad Yusuf, Head of the local administration, alleged members of the Islamic terrorist group of Boko Haram attacked the village of Milda, in the state of Adamawa - in north-eastern Nigeria, killing seven people. According to the official, “Several armed men arrived at night, started shooting and setting the houses on fire; [...]
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