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26 Dec
Militants from the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) jihadist group burned a grandmother and two children to death on Christmas Day in western Uganda, local officials said Tuesday. The attack in a remote village of Kamwenge district comes a week after 10 people were killed in the same area by the ADF, a deadly militia affiliated…
15 Dec
At least 11 Iranian police officers were killed in a jihadist-claimed attack on a police station in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchistan, an official told state television on Friday.
25 Aug 2023
Seven jihadist fighters were killed Friday in bombardments by government forces in northern Syria, a war monitor said, amid escalating violence in the country's last main opposition bastion.
25 Aug 2023
A leader of the Islamic State (IS) group who allegedly planned and sponsored three deadly attacks in the Libyan capital Tripoli in 2018 has been captured, the country's prime minister said Thursday.
21 Aug 2023
Niger has been hit by several jihadist attacks since its president was overthrown last month, but analysts caution against concluding that a long-running insurgency is shifting into higher gear as post-coup uncertainty mounts.
7 Jul 2023
France has repatriated all of the French women and children who want to return home from Kurdish-run jihadist prison camps in Syria and will not be organising any more flights, a diplomatic source said on Friday.
13 Jun 2023
South Africa has never been touched by Islamist attacks. Its three-decade-old democracy is solid, and its financial system is respected.
9 Jun 2023
Jihadist-hit Burkina Faso is offering a reward of up to $300,000 for information leading to the capture or death of figures on a "terrorist" wanted list.
6 Jun 2023
Several Nigerian soldiers died in an attack on a military convoy in the Lake Chad region by jihadist fighters aligned with the Islamic State group, security forces said Tuesday.

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