Jihadists
5 Jun 2017
The EU is giving 50 million euros to set up a joint African military force in the Sahel region to fight jihadists, the bloc's foreign affairs chief said Monday.
25 Dec 2016
Tunisia's security forces called on the government Sunday to take "exceptional measures" to combat the return of jihadists fighting for extremist groups abroad.
4 Dec 2016
To celebrate her wedding in Mosul, Shaimaa covered herself in black to hide her dress and make-up from the jihadists on her way to the groom's house.
7 Aug 2016
Sporadic clashes hit the southern edges of Aleppo on Sunday morning, a monitoring group said, hours after rebels said they had broken a three-week government siege of the Syrian city.
4 Jun 2016
Russian-backed Syrian troops pushed into the Islamic State group's bastion province Raqa Saturday, threatening to catch the jihadists in a pincer movement as US-backed Kurdish-led fighters advance from the north.
8 May 2016
The kind Yunfa was killed in 1808 and the Fulani warrior, Fodio established Sokoto caliphate, making himself Sultan! Lots of people were killed by the Fulani warriors then to overrun the Hausa kingdoms...
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