Kenyan Court Adjourns 5.9 million USD Cocaine Case Against 31-Year-Old Briton
NAIROBI, Kenya – A Nairobi Court has adjourned a drug trafficking case valued at 5,905,164 USD facing a Briton, Jack Alexander Wolf and a Kenyan, Roy Francis Mwanthi.
Oromo Anti-Ethiopian Protesters in Nairobi Charged with Unlawful Assembly
NAIROBI, Kenya – Forty Ethiopian nationals of the Oromo community were charged at a Nairobi Court in Kenya, for holding an unlawful assembly in Kenya’s capital on Sunday and being in the country illegally.
Pakistan Army Rejects Indian Claim of Surgical Strike
BAGHSAR, Kashmir — The Pakistan army spokesman, Lt General Asim Bajwa rejects Indian claims of surgical strike that resulted in death of two Pakistani soldiers. He briefed journalists near the spot where the incident took place, whereas India had earlier claimed they had flawed a terror attack plan through a surgical strike.
Kenyan Man Jailed for 20 Years Over Links with Al Shabaab
NAIROBI, Kenya — A 27-year-old Kenyan man who was found guilty of seven terrorism charges has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.
Abdirazak Muktar, a father of one, was sentenced to serve 20 years in prison for the first count of giving support to commission terror activities and another 10 years for each of the …
Somalia: Car Bomb at Intelligence Prison in Mogadishu Leaves Five Dead
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MOGADISHU, Somalia — A car bomb explosion at Somali Intelligence agency prison in Mogadishu has left at least five people, including soldiers dead, while scores of others were wounded, police and witnesses said on Saturday.
Source Confirms: 18 Civilians Killed in US Air Strike in Achin District of Nangarhar
NANGARHAR, Afghanistan — Eighteen civilians were killed in the Achin district of Nangarhar when a gathering was attacked by a US drone attack on September 28th, whereas the Defense Ministry of Afghanistan had reported that 20 Islamic State fighters were killed in the Kot and Achin districts.
New Militant Group Renews Attack In Nigeria
LAGOS, Nigeria — The improvised economic violence committed against the state by militants, persist with a renewed attack on oil installations. An oil pipeline managed in Delta State, southern part of the country by Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC) was blown up on September 29, 2016.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Hekmatyar in Peace Deal
KABUL, Afghanistan — The Afghan resisting party Hezb e Islami Afghanistan’s leader Gulbadin Hekmatyar signs a peace deal with the Afghan President Ashraf Ghani in Kabul where a High Peace Council gathering was held today, September 29, 2016.
The gathering was addressed by the Afghan President, and the Hezb e Islami leader Gulbadin Hekmatyar, who took …
Indian army launches attack in Pakistan controlled Kashmir
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The Indian Army launched an attack on the Line of Control in the Pakistan held Kashmir (at 2:30am) killing at least two army personnel.
The Indian army has stated the attack was a “surgical” strike against militants who were planning to launch attacks across India. And the Pakistani military officials have condemned the …
Prosecutor: Tanzanian Suspect in Garissa University Attack Mentally Unfit To Face Trial
NAIROBI, Kenya – A Tanzanian national who is the fifth person accused in the Garissa university terror attack in Kenya is mentally unfit to face trial, a Nairobi court was told on Wednesday 28 September, 2016.