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Security – Somali police are increasingly playing a more prominent role in keeping their country back on its feet after 22 years of conflict. But peace in Somalia is still a long shot. In areas with any significant gatherings, police … read more »
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Tagged African Union Mission to Somalia, AMISOM, improvised explosive device, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Mogadishu, Somali, Somali Police Force, Somalia
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UNGUWA UKU, Nigeria- Nigerian military forces said they killed 14 suspected terrorists, including a woman and a child, in a raid on a compound Sunday. Witnesses said Nigeria’s Joint Task Force said vehicles found inside the compound were primed for … read more »
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Tagged Easter, improvised explosive device, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Joint Task Force, Kano, Nigeria, Nigerian, nigerian newspapers, Task force, terrorism
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(AFP) KANO, Nigeria — Three people, including a soldier, were injured Thursday in multiple blasts in three areas of Nigeria’s restive city of Maiduguri, with one targeting a military patrol vehicle, the army said. “There was an explosion targeting a … read more »
Posted in Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged bokoharam, Borno State, improvised explosive device, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, Kano, MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Nigerian, Nigerian news, nigerian newspapers, Task force
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AFP- MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — A blast targeting a military patrol vehicle in the Nigerian city where a radical Islamist group is based killed two civilians on Wednesday, the military said. “An improvised explosive device targeting (a military) patrol team exploded … read more »
Posted in Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged bokoharam, Cameroon, improvised explosive device, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Islamic State, Islamism, MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Nigerian, nigerian newspapers
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MILITARY authorities on Friday in Kaduna said they had discovered a two-bedroom bungalow in Zaria where Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) were manufactured, insisting that they would continue to demolish such buildings used as bomb factories. They also disclosed that following … read more »
A FRESH wave of violence has swept through different parts of the country, claiming both security operatives and civilians. In Plateau State, the Special Task Force (STF) Operation Safe Haven said its personnel who were on a routine patrol intercepted … read more »
One person was injured when an Improvised Explosive Device exploded near the Rikkos Police Post in Jos on Friday. The Spokesman for the Special Task Force in Plateau State, Captain Salisu Mustapha, said in a statement in Jos, that the … read more »
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Tagged bomb, explosion, Friday, improvised explosive device, IndepthAfrica, Jos, Nigeria, Plateau State, Salisu Mustapha, Special Task Force, STF
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by Aminu Sani Without doubt there is Boko Haram which aims to establish, according to them, a just social system of governance as they understand it, which path to its establishment is strewn with violence and there is a “Boko … read more »
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As JTF uncovers sect’s enclave in Jos • Five other suspected bombers’ wives held • Accept negotiation offer, Sambo tells sect A suspected Boko Haram enclave came down in rubbles yesterday in Jos. Its last occupants included Hauwa Mohammed, said … read more »
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KANO – A bomb explosion at a predominantly Christian quarters of Sabon Gari area of Kano municipality Sunday evening triggered pandemonium among residents and unsettled nightlife. An eyewitness said the incident occurred at New Road axis of the city at … read more »
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Area, Boko Haram, improvised explosive device, IndepthAfrica, Kano, MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Sabon Gari
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JOS, Nigeria — A bomb blast in the central Nigerian city of Jos on Easter Sunday injured several people, officials said, hours after a car bomb attack in the country’s north killed at least 20. “Security personnel have moved to … read more »
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Boko Haram, Easter, explosion, improvised explosive device, IndepthAfrica, Jos, Kaduna, Nigeria, Yushau Shuaib
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Kano – Nigerian authorities raided a bomb making factory on Saturday belonging to suspected members of an Islamist sect in the northeast, the military said, after gun and bomb attacks across northern Nigeria over four days killed at least seven … read more »
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Tagged Boko Haram, Borno State, improvised explosive device, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kano, MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Saturday, Task force
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September 7, 2011 by benim
Abuja – Nigerian authorities said on Tuesday they had found a bomb-making factory near Abuja and had arrested six suspected members or people connected with the violent Islamist sect Boko Haram, including a foreign fighter from neighbour Niger. Authorities are … read more »
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Barely 48 hours after the explosion at Gomari ward of Maiduguri, residents of Bolori ward who had earlier thought normalcy has returned to the troubled state, were shocked in the early hours of Thursday when another explosion hit the area … read more »
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Algiers – Two Algerian soldiers have been killed and at least eight others injured in a bomb attack on their convoy, press reports said on Monday. The attack with a remote-controlled improvised explosive device happened on Sunday in Tihammamet, 370km … read more »
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January 19, 2011 by benim
A backpack bomb which could have killed hundreds has been disabled after being left along the route of a Martin Luther King memorial day parade in the U.S. The device was spotted on the street in Spokane, Washington, by workers … read more »
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Tagged Africa maps, Africa news, African news, Aryan Nations, breaking news, Destructive device, Embassies and Consulates, Federal Bureau of Investigation, improvised explosive device, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Joint Terrorism Task Force, Martin Luther King, Military of Switzerland, News local news, newspapers, Spokane Washington, World news
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December 19, 2010 by benim
A Canadian soldier is dead following a bomb blast in the vicinity of a major road construction project that NATO is pushing in a volatile district of Kandahar. Cpl. Steve Martin, 24, from 3rd Battalion Royal 22e Regiment, was killed … read more »
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Tagged Africa news, African news, breaking news, Canada news, Canada's role in the Afghanistan War, Canadian Forces, CFB Valcartier, improvised explosive device, IndepthAfrica, NATO, News local news, Panjwaye District, Steve Martin, Taliban, World news
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November 2, 2010 by benim
At least 50 people were killed and 75 wounded in a wave of blasts across Baghdad on Tuesday, police said. There were 14 explosions. Ten were car bombs, three were roadside bombs, and another was what’s called a sticky bomb … read more »
Posted in Global Issues, Middle East
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Tagged 22 January 2007 Baghdad bombings, Amil, Baghdad, Bayaa, Bombs, car bomb, destruction, disasters-news, Explosives, improvised explosive device, Indepth Africa, Iraq, Iraq War, Sadr City, Shia Islam, Sunni Islam, Technology Internet, terrorism, Terrorism in Iraq, War Conflict
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