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A Ghanaian driver, transporting food items from Niger to Ghana has been shot by suspected terrorists at the Burkina Faso border, Joynews reports. According to details provided by Joynews, the drivers of the trucks decided to use the Burkina Faso route as an alternative after the closure of the Niger …

Troops have killed at least 37 Boko Haram terrorists in Nigeria and 13 arrested logistic suppliers of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP). The terrorists were killed during a raid on their camps in Kayamari, Habasha and Yuwe villages in the Konduga Local Government area of North East Borno …

Confusion has erupted over the whereabouts of 48 foreigners who were arrested in connec­tion with alleged terrorism and other fraudulent acts in September, last year. While the police claimed the suspects were handed over to the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) in the Ejisu Municipality to deal with them, the latter …

Albert Kan-Dapaah, Minister of National Security, has warned that terrorists may take advantage of the galamsey activities in the country. This is because the revenue generated from galamsey activities will be able to fund the criminal activities of these terrorists. According to Kan-Dapaah, terrorists in countries like Burkina Faso and …

A Nigerian soldier, Iorliam Emmanuel, has been arrested for stealing and selling ammunition to Boko Haram terrorists. In a viral video, Emmanuel, said to have been attached to the 156 Task Force Battalion, codenamed “Operation Hadin Kai”, in Mainok, Borno state was disarmed, searched and found to be carrying ammunition. …

As the security situation in Katsina State continues to exacerbate, Islamic terrorists have reportedly invaded Bakiyawa community in the Batagarawa Local Government Area of the state killing one and abducting about 50 persons. The terrorists who have been terrorising forests in the Batsari Local Government Area were reported to have …

At least 12 people have been killed after al-Shabab militants, stormed a hotel in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, on Friday night. Police said attackers detonated two explosives outside the hotel, before entering the building and opening fire. Continued gunfire and explosions were reported on Saturday, as security forces battled an …

Mali has accused France of twin sovereignty breaches – Bamako says France violated its airspace and in so doing supplied arms to militants. Mali’s foreign affairs minister, Abdoulaye Diop, in a letter to the head of the United Nations Security Council dated Monday, August 15, said its airspace has been …

Armed bandits in Abuja have reportedly attacked troops of the Guards Brigade barely 24 hours after the terrorists threatened to abduct President Muhammadu Buhari and Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai in a viral video. According to reports, three soldiers sustained injuries during the ambush which has caused panic among residents …

A security analyst, Adib Saani, has indicated that armed groups operating in the northern parts of Ghana have paved the way for terrorist activities to take seed. He explained that this came about as a result of a series of surveys, showing that an estimated 300 young men and women …